101st/Western up to Oak/Wells from State/Cermak to Madison/Karlov actions all over like herding kittens. Reports of looting-shooting in Harlem/Cermak big/small malls with someone shot see (below) Chi Tribune details below the video link ↓ ↓ ─ West inner burbs area is not on the police scanner ↓ ↓
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New protests and unrest reported in city and suburbs; CTA suspends service; National Guard called in; city reduces access into downtown ─── Chicago Tribune 6:45pm CDT ↓ ↓
6:30 p.m., CTA will suspended service on all bus routes and rail lines at the request of public safety officials, according to the CTA website. Service is expected to resume Monday morning. Commuters can find updates at transitchicago.com.
Pace is also suspending service starting at 6:30 p.m. and until further notice, according to a news release.
Person shot during looting of North Riverside Mall
Police said groups of people smashed windows and looted west suburban North Riverside Mall and nearby businesses, and during the chaos, one person was shot.
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‘I steal, I don’t kill,' says man in West Garfield Park
In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, there was a surreal, calm feeling even as multiple storefronts had been looted Sunday afternoon on Madison Street.
The smell of smoke from a business that was burning east of Karlov Avenue and constant horn-honking from the backed up traffic added a level of frustration for motorists.
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Curfew in Calumet City after looters smash windows
The mayor of Calumet City in southeast Cook County shut down the city Sunday and imposed a strict curfew after scores of looters smashed businesses’ windows and ransacked River Oaks Mall.
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Lightfoot: Previous peaceful protests like comparing ‘apples and oranges’
Chicago has seen numerous protests over the last decade, from the demonstrations at the 2012 G8 summit to weeks of marches following the 2015 release of video that showed Laquan McDonald’s shooting death at the hands of police.
None, however, resulted in the kind of widespread looting and vandalism that followed Saturday night’s protest against the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
On Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said such previous Chicago protests were “apples and oranges.”
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And see: Column: White America, if you want to know who’s responsible for racism, look in the mirror
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And see: In Response to Chi Kev's Diary, I Got Something to Say. by smoothnmellow 31 May 2020
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And see: ‘I am permanently blind in my left eye’: Police targeting reporters covering George Floyd … by Lauren Floyd 31 May 2020
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