Last night in Chicago
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Fact: if you counted all the time anybody's voluntary actions were directly involved in punches, kicks, or other violent behavior, and compared that to the time that their actions were not involved in violence, it was a mostly peaceful gathering. So was Attica. Fact. #AbolishPrisons
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Any idea what set it off?
@LuFins-Dad said in Last night in Chicago:
Any idea what set it off?
Nothing specific. Just the desire for mayhem.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Any idea what set it off?
@LuFins-Dad said in Last night in Chicago:
Any idea what set it off?
I assume it was China, or Mr. Biden, but I repeat myself.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Last night in Chicago:
Any idea what set it off?
Nothing specific. Just the desire for mayhem.
@George-K said in Last night in Chicago:
@LuFins-Dad said in Last night in Chicago:
Any idea what set it off?
Nothing specific. Just the desire for mayhem.
Fox 32 reported that the chaos appeared to be another "Teen Takeover" of the city that was planned on social media, noting that a similar scene played out in Chicago last year.
I can find no mention of this on CNN, not on the web home page
Fox gives it the top of the front page
wapo and nyt also silent
wow
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Chicago is a very beautiful city, but things like this will keep me away.
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Chicago is a very beautiful city, but things like this will keep me away.
@taiwan_girl said in Last night in Chicago:
Chicago is a very beautiful city, but things like this will keep me away.
Yes. I won't go downtown unless absolutely necessary (Dr. appt) and via a relatively safe route.
As I've mentioned, I thought nothing of walking from Michigan Avenue to Union Station (about a mile) at 10 PM after a CSO concert. No way I'd do that now.
Of note, when I was growing up, the population of Chicago was about 3.3 million. Last I looked, it's about 2.7 million. There are many reasons for that, but this will continue the trend.
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@taiwan_girl said in Last night in Chicago:
Chicago is a very beautiful city, but things like this will keep me away.
Yes. I won't go downtown unless absolutely necessary (Dr. appt) and via a relatively safe route.
As I've mentioned, I thought nothing of walking from Michigan Avenue to Union Station (about a mile) at 10 PM after a CSO concert. No way I'd do that now.
Of note, when I was growing up, the population of Chicago was about 3.3 million. Last I looked, it's about 2.7 million. There are many reasons for that, but this will continue the trend.
@George-K said in Last night in Chicago:
@taiwan_girl said in Last night in Chicago:
Chicago is a very beautiful city, but things like this will keep me away.
Yes. I won't go downtown unless absolutely necessary (Dr. appt) and via a relatively safe route.
As I've mentioned, I thought nothing of walking from Michigan Avenue to Union Station (about a mile) at 10 PM after a CSO concert. No way I'd do that now.
Of note, when I was growing up, the population of Chicago was about 3.3 million. Last I looked, it's about 2.7 million. There are many reasons for that, but this will continue the trend.
Very sad.
Similar to the closure of the Walmart store. The people who are most effected by this are blind when it comes to understanding the reasons.
Tourism goes down? Oh, it cant be because people are causing destruction on the main tourist street.
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L.A. Riots. Both the one in the 1960's and the later one killed off multiple businesses badly needed by the residents doing the rioting.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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L.A. Riots. Both the one in the 1960's and the later one killed off multiple businesses badly needed by the residents doing the rioting.
@Jolly said in Last night in Chicago:
L.A. Riots. Both the one in the 1960's and the later one killed off multiple businesses badly needed by the residents doing the rioting.
Yes. The difference is that those were, supposedly, triggered by events (MLK assassination, Rodney King). These, in Chicago, could be called "riots," I suppose, but it was a bunch of yoots with nothing better to do on a weekend night. So, let's jump on some cars and bust up some stores.
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The Mayor-elect:
Yeah, you can eat those Gucci purses and shoes.
Ben Shapiro comments:
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- HL Mencken
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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He may end up worse than Lighfoot. I suspect if you looked at the lives of those involved, first - you would see they get plenty to eat. Secondly, you would see that it was done because they could and thought it would be fun.
It won't stop until you gas them, rubber bullet, them and possibly put a few in the ground.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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He may end up worse than Lighfoot. I suspect if you looked at the lives of those involved, first - you would see they get plenty to eat. Secondly, you would see that it was done because they could and thought it would be fun.
It won't stop until you gas them, rubber bullet, them and possibly put a few in the ground.
