by Katherine Hamilton
The mayor-elect of Chicago, Illinois, said that while he does not condone violence, “it is not constructive to demonize” the teens who participated in four nights of violent rioting, which included a shooting on Saturday.
“In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city. However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities,” Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said in a statement Sunday.
“Our city must work together to create spaces for youth to gather safely and responsibly, under adult guidance and supervision, to ensure that every part of our city remains welcome for both residents and visitors,” he continued. “This is one aspect of my comprehensive approach to improve public safety and make Chicago livable for everyone.”
Chicago’s sitting mayor, Lori Lightfoot, also released a statement, calling the rioting “reckless, disrespectful and unlawful behavior.”
“As I have said before, we as a city cannot and will not allow any of our public spaces to become a platform for criminal conduct,” Lightfoot said. “Most importantly, parents and guardians must know where their children are and be responsible for their actions. Instilling the important values of respect for people and property must begin at home.”
— Brandon Johnson (@Brandon4Chicago) April 16, 2023
As Breitbart News previously reported, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) was first called out in force at around 10 p.m. Wednesday night when about 200 teens erupted in a mass fight in the city’s popular Millennium Park at the southern end of the “Mag Mile.” The Wednesday night incident became the city’s first “large group” incident of the year, according to Chicago’s CBS affiliate.
The youths were reportedly fighting and harassing other people at the park, according to reports. The crowds of unruly teens came back on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, as police struggled to head off violence
Videos on social media shows gangs of teens jumping on top of mass transit buses and rushing through the streets of Chicago on Friday as police officers work to control the chaos.
🚨#BREAKING: Chaotic Scene Unfolds in Downtown Chicago as Teenagers Vandalize Cars and Gunfire Erupts
📌#Chicago | #Illinois ⁰
There is currently a significant police response taking place in downtown Chicago due to a large group of teenagers causing chaos. They have been… pic.twitter.com/n7xhBpsTKs— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 16, 2023
Cell phone video shows group jumping on vehicle along Michigan Avenue https://t.co/vyGYiYnHpp pic.twitter.com/gm00vZdwrO
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) April 16, 2023
Fox Chicago reported that the roving gangs of teens were also seen bashing in car windows, and after shots were fired, they noted that they pulled their news crews off the street due to safety fears.
NBC 5 Chicago reported that two teens were wounded in the Loop on Saturday as hundreds of teens once again flooded the downtown area and engaged in spasms of violence. The victims, two boys, 16 and 17 years old, were reportedly hit by bullets while standing among the crowd when an unknown assailant fired the shots. It is not known if the shots were fired during a fight nearby or if it was just random, senseless shooting.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/buttplug-says-traffic-fatalities-happen-because-of-a-lot-of-reasons-related-to-discrimination-video/
How will there ever be equality when the percentages are so one sided?
Buttplug is just about the ultimate race-pandering moronic white guy. Only a fellow race-baiter like Sharpton would engage in such a discussion.
Chicago voting out Dumb Voting in Dumber
Its the new fashion in Democrat run cities
This is what Democrat law and order looks like.
Hey, STUPID. That IS condoning it. That is encouraging it. That is promoting it. These thugs don’t care if you “condone” it or not. They don’t even know who you are. They only care if they will be “demonized” (i.e., arrested and held accountable) for rioting for no reason other than the sheer fun of rioting.
Like the story of the 327 thieves who, surprisingly, keep committing crimes as long as they are released from jail for previous crimes, rioters are going to riot until they are stopped. Now, frustrated that there has been no pretense to justify a riot, they simply riot because it’s Saturday. They don’t fear the law, they don’t feel shame, they don’t worry about the suffering of those whose property they destroy. They are just spoiled brat punks that are given free rein to wantonly destroy whenever and whatever they please.
These morons, Lightfoot and Johnson, treat riots like they do gun violence; it’s not the criminal that is at fault, it is the evil gun or, in this case, the riot. The riot is bad, the rioters are not. Maybe they should establish “riot free zones”, background checks for riots and registering riots.
I wonder if the geniuses at the DNC realize this idiot is going to be the mayor of Chicago when they have their convention there? Oh, this should be classic.