Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested

[Damrongsak]

8 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

A brand new  pair of Gucci shoes helps to deal with the grief of Floyds death 

They give you wings and hope for a new day of looting. 

[Damrongsak]

17 hours ago, meechai said:

Law & Order is still rightfully left to each State & yes certain States are breaking down as you can see

 

Which States should also be noted & what type of State Government is in control

One needs to give them enough rope to hang themselves. 

[Damrongsak]

10 hours ago, riclag said:

meanwhile, why change the topic! there was 100 arrests as a result of the chaos and the news reported that looting was supported by a political group that has been in the news as peaceful protesters for the last 3 months!

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-holds-rally-supporting-individuals-arrested-in-chicago-looting-monday/2320365/

That link was a good one.  That little gal doesn't care of they loot a Gucci or Nike place, as long as they have enough to eat.  What, they sell the loot?  Or strut around in new duds and then loot a KFC or grocery store?  They need clothes ... ???  I get stuff from Walmart or another place on closeout, cheaper than you can buy in Thailand.  Pants and shirts at $3 - $4. (USD).  Ridiculous. 

[torturedsole]

Looting is reparations, apparently.  How long is the looting season before all reparations are settled?  Shouldn't be long now, surely.  

[Damrongsak]

20 minutes ago, torturedsole said:

Looting is reparations, apparently.  How long is the looting season before all reparations are settled?  Shouldn't be long now, surely.  

The Loots are strange birds.  They seem to come out in the summer - they don't like cold, rainy weather.  Wouldn't get those new sneakers dirty. 

[Scott]

Off-topic, inflammatory posts and replies removed. 

 

[Logosone]

13 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

A brand new  pair of Gucci shoes helps to deal with the grief of Floyds death 

It is astonishing what this targeted looting not of food but of the most high end luxury products reveals.

 

We are told by Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago, that the cause of the crime wave in Chicago has been economic deprivation.

 

Yet when it comes to the looting the looters do not target basic economic supplies, they target the highest of high end super luxury goods.

 

So much for "economic deprivation".

[Whip]

Pockets of anarchy in a huge sprawling mostly law abiding country 

[Isaan sailor]

15 hours ago, riclag said:

Its just so frustrating to see these businesses  being subjected to lawlessness and chaos, night after night in these dem run cities!

 Now the criminal thugs are being supported   for their  destruction,  by the far left groups in that city. 

 

Agreed.  New York City has similar problems, with the same causes.

[Scott]

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[thaibeachlovers]

On 8/11/2020 at 1:17 PM, EVENKEEL said:

Somehow it has to be Trump's fault. Are the feds there to blame?

I'm waiting for the usual posters to come out with their excuses for rioting, burning etc- but but but, it's Trump's fault, it's the NRA's fault, it's the GOP's fault, it's white people's fault etc etc etc.

This whirlwind got well and truly sown over the past month(s).

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, RANGER55 said:

Good thing this is just a few liberal run cities, not the 99.99% of the rest of the US. They are doing more to elect Trump and the Dems know it! So, keep it up you rats. Feeding on that dead carcass of these liberal run cities.

I like that!

There is almost something poetic about "Feeding on that dead carcass of these liberal run cities".

Edited August 12, 2020 by thaibeachlovers

[johnnybangkok]

Look at all you Trump fans salavating at the mouth with your faux indignation and 'law and order' rhetoric, blaming Democrats for everything when the facts are that not a single Democratic congressman/senator, governor or even major has condoned these hooligans and looters....and neither has any of us 'liberals' on this forum.

You are just trying to push through another failed GOP narrative that is desperately trying to blame Dems for all of this when all they have done is offer support and sympathy to peaceful protestors who are using their democratic right to protest. Not a single Dem has supported these miscreants, despite your best efforts to pretend otherwise.

You bring up one stupid person who condones the looters and expect us to believe she represents the whole of the BLM movement when the fact is no one person represents BLM as it is a mixture of different groups and different agendas. You say nothing is being done about the looters when hundreds of them are being arrested and imprisoned one of them was shot. The police are out in force in these cities, rightly trying to prevent further looting and all you care about is trying to pin the blame on the Dems. It's pathetic.  
The tactic is so basic and transparent as to be laughable but you just keep banging that drum without any evidence other than what Fox News is trying to (quite evidently effectively) ram down your throat and in the meantime, us less rabid observers will hopefully see these situations for what they are and once again try and cut through the partisan rhetoric and keep sensible heads on nuanced situations to a conclusion that doesn't involve the civil war I think you all secretly want.  

Edited August 12, 2020 by johnnybangkok

[olfu]

...move along, nothing to see here--its part of reparation process.

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

not a single Democratic congressman/senator, governor or even major has condoned these hooligans and looters....and neither has any of us 'liberals' on this forum.

Perhaps not openly, but plenty of excuses for the bad behaviour.

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

The tactic is so basic and transparent as to be laughable

Pots and kettles come to mind.

[torturedsole]

18 hours ago, Logosone said:

So much for "economic deprivation".

I suppose an OLED TV could take the edge off the deprivation.

[Nowisee]

Useless street rat thugs doing what they do best, creating and perpetuating, causing and spreading.  
 

The US is a total disaster, parts of that country will be unlivable in 15 years and it's too funny how people blame the president.  Not taking ownership is the entitled American way.     

 

[johnnybangkok]

2 hours ago, Nowisee said:

Useless street rat thugs doing what they do best, creating and perpetuating, causing and spreading.  
 

The US is a total disaster, parts of that country will be unlivable in 15 years and it's too funny how people blame the president.  Not taking ownership is the entitled American way.     

 

Whatever happened to 'the buck stops here'. Why isn't it Trumps fault? He is POTUS and should be trying to de-escalate problems rather than fueling the flames by sending in federal forces and calling everyone who is against him 'terrorists' (https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/trump-letter-protesters/index.html).

For gods sake the country has 165,000 dead from Covid, mass protests and lootings in many cities and all he is doing is tweeting nonsense about Bill Maher, a comedian and TV personality (https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/trump-blasts-bill-maher-says-he-is-missing-in-action/). 

Do you not think the President of the United States should be above this kind of things and more importantly, focused on the real and deadly issues that are currently gripping the US? 

The man is a joke and in a job that is so far above his head it's not funny. But yeah, lets not blame him. 

[Morch]

On 8/11/2020 at 5:04 PM, nausea said:

Let's blame Trump. The point is these things have been simmering for years under both Democratic and Republican governments. At the end of the day the blacks are a minority. So they'll lose. Shame on the Democrats for trying to exploit this as a political advantage.

 

I don't know that all the black minority in the USA is fully supportive of looting and vandalism, or that it's even close to the unified state implied in your post. As for inevitably "losing" because of being a minority - not to sure what you're on about. How is "winning" defined? What does "losing" mean, in this context?

 

Lastly, exploiting this or that for political advantage is by no means only a Democrat thing. If you wish to pretend that Trump and the Republicans (well, at least some) aren't doing exactly the same, that's your choice, not reality.

[Morch]

On 8/11/2020 at 5:19 PM, riclag said:

lol 

“I don’t care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy’s or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats,” Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer, said. “That makes sure that person has clothes.”

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-holds-rally-supporting-individuals-arrested-in-chicago-looting-monday/2320365/

 

A quote from a local organizer isn't necessarily general policy. If you're having trouble with this concept, think back about times when conservative, Republican, alt-right or other Trump supporters said stupid things. Don't think you've accepted these as clear cut "proof" of anything like you claim above. 

[EVENKEEL]

Trouble is increasing in Chicago, such a mess. I feel sorry for the citizens. Major wants to call in the feds for help but she knows she'll be done as major if she does. Such a pathetic situation. 

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/08/12/chicago-alderman-want-federal-help-since-mayor-lightfoot-is-unprepared-to-handle-riots-n2574217

 

https://nypost.com/2020/08/11/chicago-politician-wants-to-call-the-feds-amid-looting-riots/

Edited August 13, 2020 by EVENKEEL

[Morch]

On 8/12/2020 at 2:41 AM, OZinPattaya said:

The real question is when rational Americans who tend toward left-wing politics are going to abdicate their pathological derangement syndrome as far as Trump is concerned and realize that the far-left in America, and the careerist former Democrat moderates that pander to it, are self-evidently the greater of two evils. That's all that is necessary for a Trump victory in 2020. I'd think you'd have to be living in a basement along with Biden with nothing on the TV but CNN anti-Trump vitriol and a complete left-wing media blackout to the conflagration of our cities to come to the conclusion that: "Donald Trump's personality is such an issue that I'm willing to turn a blind eye to literally everything else promoted by the Democrats." The complete and utter disaster that is the Democratic party in America.

 

 

Appeals to rational people, goes on a loon rant.

[Morch]

17 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps not openly, but plenty of excuses for the bad behaviour.

 

"...plenty of excuses for the bad behaviour", now that's something Trump supporters never do, eh?

[stevenl]

16 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Trouble is increasing in Chicago, such a mess. I feel sorry for the citizens. Major wants to call in the feds for help but she knows she'll be done as major if she does. Such a pathetic situation. 

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/08/12/chicago-alderman-want-federal-help-since-mayor-lightfoot-is-unprepared-to-handle-riots-n2574217

Are you sure trouble is increasing? After the looting on Sunday night even more later in the week?

[EVENKEEL]

3 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Are you sure trouble is increasing? After the looting on Sunday night even more later in the week?

I'd say it's increasing, it can't be swept under the rug any longer. 

 

Kum Bah Yah America

[Cryingdick]

12 hours ago, Nowisee said:

Useless street rat thugs doing what they do best, creating and perpetuating, causing and spreading.  
 

The US is a total disaster, parts of that country will be unlivable in 15 years and it's too funny how people blame the president.  Not taking ownership is the entitled American way.     

 

 

Yeah it is beginning to look like something out of a virus/Mad Max movie in places. It's hard reading other local USA forums about what is happening in my home town Minneapolis. Also you read Chicago and NYC forums and the talk is the cities may not ever recover.

 

As much as I take glee in it being liberal cities, those used to be great places. MPLS back in the day was a wonderful place to grow up. 

 

I am afraid the combo gut punch knock out punch of covid combined with the riots, and the digital acceleration leading to not needing to be centrally based in a big city means the writing is on the wall.

 

Homeless people living in hotels is a scene straight out of Escape from New York. Every major city in the USA is one police incident (rightful or not) from being torched. Sad state of affairs. 

 

On the other hand one man's loss is another man's gain. It may be a good time to move some places invest in some places that aren't known to be happening right now.  There are a million cute little towns all over waiting to be fixed up.