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Ariel Atkins, an organizer for the Black Lives Matter chapter based in Chicago, said publicly last year that riot-related looting in the city is equivalent to “reparations” for black Americans who have suffered centuries of economic disparity.
34-year-old Anthony Lorenzi is charged with only one death that night as investigators think Gyovanni Arzuaga accidentally shot his girlfriend in the neck.
The relief package, which Lightfoot calls “Chi Biz Strong,” covers everything from economic handouts to business regulations and even liquor sales.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was adamant Monday she’ll continue to wear masks in public and urged others to do so. However, the Democrat was busted maskless Thursday while partying at a fine dining restaurant.
Lori Lightfoot, who has refused to give interviews to white reporters, “is a monster,” he said. “Any society that allows politicians to talk like this has a very ugly future ahead.”
Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot has now come out in favor of bars and restaurants opening up again, reversing her earlier backing of strict lockdowns.
The president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police, is defending the protesters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday and laying the blame squarely on the media for ignoring the riots across the country last summer.
A Black Lives Matter activist in Chicago, identified as Taylor Norwood, has promised to bring hell and all its fury to the city unless she sees her demands met.
Chicago Rep. La Shawn Ford, a Democrat, is calling for the abolition of history classes and the removal of “current history books” because history, he says, causes White Privilege and racism.
An estimated 1,000 Black Lives Matter protesters gathered around the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park on Friday evening in an effort to tear it down.