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Neighborhood Demands Explanation
The folks over at SothwestChicagoPost.com want to know what the hell happened at Ford City Mall Saturday:

Ford City Mall, you owe us all an explanation.

The people of the Southwest Side (as well as nearby suburbs) want to know what exactly happened at your shopping center on Saturday, February 23, and why.

Police and others in authority are describing scenes of fights, looting and more-—both in the mall and spilling onto adjacent areas.

~~ How many mall security officers were on duty when the situation got out of hand?

~~ Did you have extra mall security on hand that day? If so, how many?

~~ Did you alert Chicago Police in advance? How about the Burbank, Bedford Park, Hometown and Oak Lawn PDs? If yes, how far in advance? If no, why not?

~~ In light of what occurred, do you plan to apologize to Ford City customers, Ford City business tenants, the people who were injured (including a CTA bus driver who was taken to a hospital) and the tens of thousands of men, women and children living in the immediate area? If so, when do you plan to make that apology? If not, why not?

They also have a few YouTube videos posted, most uploaded by the miscreants who caused and participated in the mayhem. Big surprise, it appears that gangs were involved and Facebook/Twitter was used to coordinate the nonsense.

We don’t think they’re going to get any good answers though.

In related news, the Ford City Mall has cancelled scheduled appearances by the Vienna Boy’s Choir and the touring company of Swedish Handbell Ringers.

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