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Nearly 30 arrested when fights break out as hundreds of young people descend on downtown Chicago
Chicago Tribune ^
| April 18, 2019
| Morgan Greene
Posted on 04/18/2019 7:21:02 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Nearly 30 young people were arrested in downtown Chicago Wednesday night when fights broke out as hundreds of students and about 200 officers wound through bustling streets.
The large groups of young people, many of them high school students, moved through the Loop and the Near North Side, according to Chief of Patrol Fred Waller, speaking at the corner of State and Lake streets after 9 p.m. The challenge is to keep the public safety, he said.
Twenty males and six females all juveniles were taken into custody, most of them charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and released to their parents, a police spokesman said Thursday morning.
Waller said there were probably about 500 teens traveling through the city. Shortly after 9 p.m., police lined the middle of State Street outside of the Chicago Theatre. More than a dozen officers on bikes surrounded the teens and blared their sirens. About 15 minutes later, a large group bolted back to the corner of State and Lake streets as two women posed for a photo in front of the Chicago Theatre marquee.
When they run like that, someone starts a fight, Waller said.
Police strategy was a lot of tolerance, talking to the kids and moving the crowd along to public transportation, Waller said.
And people who were completely disobeying the law, they had to be arrested, he said.
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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: barbarians; chicago; mobs; obamasfault; teens; youts
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To: frank ballenger
“If the ladies purses were heavy the teens could hold them to lighten the load on their feet”.
LOL! That’s right.
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posted on
04/18/2019 8:27:03 AM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: PghBaldy
These type of black mobs seemed to just sprout up, across the nation, since Obama was in office. I blame Obama.
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You’re right. Obama did all he could to foment racial tension.
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posted on
04/18/2019 8:30:36 AM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
....but, but....they just had a historic election. Puke.
To: LostInBayport
Belts and shoe laces are taken when incarcerated. Remember the fad of hi-tops with tube socks and no laces from a bit ago...same crap.
Nothing but posturing.
Look at me...I been in the joint.
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posted on
04/18/2019 8:35:12 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
04/18/2019 8:47:31 AM PDT
by
blam
To: laconic
Heideger! Heideger was a boozy beggar
Who could drink you under the table
66
posted on
04/18/2019 8:50:02 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
To: LostInBayport
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posted on
04/18/2019 8:50:20 AM PDT
by
blam
To: PghBaldy; bigbob
".. just sprout up..." It didn't just sprout up. It was coordinated. See Wilding Meetup: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/ 15 posted on 4/18/2019 10:26:53 AM by bigbob
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:01:51 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“Police strategy was a lot of tolerance,...”
Therein lies the problem. Expect more of this.
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:01:52 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: C210N
Historically , we PAY them not to riot. The payment is late or they want more...
..
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:09:19 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“Young people” or “Youths” being used as euphemisms in describing riots by young minority hooligans is nothing new.
I recall reading the “youths” description of a riot in a New York Times article from 1960. Only the “Harlem” location of the riot gave it away.
The PC-brain dead liberals have been at this for a lifetime.
“Whitewash” the problem instead of reporting accurately on it.
Western Civilization is doomed.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
This report avoids citing the reason for bangers loop meet.
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:20:47 AM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
To: Simon Foxx
Watching videos on this event looks like all blacks from what I saw......like all the restaurants where there's violence and destruction are often the black population........ I just wish the parents would step up and control their kids. There seems to be so many of control of their children..
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:21:44 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Simon Foxx
Watching videos on this event looks like all blacks from what I saw......like all the restaurants where there's violence and destruction are often the black population........ I just wish the parents would step up and control their kids. There seems to be so many of control of their children..
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:21:46 AM PDT
by
caww
To: fwdude
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:22:57 AM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.”)
To: AppyPappy
Mutual of Omaha probably sponsored it.
Mutual of Obamas Wilding Kingdom.
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:26:17 AM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.”)
To: caww
I just wish the parents would step up and control their kids. Probably 70+% are in single parent households, and the single parent is either working to keep head above water or drugged to the point of don't give a damn.
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:27:37 AM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: QualityMan
that city is a craphole. could not get out of illannoy fast enough. I have a personal policy of leaving nothing in illannoy except exhaust fumes and urine. Lol. Post of the Week.
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:35:07 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
(("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6))
To: JimRed
So where’s the black community as a whole to do something about this? Throwing money at people who “don’t give a damn” hasn’t worked....and I don’t buy single mothers can’t raise their kids right because they’re working. There’s plenty of singe mothers who have raised kids alone successfully.
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:38:32 AM PDT
by
caww
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
04/18/2019 9:44:15 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Stop making stupid people famous!)
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