Wasn’t it Daley who stopped the rioting by announcing that if there were anymore riots the police had permission to shoot on sight?
“I gave the Superintendent the order to shoot to kill any arsonists, or anyone with a molotov cocktail in their hand, because they’re potential murderers, and to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city.”
Although vilified in the national press for this tough stance, Chicagoans loved Daley for it; he got thousands of supportive letters (yes, in those days, people wrote letters).