[snarkytart]

Lightfoot initially didn’t answer Lopez’s inquiry and wanted to move on to the next question. But Lopez said, “It’s not something you ignore. This is a question that I have.”

The phone call then took a profane turn as the two elected officials began exchanging expletives.

“I think you’re 100% full of shit, is what I think,” Lightfoot said.

“F--- you, then," Lopez responded. "Who are you to tell me I’m full of shit? ... Maybe you should come out and see what’s going on.”

“If you think we’re not ready, and we stood by and let the neighborhoods go up, there’s nothing intelligent that I could say to you," Lightfoot responded. "That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I understand you want to preen.”

“Mayor, you need to check your f---ing attitude. That’s what you need to do,” Lopez replied.

Chicago saw a spike in crime amid protests over Floyd’s death while he was in police custody on Memorial Day. In some cases, demonstrations devolved into riots, including looting, arson, and vandalism. The city experienced its most violent day in 60 years on May 31, with 18 people murdered and 65,000 calls to 911. Twenty-five people were killed between May 29 and May 31, and 85 were wounded by gunfire.

“We’ve never seen anything like it at all,” said Max Kapustin, the University of Chicago Crime Lab’s senior research director. “I don’t even know how to put it into context. It’s beyond anything that we’ve ever seen before.”


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The preening White Hispanic was correct ! lol

[pepsionice]

In the Latino community, I’d look upon this ‘line’ crossed and shops looted...if the cops are not there to protect the community, then call in the Latino drug ‘gangs’ and ask them put an end to the looting and Antifa threat.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yeah, I'm guessing that pissing off Hispanics is a lot like pissing off Italians: you don't go there, if you know what's good for you.