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Bridges Raised, Roads Closed in Chicago After Rioting, Looting Breaks Out
https://www.msn.com/ ^ | 8/10/2020 | Khaleda Rahman 3 hrs ago

Posted on 08/10/2020 10:35:50 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Bridges and roads were closed early Monday to prevent access to downtown Chicago after a night of unrest and looting in the city following an officer-involved shooting.

All bridges along the Chicago River were raised throughout The Loop, according to CBS Chicago.

Chicago's Officer of Emergency Management said on Twitter that streets are closed in the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district as well as Gold Coast and South Loop neighborhoods. The Illinois State Police also blocked some expressway ramps into downtown.

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To: skimbell

The “windy city” is blowing a stench. I guess the majority of the voters want this kind of uncivil BS. Oh, well. More popcorn!!! Sit back and enjoy the show. After all..they are “mostly peaceful”.


21 posted on 08/10/2020 10:53:05 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Grampa Dave

Delivery trucks can’t deliver their goods to liquor stores either.


22 posted on 08/10/2020 10:53:20 AM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: Vigilanteman

White supremacists attack peaceful protesters.


23 posted on 08/10/2020 10:53:53 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: MacNaughton
Is it time to leave Blue Cities in America?


24 posted on 08/10/2020 10:55:52 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing for America or for Americans today?)
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To: exnavy
And the Magnificent Mile is actually north of the river so bridge closings wouldn't exactly shut it off from the rest of Chiraq. Maybe my recall of my visit there isn't exact but I did find this friendly map of the stretch.


25 posted on 08/10/2020 10:58:31 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Texas resident

Delivery trucks can’t deliver their goods to liquor stores either.

Both Good news and bad news for the non rioters, who might need a good drink.


26 posted on 08/10/2020 10:59:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing for America or for Americans today?)
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To: Texas resident

You are exactly correct.


27 posted on 08/10/2020 10:59:26 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Leaning Right
George Soros is warming up right now.

If he did, he's be doing it quietly and away from everybody, just like he does the quiet and hidden funding for BLM and Antifa and all the rioters and looters.
28 posted on 08/10/2020 10:59:59 AM PDT by adorno
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To: PGR88

Yeah, it’s amazing how they were able to rent U-Hauls on a Sunday evening./s


29 posted on 08/10/2020 11:00:34 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

lightfoot was elected to promote the good of the city, not to preside over its destruction.


30 posted on 08/10/2020 11:08:06 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/northwestern-postpones-care-due-to-widespread-looting-in-chicago.html


31 posted on 08/10/2020 11:10:47 AM PDT by buckalfa (Please forgive my feeble attempts at humor, Appalachian education, and condescending snarkiness.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Bookmark


32 posted on 08/10/2020 11:12:46 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

We are likely to see a real change in modern cities and their roles in our lives. Brick and mortar retail was on its last legs anyway and now have little incentive to maintain expensive, vulnerable stores in the downtown urban cities rather than relying on on-line sales. Now, with coronovirus issues, even professional and corporate offices are finding out people can work from home and are questioning a need to have a “prestigious” office downtown that can be shut down at political whims or looted without defense. Fewer offices and stores mean fewer eateries, bars and entertainment venues. Meanwhile traditional city magnets such as museums, theaters, symphonies and professional athletic events have turned off a large proportion of their patrons due to out of control political correctness. I just wonder if places like Chicago, Baltimore, Portland, Seattle, New York City and Milwaukee can truly come back after this. Why should those chased or burned out want to come back?


33 posted on 08/10/2020 11:14:44 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: KC_Conspirator

The idea to raise the bridges and block the Expressway exits was the idea of Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1968. The original Mayor Daley would have ended the Protests after the first night.


34 posted on 08/10/2020 11:16:41 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: RomanSoldier19

Now youse can’t leave.


35 posted on 08/10/2020 11:23:08 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: RomanSoldier19
DEMOCRAT MAYOR = HELLHOLE CITY
36 posted on 08/10/2020 11:24:35 AM PDT by GOPJ ( If YOU live in an American hellhole, YOU elected a democrat mayor.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The bridges weren’t raised even though the PD had a heads up and they weren’t raised until the looting had been going on for hours.

Explain THAT, Groot.


37 posted on 08/10/2020 11:26:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: PGR88

An A-10 or perhaps a few Apache helicopters or maybe a couple of drones with Hellfire missiles could take the profit right out of that kind of operation.


38 posted on 08/10/2020 11:27:12 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Freee-dame
Police in Democrat hellholes are told to 'stand down' so 'peaceful protestors' can intimidate, loot, and bully citizens.

It's a tactic to get Biden elected. "Hey yous don't want you city burned down, right? Then pay us - oops 'elect' us..."

Protection rackets are as old as evil... the 'mayors' have to start objecting because the original plan never included them being blamed...

39 posted on 08/10/2020 11:31:04 AM PDT by GOPJ ( If YOU live in an American hellhole, YOU elected a democrat mayor.)
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To: EC Washington
The original Mayor Daley would have ended the Protests after the first night.

Those were the days, my friend. As a boy of 12, I still remember the images of Chicago during the 1968 DNC Convention. The hippies were allowed nearly free reign in Grant Park, but once they took to the streets, the gloves came off the cops. The mayor was not about to let him sully the good name of his town, much less join in like today's idiot mayor.

Even though Daley was a corrupt machine politician who helped JFK steal the 1960 election, he knew where to draw the line. I respected him for that.

40 posted on 08/10/2020 11:33:19 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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