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Illinois state senator defends Chicago teens' rioting, looting: 'It's a mass protest'
Fox News ^ | April 17, 2023 | Aubrie Spady

Posted on 04/17/2023 9:12:23 PM PDT by lowbridge

An Illinois state senator defended the Chicago "Teen Takeover" that unfolded Saturday night and left multiple boys shot, claiming it was simply "a mass protest against poverty and segregation."

Robert Peters, who represents parts of Chicago, responded to the chaotic scene that saw hundreds of local youth smashing car windows, jumping on surrounding vehicles, and firing guns in the streets.

Rather than condemn the chaos that left tourists running in fear, Peters suggested it was a "mass protest."

"Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but: I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement," Peters wrote in a Twitter post Sunday. "It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation. Rest in peace to my mentions."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: beechnut; chicago; democrats; democratsuccessstory; peters; raceriot; riot; robertpeters; thebeechnutcure
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1 posted on 04/17/2023 9:12:23 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

It was mostly peaceful!!

Keep voting Democrat, Chicago!!


2 posted on 04/17/2023 9:13:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: lowbridge

There’s no hope for these people


3 posted on 04/17/2023 9:14:37 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: dfwgator

(hundreds of local youth smashing car windows, jumping on surrounding vehicles, and firing guns in the streets)

Global Warming strikes again!!


4 posted on 04/17/2023 9:15:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: lowbridge
It's a mass protest against stupid voters and libtardism gone amok
5 posted on 04/17/2023 9:18:41 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: lowbridge

Send them to that loser’s house.


6 posted on 04/17/2023 9:18:44 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: lowbridge

“It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation.”

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/crap.wav


7 posted on 04/17/2023 9:19:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: lowbridge
Wow. Young colored boys following in the footsteps of Martin Luther King. Who woulda thunk it?

8 posted on 04/17/2023 9:19:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: lowbridge

Just wait until the DNC convention hits that town.


9 posted on 04/17/2023 9:25:40 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: lowbridge

Ah, so now I get it. It’s like Thoreau, Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King with protests for a higher purpose.

Uh, but what exactly was the purpose this time? Reparations for slavery? Or just people wanting to steal money and retail items as robbery.

From FBI history site on bank robber Willie Sutton asked why he robbed banks.

Sutton simply replied, “Because that’s where the money is.”

On February 15, 1933, Sutton attempted to rob the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company in Philadelphia, PA. Sutton, disguised as a mailman, entered the bank early in the morning. The curiosity of a passerby caused the robbery attempt to be abandoned.

However, on January 15, 1934 Sutton entered the same bank with two companions through a skylight. When the watchman arrived, they forced him to admit the employees as usual. Each employee was handcuffed and crowded into a small room.
(This time Sutton got the money and got away.))

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/willie-sutton#:~:text=When%20asked%20why%20he%20robbed,bank%20early%20in%20the%20morning.


10 posted on 04/17/2023 9:26:21 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: All

Now there’s some weapons-grade stupid!


11 posted on 04/17/2023 9:28:49 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: lowbridge
10 killed, 26 wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago Chicago-Sun Times Apr 17, 2023

Now that's the way to protest! Even the French could learn a thing or two from that.

12 posted on 04/17/2023 9:34:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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Yes indeed. I like that they are upping the score. But even so, these young bucks need more range time. Nevertheless, 10 for the weekend is an improvement. I'm tired of those stories about 30 people shot, but only one dead. That's sort of a downer to me. Let's ramp it up!

13 posted on 04/17/2023 9:39:30 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: crusty old prospector; PGR88


I remember when America had another Illinois Senator (Illinois Senate) - who then became a Senator from Illinois (U.S. Senate)
14 posted on 04/17/2023 9:44:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: crusty old prospector

Exactly.

The poor white guys who mine the coal that generates the electricity that powers this loser’s house are probably the most marginalized people in this nation.

Wouldn’t it be a hoot if a group of them were to to show at this two-bit loser’s house and cut off his electricity and throw a few bombs through his windows?.

It is way past time for the left to be repaid in kind.


15 posted on 04/17/2023 9:45:19 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Maybe Indiana should send those kids more armor piercing ammo.

Tracers too. They’ll really light yer azz up!


16 posted on 04/17/2023 9:45:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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17 posted on 04/17/2023 9:46:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: lowbridge

They were just looking for the ruby slippers in downtown Chicago.

18 posted on 04/17/2023 9:50:51 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: SaveFerris

Whenever I tell a leftist that Jan 6th was mostly peaceful they scream hey that’s different but when their dude does it it’s fine


19 posted on 04/17/2023 9:52:11 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The idiots will keep on believing lies and keep on voting Democrat.

I’m surprised “Global Warming” hasn’t shown up yet. Probably by this Summer.

Anything but admit to lawlessness. Anything but.

Even WalMart is giving up on Democrat-run disasters in several cities.


20 posted on 04/17/2023 9:54:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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