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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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”.
Delivery trucks can’t deliver their goods to liquor stores either.
White supremacists attack peaceful protesters.
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.
You are exactly correct.
Yeah, it’s amazing how they were able to rent U-Hauls on a Sunday evening./s
lightfoot was elected to promote the good of the city, not to preside over its destruction.
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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?
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.
Now youse can’t leave.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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