Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot
Lori LightfootSunday Shows Prospect: Mail-in-Voice, USPS Funding Dominates Political Debate Before Conventions Chicago deployed 1,000 additional officials over weekend to favor Chicago’s Ronald McDonald House looting by repairing MORE looting damage (D) accused people who had come ‘for a fight’ on Saturday for violent protests in the city.
“What we’ve seen are people who have embedded themselves in these seemingly peaceful protests and have come for a fight,” Lightfoot said Sunday on CBS ‘”Face the Nation.”
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“What we have seen are people who have embedded themselves in these seemingly peaceful protests and have come for a fight.”
On Saturday, 17 officers were injured and 24 arrested after protests erupted in the town of Mayor Lightfoot pic.twitter.com/1Zw1mcyiHS
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“What happened yesterday was very soon over, because our police department decided to ensure that we protect peaceful protests, but we will absolutely not tolerate people who come to these protests in search of a fight and are intent on us. to injure police officers and injure innocent people who have just come to express their First Amendment rights, ‘she added.
Lightfoot contrasted the unrest with a wave of looting last weekend, confirming its description of the previous incident as a “planned attack.”
She said city officials “are working with our federal partners to identify exactly who the ringleaders are … we are determined to ensure we get to the end and those responsible for this organized crime effort for bring justice. “
Lightfoot also addressed a recent uptick in cases of coronavirus in the city, saying they doubt it is thanks to the meetings because “we did not see this rise when we met in late May, early June. saw a lot of mass meetings, but we’re concerned. “
“We just need to make it clear to young people that they are not immune to this virus,” she said, adding that city officials had been particularly concerned about an increase in cases among Latinx Chicagoans.
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