Protests in Chicago's loop and near north neighborhoods "erupt into chaos"

It honestly looks like a walk in the park compared to Minneapolis.

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Chicago Tribune



After intense skirmishes overnight, a Loop protest escalated with thousands of demonstrators marching, burning at least one flag, climbing onto a CTA bus and a light pole, hurling bottles, overturning police cars and surrounding officers on Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot held a news conference shortly after 8 p.m., saying the demonstration had "evolved into criminal conduct'' as she imposed a curfew on the city: from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.

Lightfoot said violators of the curfew will be given a chance to disperse and then they will be arrested. The order exempts essential workers.

The mayor, who said she was "disgusted,'' said she had seen protesters use pipes, bats, hammers and other objects to damage property.

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Chicago police Superintendent David Brown was also on hand, saying officers had many things thrown at them, including molotov cocktails. "We will be taking you into custody when you destroy property'' or burn cars, Brown said. "That’s just facts.''

“People are destroying property, meting out violence in the memory of a man who was unjustly killed, murdered by police officers,” he said.

At least one officer had "broken bones,'' and several others suffered less serious injuries, Brown said. He added several buildings had been vandalized, windows broken, and police responded with pepper spray and "arrests to prevent looting.''

In a statement late Friday, the FBI said they were ‘aware’ of the situation and was working with other law enforcement to ‘restore order’ to the community.

The crowd, which swelled to around 3,000, began their demonstration Saturday at Federal Plaza at 2 p.m. in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Crowds of protesters then made their way onto Lake Shore Drive and shut down portions of the roadway.

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Also this from twitter:

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Anonymous apparently now been hacking Chicago PD radios all night and playing polka music and frick The Police so the cops can’t communicate about protests lmfao

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