Philadelphia exploded in violence Tuesday night after the death of Walter Wallace Jr., who was fatally shot by police on Monday.
But there&#8217;s one person vehemently opposed to the rioting and looting in the City of Brotherly Love &#8212; Walter Wallace Sr.
“I don’t condone no violence tearing up the city, looting of the stores,” he told reporters, <a href="https://www.fox29.com/video/864889" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to the local Fox affiliate. “I would feel like everybody having respect for my family and my son to stop this violence and chaos that’s going on in this city with people that have businesses.”
He also pleaded for people to stop the violence &#8220;to help my son and help my family.”
“All I’m sending out is an SOS, to help, not to hurt and cause no chaos, violence, looting, firing,” Wallace Sr. said. “I wasn’t brought up like this and I worked 33 years with the city, with the street department picking up trash to try to keep this city clean.”
Rodney Everett, Wallace Jr.&#8217;s uncle, echoed the sentiment. &#8220;I do not want to see my city tore down. We don’t need that. You’re not resolving anything for our family. Don’t do this in the name of my nephew because this is not what he would’ve wanted.&#8221;
Widespread rioting and looting rocked Philadelphia on Tuesday after police shot a man earlier this week who allegedly approached them while carrying a knife and did not obey orders to drop the weapon.
CBS Philadelphia journalist Joe Holden reported that law enforcement officials said the situation that unfolded last week was a “total loss” and had “rapidly gone downhill.”
The City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management sent out a warning last night, <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilaOEM/status/1321264919111675906">writing</a>: “The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting that all residents in the 12, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26th Districts remain indoors except when necessary. These areas are experiencing widespread demonstrations that have turned violent with looting.”
Nearly a dozen people, including a 15-year-old, were shot overnight when looting and rioting raged for a second straight night.
The White House responded to the violence and looting, which included approximately 1,000 participants, <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyPolice/status/1321252254884745223">according</a> to the Philadelphia Police Department, saying in a Tuesday night statement:
<blockquote>The riots in Philadelphia are the most recent consequence of the Liberal Democrats’ war against the police. Law enforcement is an incredibly dangerous occupation, and thousands of officers have given their lives in the line of duty. All lethal force incidents must be fully investigated. The facts must be followed wherever they lead to ensure fair and just results. In America, we resolve conflicts through the courts and the justice system. We can never allow mob rule. The Trump Administration stands proudly with law enforcement, and stands ready, upon request, to deploy any and all Federal resources to end these riots.</blockquote>
At first, city residents gathered for a protest. But that devolved into violent riots and looting of stores across the city. Dozens of looters were seen ransacking local and big-name stores, including a Walmart and a Foot Locker.
&#8220;Security took us to get a look inside the Walmart. He says looters broke in through the roof and broke the water pipes which have now COMPLETELY flooded the entire store, end to end&amp;front to back. And it is STILL being looted out back &amp; side doors,&#8221; a local TV reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1321394924441522177">posted</a> on Twitter.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapidly-gone-downhill-violent-riots-with-looting-rock-philadelphia">‘Rapidly Gone Downhill’: ‘Violent’ Riots ‘With Looting’ Rock Philadelphia</a>
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NPR Public Editor Kelly McBride told readers in a newsletter on Thursday that an interview with a left-wing author who defended looting last week contained false information and ultimately didn&#8217;t &#8220;serve&#8221; the NPR community.
Responding to a complaint from a reader, McBride, who was not the editor for the story, noted that some of author Vicky Osterweil&#8217;s claims in the print interview were contradicted by reporting from NPR, and furthermore, &#8220;the author&#8217;s characterization of the Civil Rights Movement is a distortion and oversimplification.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire previously reported, the NPR “Code Switch” section published an interview with a left-wing author who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/right-wing-myth-leftist-author-defends-looting-to-npr-trashes-small-business-owners-as-not-part-of-community">defended looting</a>, suggested small business owners were not part of the community, and argued looting businesses is ultimately about attacking “modes of oppression,&#8221; in addition to making other left-wing assertions.
According to McBride, “[t]he Code Switch team has a strong track record of presenting rigorous academic ideas that explain race, explore racial disparities and float interesting observations about social divisions. So a book that explains looting, even defends it, seems like appropriate material. But in the interview, the author made several statements in support of her hypothesis that could be easily fact-checked.”
Steve Drummond, the editor of “Code Switch,” told McBride that while the piece went through fact-checking, “we should have done more,” according to a copy of the <a href="http://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=7c7fd141a65180ed1dafb8fed91fa4fa3a98cc9ddb5e1c630eed6cca2c53e4b96de6a53174fb80e12e8eae28bb6fa32d61d4bb777c5e8ba984bb4fd2e7490f1649b3f5bcbc02139168015005279940e0">newsletter</a> posted by Mediaite.
McBride continued: “A new introduction was added to provide more context and prepare the reader to digest the author&#8217;s ideas. Still, this failure to challenge this author’s statements is harmful on two levels. Publishing false information leaves the audience misinformed. On top of that, news consumers are watching closely to see who is challenged and who isn’t. In this case a book author with a radical point of view far to the left was allowed to spread false information. Casual observers might conclude that NPR is more interested in fact-checking conservative viewpoints than liberal viewpoints. Or possibly, that bias on the part of NPR staff interferes with their judgment when spotting suspect information.”
The <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting">new version</a> of the story, updated on Sept 1, warns that the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200827191914/https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting">original introduction</a> to the interview lacked sufficient context for readers to “fully assess some of the controversial opinions discussed.”
The following sentences in the intro have been changed [emphasis added]: 
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<li style="font-weight: 400">Original version: “In the past months of demonstrations for Black lives, there has been a lot of hand-wringing about looting.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Current version: “In the past months of demonstrations for Black lives, there has been a lot of condemnation of looting.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Original version: “&#8230;police officers, government officials and pundits alike have bemoaned the property damage and demanded an end to the riots.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Current version: “&#8230;police officers, government officials and pundits alike have denounced the property damage and demanded an end to the riots.”</li>
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The author’s credentials were previously omitted from the three-paragraph introduction to the print interview. The current version reads: “Osterweil is a self-described writer, editor and agitator who has been writing about and participating in protests for years.”
The following sentences in the intro were also changed [emphasis added]:
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<li style="font-weight: 400">Original version: “When she finished it, back in April, she wrote (rather presciently) that ‘a new energy of resistance is building across the country.’ Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Current version: “When she finished it, back in April, she wrote that &#8220;a new energy of resistance is building across the country.&#8221; Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she stakes out a provocative position: that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Original version: “The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she says, are engaging in a powerful tactic that questions the justice of ‘law and order,’ and the distribution of property and wealth in an unequal society.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Current version: “The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she claims, are engaging in a powerful tactic that questions the justice of ‘law and order,’ and the distribution of property and wealth in an unequal society.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Original version: “I spoke with Osterweil about this summer&#8217;s riots, the common narratives surrounding looting, and why ‘nonviolence’ can be a misleading term. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Current version: “I spoke with Osterweil, and our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.”</li>
</ul>
The interview title has also been changed from “One Author’s Argument ‘In Defense Of Looting,’” to “One Author’s Controversial View: ‘In Defense Of Looting.’”
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Chicago police, in an effort to catch looters and rioters who escaped justice back in May (and, in some cases, again in August) have released a surveillance video showing a group of individuals ransacking a store on the city&#8217;s west side.
The video, which was shot over the course of 25 minutes, shows a group of looters crowding into what appears to be a retail store for cell phone equipment, jostling shoulder to shoulder to pull merchandise off the shelves, break display cases, and abscond with thousands of dollars in communications equipment.
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The store was looted back in May, in an initial round of riots that targeted stores in the city&#8217;s downtown and on the city&#8217;s south and west sides. Those incidents, which closely followed protests demanding justice for George Floyd, a black man who died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, went on for nearly a week before Chicago police &#8212; and several roving bands of private citizens &#8212; were able to get the unrest under control.
The second round of looting in August targeted the city&#8217;s &#8220;Magnificent Mile&#8221; shopping district, ostensibly in response to a police-involved shooting in the city&#8217;s Englewood neighborhood, though looters arrested during the melee, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chicago-looters-were-mix-of-college-students-out-of-work-parents-and-convicted-felons-not-neighborhood-activists">as The Daily Wire reported</a> at the time, said they were unaware of the connection. Activists, connected to Chicago&#8217;s official Black Lives Matter organization later defended the looting as &#8220;reparations,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-reparations-blm-chicago-defends-looting-holds-rally-for-protesters-arrested-in-sundays-riots">per a Daily Wire report</a>.
In this case, police say they&#8217;re looking for the public&#8217;s assistance in identifying the looters, whose faces are clearly visible in the surveillance video.
&#8220;The aftermath of the looting spree saw the store looking like a shell of itself. The floor was littered with items and packaging as well as shattered cases that previously had protected the store&#8217;s merchandise. Walls that held up goods and electronics were stripped bare, with only a few items remaining,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-looting-suspects-surveillance-video-store">Fox News reported</a>. &#8220;Police said they&#8217;re seeking the public&#8217;s help in identifying those involved. They released still photos of 23 people suspected of committing a burglary during the incident.&#8221;
Chicago police have been regularly releasing surveillance video of looters and rioters and the effort has resulted in several arrests. Seven people were arrested and several thousand dollars worth of stolen merchandise was recovered following the release of surveillance video taken from a jewelry store during August&#8217;s melee, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-looting-arrests-update-police/6374205/">according to ABC 7 Chicago</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-shouts-i-cant-breathe-as-she-loots-luxury-clothing-store-in-chicago">another looter was arrested</a> after CPD released a video, filmed by the alleged perpetrator for social media, showing the woman looting an electronics store while yelling &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe!&#8221; an apparent reference to Floyd&#8217;s death.
The two looting sprees cost the city of Chicago nearly $100 million, putting the city in &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; financial straits, according to mayor Lori Lightfoot, who suggested Monday that the city may need to raise property taxes to offset the cost of rebuilding the city following riots and the coronavirus pandemic.
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A California district attorney allegedly issued guidance to law enforcement in her county that required them to consider if looters needed their loot before the police charged them with a crime.
Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton’s guidance reportedly also included consideration of whether “the target business open or closed” at the time of the looting and “what was the manner and means” by which the looter gained entry to the target business.
As Jennifer Van Laar of <a href="https://www.redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/08/27/soros-da-diana-becton-requires-officers-consider-whether-a-looter-needed-stolen-goods-before-charging/">RedState</a> wrote, here are Becton’s charging guidelines for looting:
<blockquote>Theft Offenses Committed During State of Emergency (PC 463)
In order to promote consistent and equitable filing practices the follow[ing] analysis is to be applied when giving consideration to filing of PC 463 (Looting):
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<li>Was this theft offense substantially motivated by the state of emergency, or simply a theft offense which occurred contemporaneous to the declared state of emergency?</li>
<li>Factors to consider in making this determination:</li>
<li>Was the target business open or closed to the public during the state of emergency? ii. What was the manner and means by which the suspect gained entry to the business? iii. What was the nature/quantity/value of the goods targeted? iv. Was the theft committed for financial gain or personal need? v. Is there an articulable reason why another statute wouldn’t adequately address the particular incident?</li>
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Van Laar also quoted from the <a href="https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/penal-code/463/">Shouse California Law Group</a>: “Under Penal Code 463 PC, California law defines &#8216;looting&#8217; as taking advantage of a state of emergency to commit burglary, grand theft or petty theft. Looting charges can be filed as a misdemeanor or a felony and is punishable by up to 3 years in jail.”
The Shouse California Law Group provides some examples of situations that could result in looting charges in California:
<blockquote>After a major flood shuts down a city, two men travel to the deserted business district and break into a clothing store. Their intent is to steal all the dry merchandise as soon as they can get a car into the area.
During a riot that results from an appalling case of <a href="https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/civil-rights/police-misconduct/">police misconduct</a>, some people break the windows of an electronics store. A woman goes inside and takes several iPods.
People are evacuating a small town because of a wildfire that has caused the mayor to declare a state of emergency. Before leaving, a man stops by his local convenient store and finds that there is no one at the register. So he takes several 12-packs of beer without paying.</blockquote>
Becton is the same district attorney who charged a couple who painted over a message promoting Black Lives Matter on the street in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse with a “hate crime,” as Djhjmedia <a href="https://djhjmedia.com/rich/california-da-says-cops-must-consider-if-looters-needed-stolen-property-before-they-can-charge-them/amp/">pointed out</a>.
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As Van Laar notes, Becton coauthored an op-ed in <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/25/black-prosecutors-11-ideas-393577">Politico</a> with district attorneys Kim Foxx of Chicago, St. Louis’ Kim Gardner and two other district attorneys, in which they wrote, “Our criminal legal system was constructed to control Black people and people of color. Its injustices are not new but are deeply rooted in our country’s shameful history of slavery and legacy of racial violence. The system is acting exactly as it was intended to, and that is the problem. We should know: We’re Black, we’re female, and we’re prosecutors. We work as the gatekeepers in this flawed system. And we have some ideas for how to fix it.”
Kim Foxx&#8217;s office infamously dropped charges against actor and singer Jussie Smollett for allegedly perpetrated a hoax hate crime against himself.
The concept that looting can sometimes be justified has also been promulgated elsewhere. <a href="https://pjmedia.com/columns/tyler-o-neil/2020/08/29/new-book-provides-a-terrifying-glimpse-into-how-antifa-justifies-looting-and-rioting-n864754">PJMedia </a>pointed out that author Vicky Osterweil, who wrote &#8220;In Defense Of Looting,&#8221; argued in the book that “looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.”
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Report: CA District Attorney Issues Guidance To Police: Consider Needs Of Looters Before Charging Them

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In an interview published in NPR earlier this week, author Vicky Osterweil defended looting from businesses in the name of social justice and dismissed concerns about rioters attacking essential businesses such as grocery stores and pharmacies.
“When it comes to small business, family owned business or locally owned business, they are no more likely to provide worker protections. They are no more likely to have to provide good stuff for the community than big businesses,” Osterweil told <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting">NPR</a>.
The left-wing author, whose recent book is aptly titled “In Defense of Looting,” also bizarrely called the idea of respecting small business owners a “right-wing myth,” suggesting that it isn’t true that small business owners create jobs and are part of the community: &#8220;It&#8217;s actually a Republican myth that has, over the last 20 years, really crawled into even leftist discourse: that the small business owner must be respected, that the small business owner creates jobs and is part of the community. But that&#8217;s actually a right-wing myth.”
“A business being attacked in the community is ultimately about attacking like modes of oppression that exist in the community. It is true and possible that there are instances historically when businesses have refused to reopen or to come back. But that is a part of the inequity of the society, that people live in places where there is only one place where they can get access to something [like food or medicine],&#8221; said the author. &#8220;That question assumes well, what if you&#8217;re in a food desert? But the food desert is already an incredibly unjust situation. There&#8217;s this real tendency to try and blame people for fighting back, for revealing the inequity of the injustice that&#8217;s already been formed by the time that they&#8217;re fighting.&#8221;
The release of the NPR interview comes as left-wing rioters have destroyed businesses and burned property in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the aftermath of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-police-release-name-of-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-reveal-investigators-found-knife-in-suv">Jacob Blake shooting</a> by a police officer last Sunday.
According to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Haul (D), Blake was non-compliant when officers tried to arrest him, and officers were also unable to subdue him with a taser. Haul also said that the officer only fired his gun at Blake after he leaned toward the open driver’s side of his own car door, where investigators subsequently recovered a knife.
During the interview with NPR, Osterweil also said that the concept of property rights is “derived through whiteness” and oppression toward black people.
“The very basis of property in the U.S. is derived through whiteness and through Black oppression, through the history of slavery and settler domination of the country. Looting strikes at the heart of property, of whiteness and of the police. It gets to the very root of the way those three things are interconnected. And also it provides people with an imaginative sense of freedom and pleasure and helps them imagine a world that could be. And I think that&#8217;s a part of it that doesn&#8217;t really get talked about—that riots and looting are experienced as sort of joyous and liberatory,” said Osterweil.
The author also declared the idea of an “outside agitator” going to a town to riot is a myth itself, which traces back to the days of slavery, “when plantation owners would claim that it was Freedmen and Yankees coming South and giving the enslaved these crazy ideas—that they were real human beings—and that&#8217;s why they revolted.”
The Kenosha Police Department <a href="https://twitter.com/KenoshaPolice/status/1299093889534570496/photo/1">recently arrested</a> nine people from out of state after a concerned citizen reported a group of people meeting in a remote lot. Police allegedly spotted several of them filling up gas canisters, and in the subsequent arrest, police recovered illegal fireworks, suspected controlled substances, helmets, and other gear.
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‘Right-Wing Myth’: Leftist Author Defends Looting To NPR, Trashes Small Business Owners As Not Part Of Community

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Rioting and looting once again broke out in Democrat-controlled Minneapolis on Wednesday night after the police were falsely accused of shooting a black man. Law enforcement officials quickly released a video showing that the man, who they said was a murder suspect, shot and killed himself.
&#8220;Groups of people are looting multiple stores in downtown Minneapolis,&#8221; FOX9 News <a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/looting-in-downtown-minneapolis-after-homicide-suspect-takes-his-own-life">reported</a>. &#8220;Social media posts show images of people damaging items in a Target as well as broken windows of surrounding stores. Haskell&#8217;s liquor store and the Medical Arts building also appear to have been looted.&#8221;
Law enforcement officials, who were after the suspect for his alleged connection to a deadly shooting earlier in the day, released a <a href="https://twitter.com/MinneapolisPD/status/1298800001951453185">video</a> of the suspect that confirmed that the suspect shot himself as police arrived on the scene.
“We’ve got cops from all over the Twin Cities coming out here to maintain order because the citizens of Minneapolis and Hennepin County deserve to feel safe,” said Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson. “The people causing problems are going to go to jail tonight.”
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Looting is now taking place at the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis after a man committed suicide while being pursued by police. Any excuse to riot. <a href="https://t.co/gWrLpc8eoJ">pic.twitter.com/gWrLpc8eoJ</a>
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Ppl breaking windows while police look on from inside <a href="https://t.co/SzCoSDFnte">pic.twitter.com/SzCoSDFnte</a>
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Looting and violence has erupted in Minneapolis after a man shot himself as police approached him. How is this the fault of the police? <a href="https://t.co/hkvYlMIIqv">pic.twitter.com/hkvYlMIIqv</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1298795929739251713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Looting in downtown Minneapolis. Haskell’s liquor store and Medical Arts building included. This is all linked to alleged suicide of suspect in earlier homicide. Crowds down here were convinced he was shot by police. <a href="https://t.co/zaIKUw8IlC">pic.twitter.com/zaIKUw8IlC</a>
&mdash; Courtney Godfrey (@courtneygodfrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/courtneygodfrey/status/1298794134195572736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sheriff deputies in riot gear just showed up. People continue to try and cross the line they’re holding. I heard them say they are about to start making arrests. <a href="https://t.co/4AIApwPwSx">pic.twitter.com/4AIApwPwSx</a>
&mdash; Courtney Godfrey (@courtneygodfrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/courtneygodfrey/status/1298798039507886082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Bruegger’s looted <a href="https://t.co/e6zV4rTqQe">pic.twitter.com/e6zV4rTqQe</a>
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The Caribou across from WCCO has been looted. We were about to get video of looting happening Brit&#39;s Pub (next door), then the looters started throwing bottles of liquor at us and threatening us, so we left.<a href="https://twitter.com/WCCO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCCO</a> <a href="https://t.co/q73quQZASF">pic.twitter.com/q73quQZASF</a>
&mdash; Jeff Wagner (@Jeff_Wagner4) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeff_Wagner4/status/1298808618213666818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Community activist KG Wilson trying to calm the crowd on Nicollet Mall. Many here believe police shot/killed a man when the man actually shot himself. <a href="https://twitter.com/WCCO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCCO</a> <a href="https://t.co/89RgGPYR45">pic.twitter.com/89RgGPYR45</a>
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Police now responding to the Target on Nicollet after a large crowd ran inside. People were saying the group was about to loot Target. <a href="https://twitter.com/WCCO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCCO</a> <a href="https://t.co/ORryoCr3VZ">pic.twitter.com/ORryoCr3VZ</a>
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Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz released a statement following the incident, saying that it was time for the city to heal and that lawlessness would not be tolerated.
&#8220;Minneapolis, it’s time to heal,&#8221; Walz said. &#8220;We must rebuild and recover. Dangerous, unlawful behavior will not be tolerated. The State Patrol is headed to Minneapolis to help restore order. I remain in close contact with the city, and every state resource stands ready to help bring peace.&#8221;
Minneapolis Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey responded to Walz&#8217;s statement by saying, &#8220;Thank you, Governor Walz, for your partnership and support. The unrest must stop and healing must start. Destruction will not be tolerated. Healing our city will require peace and all of us working together.&#8221;
&#8220;We need everyone to keep the peace and immediately go home,&#8221; Frey added.
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We need everyone to keep the peace and immediately go home.
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The rioting and looting in Minneapolis come just a few months after violent riots broke out in the city in response to the death of George Floyd. Those riots spiraled out of control, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-gov-walz-trump-disaster-declaration-george-floyd-riots-500m-damages">causing</a> hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, and were followed by subsequent riots in other Democrat-controlled cities across the U.S.
The most recent example of violent riots to hit the U.S. happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week after a black man was shot by police officers who were reportedly responding to a domestic incident.
However, state authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-wisconsin-doj-finds-jacob-blake-had-weapon-on-floorboard-of-car">released</a> a report on Wednesday afternoon stating that their investigation found that the suspect, who was shot after resisting law enforcement and attempting to enter his car, had a weapon on the floorboard of his vehicle.
“During the investigation following the initial incident, Mr. Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession,” the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) said in a statement. “DCI agents recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s vehicle. A search of the vehicle located no additional weapons.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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Minnesota community members mourned, protested and looted in reaction to George Floyd dying in police custody

Riots, Looting Break Out In Minneapolis After Murder Suspect Commits Suicide. Police Release Video.

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Rioting and looting once again broke out in Democrat-controlled Minneapolis on Wednesday night after the police were falsely accused of shooting a black

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California wildfires, which have so far torched more than a million acres of land, including parts of the state&#8217;s historic redwood forest, have become a target for looters, and at least one firefighter had his bank account &#8220;drained&#8221; as he risked his life battling the historic blaze.
&#8220;California&#8217;s ongoing historic wildfires have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes, and police said looters are taking advantage of the empty houses,&#8221; USA Today reported Monday.  &#8220;In one case, a looter took advantage of an unoccupied car. Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart on Sunday told reporters that a California firefighter&#8217;s marked vehicle was burglarized.&#8221;
The looters apparently entered the firefighter&#8217;s truck as he and his crew were fighting to control the Santa Cruz blaze sometime between Friday evening and Saturday morning. In a matter of hours, they&#8217;d taken his possessions and allegedly drained his bank account using a debit card, per the Santa Cruz sheriff&#8217;s office.
&#8220;That&#8217;s the extent these people have gone,&#8221; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Mark Brunton said at a press conference. &#8220;Again, this is why we&#8217;ve asked for people to evacuate. The sheriff&#8217;s department has done a fantastic job in trying to wrangle this, but again, this is what we have as a result.&#8221;
The Santa Cruz sheriff&#8217;s office did not comment extensively on the case except to say that an investigation had been opened, but the Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart did tell reporters that he &#8220;can&#8217;t imagine a bigger lowlife.&#8221;
&#8220;To me, it’s just mind-boggling that somebody would have the audacity to do something like that,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I’m confident we’re going to find that person. When we do, we’re going to keep him in the county jail and then we’re going to hand that case over to the DA and the DA is going to hammer this guy.&#8221;
&#8220;I have no empathy, I have no patience for somebody who is going to come into our community and steal from people who have been who have been evacuated and victimized and traumatized,&#8221; Hart said.
Santa Cruz, along with other California law enforcement agencies, has beefed up in recent days to handle the spike in looting. Santa Cruz has arrested eight people so far for taking advantage of the evacuation order by ransacking abandoned residences.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/us/california-wildfires-sunday/index.html">CNN reports</a> that the &#8220;hundreds&#8221; of California wildfires raging in Lake, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties, were started by lightening, and a &#8220;total of 1.1 million [acres] have burned in the state.&#8221; An estimated 13,000 firefighters are involved in containing the flames, some of whom are working 24 hour shifts. And although 2019 was a record year for California wildfires, the 2020 blazes have already claimed more land and lives than in all of last year.
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California Looters Invade Wildfire Zone, Steal Firefighter’s Wallet, Drain Bank Account As He Battles Blaze

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Chicago screamed at the media and at society as a whole late this week for being upset that looters were stealing from businesses, saying that everyone needed to &#8220;get over it.&#8221;
The activist, who identified herself during an earlier portion of the news conference as Alycia Moaton, repeatedly demonized law enforcement officials and suggested that it was not a big deal that people were throwing things at the police because the police have &#8220;bullets.&#8221;
“People are worried about looting, and there are literal lives being taken away?&#8221; she yelled. &#8220;There are people who are dying, and y’all are mad about people looting Mag Mile? Get over it! These buildings are insured.&#8221;
&#8220;Materials will come back, but we will not come back if they kill us!&#8221; she continued. &#8220;What do y’all not get about that? Gucci, Apple store, whatever it is—that stuff will be replaced, but we won’t be replaced. We lose our lives, people lose our lives every single day for this cause, and y’all are mad about the wrong s**t!”
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Which side are you on? (4/4) <a href="https://t.co/iU23CJqlQn">pic.twitter.com/iU23CJqlQn</a>
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<blockquote>Public safety does not look like them. We are not protected by police officers; they beat us up every single day—not even just at protests, every single day we are targeted and profiled, not just at rallies. Every single day, we are arrested and locked up and not given our rights. Every single day, they come into these streets and laugh at us, and mock us, and call us names and they know they can because no one—people are letting them do this. They come out with a gun and a baton and pepper spray and mace and they get mad about some water bottles. They get mad at umbrellas, and they have bullets? They have bullets, and they’re mad that someone is throwing water? That’s the weapon? That’s what happens? That’s what other people think is so dangerous? People are worried about looting, and there are literal lives being taken away? There are people who are dying, and y’all are mad about people looting Mag Mile? Get over it! These buildings are insured. Materials will come back, but we will not come back if they kill us! What do y’all not get about that? Gucci, Apple store, whatever it is—that stuff will be replaced, but we won’t be replaced. We lose our lives, people lose our lives every single day for this cause, and y’all are mad about the wrong shit!</blockquote>
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Black Lives Matter Activist Screams At Society Over Looting: ‘Get Over It! These Buildings Are Insured.’

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Chicago screamed at the media and at society as a whole late this week for being upset that looters were stealing from

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Twenty-two-year-old Taeshia Rochon, who live-streamed herself looting luxury items during Chicago riots last week, has been arrested and charged with two felony counts of burglary and two felony counts of looting, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/8/17/21372747/7-more-charged-in-connection-with-recent-looting">according</a> to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Video streamed to Facebook appears to show Rochon allegedly stealing Canadian Goose jackets from Nordstrom and multiple pairs of sunglasses from Sunglass Hut, last Monday, the report says.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the 22-year-old is being held on $4,000 bail.
At one point during the live stream, Rochon is heard yelling “I can’t breathe,&#8221; a slogan tied to the Black Lives Matter movement and a reference to Eric Garner and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7CwHIC9dTY">George Floyd</a>.
The live stream, segments of which have been posted to Twitter (see below), has since been <a href="https://www.facebook.com/follow.ayoo/videos/2970818303030512/">removed</a> from Facebook.
As highlighted by The Blaze, a portion of the live stream can be viewed online and includes Rochon&#8217;s first and last name and location, identified as Chicago, IL:
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Who is this looter that is live streaming? Taeshia Rochon in Chicago Illinois <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chicagoriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chicagoriots</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Riots</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Taeshiarochon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Taeshiarochon</a> <a href="https://t.co/OIiLkb9uFG">pic.twitter.com/OIiLkb9uFG</a>
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“I don’t know where the f***ing keys at!” a woman can be heard yelling as she sifts through drawers. “Let me see, does that say, Valentino, does that say Dolce and Gabbana? &#8230; I can’t breathe!”
In other videos credited to Rochon, the looting across Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district is further documented.
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The Chicago Sun-Times <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/8/17/21372747/7-more-charged-in-connection-with-recent-looting">said</a> six others were similarly charged for their alleged participation in the looting last Monday, including 25-year-old Dion Gipson, who &#8220;was caught selling stolen merchandise on a Facebook group called &#8216;Legit Hustle.'&#8221;
&#8220;When he scheduled a meet up to sell the items, police retrieved $3,806 worth of stolen goods from Gipson, who was also caught on surveillance video breaking into and stealing from a store on Rush Street, prosecutors said,&#8221; the report noted.
Reporting on the chaos last week, WBBM-TV anchor Ryan Baker tweeted, “Mass chaos in downtown Chicago. Hundred of people looting stores. Looters broke into a bank and ripped out the atm. They are trying to break into it. This is at State and Lake.&#8221;
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Mass chaos in downtown Chicago. Hundred of people looting stores. Looters broke into a bank and ripped out the atm. They are trying to break into it. This is at State and Lake. <a href="https://twitter.com/cbschicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cbschicago</a> <a href="https://t.co/oKGrMHGADP">pic.twitter.com/oKGrMHGADP</a>
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“Even if this chaos and looting started as ‘retaliation’ for Sunday’s officer-involved shooting in Englewood, the discouraging, disrespectful, and disgusting end result is widespread, opportunistic crime,&#8221; Baker added.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-shouts-i-cant-breathe-as-she-loots-luxury-clothing-store-in-chicago">The Daily Wire</a> explained the apparent origins of the destruction, which started last Sunday afternoon:
<blockquote>The rioting and looting began Sunday afternoon after police chased an allegedly armed man who “turned and fired shots” at officers, Deputy Chief Delonda Tally <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shots-fired-as-crowds-loot-stores-clash-with-police-in-downtown-chicago">told</a> Fox 32 Chicago. Police then fired, injuring the man, she said. A crowd at the scene then clashed with police, throwing objects at officers. Authorities said someone spread a false rumor that police had shot and wounded a child.
The situation quickly escalated and got out of hand. “The looting began shortly after midnight as people darted through broken store windows and doors along Michigan Avenue carrying shopping bags full of merchandise. Cars dropped off more people as the crowd grew. At least one U-Haul van was seen pulling up,” The Chicago Tribune <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-downtown-looting-20200810-3zwa3b7zzrc5vdyb4qjqywrjvu-story.html">reported</a>.</blockquote>
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Police Shooting Leads To Widespread Looting And Violence In Chicago

Cops Catch Woman Who Live-Streamed Herself Looting, Yelling ‘I Can’t Breathe’

Twenty-two-year-old Taeshia Rochon, who live-streamed herself looting luxury items during Chicago riots last week, has been arrested and charged with two

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Chicago&#8217;s Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to the United States Attorney&#8217;s office late last week asking the federal government to consider charging dozens of looters and rioters who caused an estimated $60 million in damages to the city&#8217;s &#8220;Magnificent Mile&#8221; shopping district, amid concerns that the Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney, Kim Foxx, will not follow through on threats to prosecute.
<a href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/chicago-fop-president-asks-u-s-attorney-for-federal-prosecutions-for-looting-crimes-during-unrest-blasts-states-attorney-foxx/">Chicago&#8217;s CBS affiliate</a> reports that Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara sent a personal request to U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., asking Lausch to consider levying federal charges against those who participated in the unrest.
Catanzara noted that officers felt unprotected during the unrest and that several were injured trying to keep looters and rioters from stealing thousands in luxury merchandise from the city&#8217;s high-end shopping district.
“Our members were subject to threats both verbally and physically, were battered with all types of bricks and rocks, and stood the line to help protect the citizens and their property,” he wrote. “Our offices did this with the understanding that the looters and criminals would be prosecuted and held to account for their actions. It appears that this is not going to happen.”
At least one alleged looter was arrested outside the city&#8217;s Burberry boutique after using a brick to repel officers who saw him smash through the store&#8217;s window and grab for merchandise from the front display. Other officers reportedly found themselves overwhelmed by the sheer number of looters and rioters, many of whom drove into the city to take advantage of the unrest, police officials say, after seeing a post on Facebook.
Catanzara also echoed concerns from the city&#8217;s police superintendent David Brown who, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-police-superintendent-unloads-rioters-emboldened-by-no-consequences-in-criminal-system">as The Daily Wire reported</a> last week, told reporters in a press conference that he felt the looters were emboldened by the decision of the office of the State&#8217;s Attorney not to prosecute those who committed similar crimes back during the first wave of rioting in May.
“Criminals took to the streets with the confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions,” Brown said. “Let me say that again: Criminals took to the streets with the confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions.”
Indeed, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chicago-prosecutor-dismissed-thousands-of-felony-cases-including-gun-crimes-cases">Chicago Tribune reported last week</a> that Foxx has not only been lenient on protesters, but on thousands of other felons, including sexual predators, gun offenders, and even an alleged murderer, who saw their cases dropped by Foxx&#8217;s office.
Foxx claims that many of those arrested in May have yet to have their day in court; a number of hearings are scheduled for August.
Foxx, Catanzara says, is unlikely to follow through on threats to prosecute those arrested in this round of unrest, which is why the Fraternal Order of Police wants federal officials involved. Foxx, &#8220;very plainly and without explanation[] has decreed that her office has instituted a ‘presumption of dismissal’ for a host of charges. She makes this proclamation under some arbitrary theory that the offenders were protestors and somehow had the right to commit crimes due [to] the unfortunate death of George Floyd in Minnesota.”
It is &#8220;time for the State’s Attorney of Cook County to do her job, or if she refuses, the United States Attorney’s Office to step in,&#8221; Catanzara concludes.
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Chicago Police Union Wants Feds To Charge Looters Who Trashed City’s ‘Magnificent Mile’

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Chicago police will deploy 1,000 officers to the city&#8217;s central shopping district, the &#8220;Magnificent Mile,&#8221; and into neighborhoods being targeted by rioters and looters in an effort to curb the violence plaguing local businesses.
In a press conference held late Thursday, Chicago&#8217;s police superintendent David Brown said that the city would add 1,000 more officer shifts over three days, Friday through Sunday. This is similar to a deployment the department undertook several weeks ago, sending 1,200 additional officers into south and west side neighborhoods where gang violence has been on the upswing.
Chicago&#8217;s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, made a similar announcement in her own press conference on Friday, noting that the Chicago Streets &amp; Sanitation bureau will also be involved in preventing looting, and that police will use “new and enhanced tactics” to shut down &#8220;caravans&#8221; looking for opportunities to cause trouble.
“There can never be any place in Chicago where businesses are afraid to open, where residents and visitors are afraid to travel and shop, or where employees are afraid to go to work,&#8221; Lightfoot added.
Brown, who also appeared at the Friday conference, said that the thousand additional officers will be in charge of preventing looting and protecting businesses.
&#8220;Brown gave a stern warning to would-be thieves in a Thursday evening news conference,&#8221; <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-deploying-1000-extra-officer-over-weekend-to-deter-looting">Chicago&#8217;s Fox affiliate reported</a>. &#8220;He said the Chicago Police Department would be testing deployments downtown Thursday night and is prepared to use every method possible to stop looters.&#8221;
&#8220;We are going to deploy all tactics necessary to prevent and stop looting. [That may mean] deploying spike strips to puncture your tires,” Brown told media. “We’ve increased our numbers, we have extended our hours that our officers work. There’s an increase of 1,000 officers that would normally be here.”
Monday&#8217;s looting – the second such rampage in less than three months – left more than a dozen Chicago police officers injured and caused an estimated $60 million in damages. Businesses, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-looting-police-mayor-lori-lightfoot-cpd/6370260/">including anchor stores like Macy&#8217;s</a> that have operated on the Magnificent Mile for decades, have informed the city that unless something drastic is done to curb the violence, they will abandon their leases and move elsewhere.
Brown also said that he would do his best to see that looters and rioters arrested Monday face justice.
&#8220;What I want the looters to learn is how committed we are to not only stopping the looting but, if they escape, working tirelessly to find them, punish them and prosecute them,&#8221; he said.
That may be a difficult promise to keep. In a similar press conference Tuesday, Brown partly blamed Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney Kim Foxx&#8217;s office for the melee, suggesting that her office had deliberately dropped looting and rioting cases from the first round back in late May.
Foxx&#8217;s office contends that most looting and rioting cases from May are still pending. A statement from the Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney claims that 42 individuals have already been charged with felony cases stemming from Sunday night&#8217;s looting.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-police-department-launches-video-website-so-citizens-can-identify-looters">Daily Wire reported Thursday</a> that the Chicago Police Department has released additional security and surveillance footage of unidentified looters, and is asking the public for help in identifying those individuals who broke into Magnificent Mile stores.
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‘A Thousand Cops’: Chicago Announces Plans To Curb Looting, Protect Neighborhoods

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Chicago police will deploy 1,000 officers to the city&#039;s central shopping district, the &quot;Magnificent Mile,&quot; and into neighborhoods being targeted by

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The Chicago Police Department, intent on catching the looters who pillaged the city on Sunday, has launched a <a href="https://home.chicagopolice.org/crime-video-archives/looting-civil-unrest-videos/">“Looting &amp; Civil Unrest Videos”</a> website showing surveillance camera footage from the destruction, and asking citizens to identify the perpetrators.
On Wednesday, Chicago Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1183106165415616&amp;ref=watch_permalink">stated</a>, “Cases are easier to solve and much stronger when the community identifies these suspects and works with the police and the detectives to hold them accountable. … We’re now seeking the community’s help to identify additional offenders that are seen on video and in photographs looting and committing other criminal behavior.&#8221;
Deenihan showed a video of a man using a hammer-like object attempting to break into an ATM. He continued, “So this is gonna be just an example of the videos that are going to be posted on the website. So the department launched a website today with images of these subjects and others wanted in connection with the looting that took place downtown and elsewhere. Detectives are asking everyone to look at these images; there’s a link on the webpage that’s going to allow those with information to submit a tip. … Storeowners and others individuals that have additional video can also send these images to our detectives from the website.”
“This was just an attack on our city,” he continued. “We really need everyone’s help to identify these offenders so we can arrest and charge them. Camera footage is only valuable when our officers and detectives can identify the individuals caught on camera committing the crime. We need everyone’s help to do this. … Looking at these videos, someone surely knows the offenders that are causing this destruction. So please help us bring these criminals to justice. We need help to get them off the street and before a judge; these are obviously very dangerous people. The only way to truly restore our collective sense of security and restore order to Chicago is by working with the police to remove these offenders from the street.”
“We have been getting tips, and that’s how detectives are solving cases for the murders and shootings, and then specifically when we get this website up and running, we expect the tips,” Deenihan stated. “I know the community’s extremely upset, and we’re looking  — normally when you get that good of a shot of someone’s facial feature, someone can identify them, and we’re asking the community to step up, and I believe that they will.”
Along with providing videos highlighting criminal activity, the site also provides a means for business owners and other residents to submit additional footage and information to help identify perpetrators.
<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/chicago-pd-launches-looting-video-site-to-id-offenders/">The New York Post</a> notes that the launch of the site takes place “after 100 people were arrested and 13 cops were injured in violent clashes between police and looters Sunday into Monday.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rioters-launch-attack-on-portland-courthouse-police-precinct-ice-agents-harassed-while-arresting-criminals">Rioters Launch Attack On Portland Courthouse, Police Precinct. ICE Agents Harassed While Arresting Criminals.</a>
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Chicago Police Arrest More Than 100 People As Looters Hit Major Commercial Areas

Chicago Police Department Launches Video Website So Citizens Can Identify Looters

The Chicago Police Department, intent on catching the looters who pillaged the city on Sunday, has launched a “Looting &amp; Civil Unrest Videos” website

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A group of black residents from Chicago&#8217;s Englewood neighborhood – the location of an officer-involved shooting that triggered a night of riots and looting on Sunday – demanded that members of Chicago&#8217;s Black Lives Matter group, who were holding a protest to support those arrested for looting, leave the neighborhood and return only when they were ready to really help the community.
Chicago BLM organized a series of protests, beginning Monday, in support of the 100 individuals arrested during Sunday night&#8217;s shocking events, claiming that looting is &#8220;reparations&#8221; and that the alleged criminals were simply &#8220;protesting&#8221; and taking what is rightfully theirs from &#8220;corporations.&#8221;
On the second night of Chicago BLM&#8217;s protests, however, residents of the south side neighborhood where the initial, triggering incident occurred showed up at the BLM rally to demand the protesters leave.
&#8220;Standing in the middle of 63rd Street, encircled by police reform protesters, [Duane Kidd, a] 42-year-old lifelong resident of Englewood yelled: &#8216;None of these motherf******s are gonna be here tomorrow. That’s why I got a problem,'&#8221; <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/11/21364438/longtime-englewood-residents-push-back-against-police-reform-protesters">according to the Chicago Sun-Times</a>, which covered the clash between residents and protesters.
“They didn’t let the community know. They didn’t put flyers on peoples’ doors,” Kidd continued. “If they would’ve gotten something incited with the police, who’s gotta deal with it tomorrow? The community. Not them. They’ll be somewhere sipping sangria somewhere. I’m telling you like it is.”
Darryl Smith, a community activist and president of the Englewood Political Task Force, was harsher.
“If your issue is with the police, take it to 35th and Michigan [where CPD headquarters is located]. Don’t come in Englewood with it,” Smith said, per the Sun-Times. “If the people on 56th Street want to come over and protest the police, they can do it. But no one from the North Side or Indiana or any place other than Englewood can come here and do that.”
The &#8220;North Side&#8221; and &#8220;Indiana&#8221; are references to mostly-white areas in Chicago and in nearby Indiana.
“Y’all don’t come out when a kid gets shot. Y’all come out when it’s got something to do with the f****** police,&#8221; Smith continued.
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From earlier Daryl Smith a Englewood resident of 51 years, and community activits tells reporters why he doesn&#39;t want protesters in his neighborhood. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoProtests</a> <a href="https://t.co/5PepJ68Y5C">pic.twitter.com/5PepJ68Y5C</a>
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The interaction between BLM and the Englewood residents was captured for social media by Chicago news photographer, Tyler LaRiviere.
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Some community members and protesters are getting into arguments here at the 7th district police station, many community members are demanding that these protesters leave their community and protest somewhere else. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoProtests</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ej1dUwGRgc">pic.twitter.com/Ej1dUwGRgc</a>
&mdash; Tyler LaRiviere (@TylerLaRiviere) <a href="https://twitter.com/TylerLaRiviere/status/1293322074384211971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Some community members who did not speak at the counter-rally spoke directly to BLM protesters, demanding to know where Black Lives Matter has been during the recent uptick in violence: &#8220;Where are you when a baby&#8217;s shot?&#8221; one asked.
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Community members continue to ask protesters to leave and ask &quot;where are you when a baby&#39;s shot&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoProtests</a> <a href="https://t.co/RupqAzvLUv">pic.twitter.com/RupqAzvLUv</a>
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The BLM protesters, of course, were careful to try to control the scene, trying to block photographers from documenting the division between their group and community members.
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Protesters are trying to block media cameras from documenting the arguments between the community activists and protesters. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoProtests</a>
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The Black Lives Matter protest reportedly dispersed after just a half-hour, telling reporters that, &#8220;We have a relationship with the commander and if anyone wants to come in here and talk to the police about the shooting or anything, they have to go through us.&#8221;
The Chicago BLM social media accounts, however, <a href="https://twitter.com/BLMChi/status/1293410114876178437">say the protest simply ended</a> and that they, as well as several other groups dedicated to defunding the Chicago Police Department, will continue to agitate for &#8220;justice.&#8221;
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WATCH: Black Chicago Residents Interrupt BLM Rally To Support Looters, Demand BLM Leave Neighborhood

A group of black residents from Chicago&#039;s Englewood neighborhood – the location of an officer-involved shooting that triggered a night of riots and

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Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown unloaded on reporters Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-police-superintendent-unloads-rioters-emboldened-by-no-consequences-in-criminal-system">The Daily Wire reported</a>, blasting the Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney, Kim Foxx, and others responsible for handling criminal matters for failing to ensure looters and rioters, arrested in the first round of incidents in May, faced consequences.
Despite his pleas, the first of Sunday&#8217;s looters, arraigned Tuesday, was required to post just a $500 bond, despite allegedly breaking into the windows of the Burberry boutique and reportedly assaulting a Chicago police officer with a brick, <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2020/08/looting-battering-a-cop-getting-arrested-going-to-bond-court-and-heading-home-for-500-what-a-day.html">per CWB Chicago</a>.
&#8220;At 12:52 a.m. Monday, two cops assigned to help deal with looting on the Magnificent Mile allegedly saw [suspect  Demisck] Lomax holding a brick next to a window at the Burberry store, 633 North Michigan,&#8221; CWB reports. &#8220;They watched as he threw the brick into the store’s window and officers moved in&#8230;When a sergeant approached Lomax, the Joliet resident wound up and threw a brick at the cop, striking him in the hand, Murphy said. Police chased Lomax down Ontario Street and arrested him.&#8221;
Other looters threw &#8220;rocks, a clay pot, and other objects&#8221; at officers as they led Lomax away.
In Chicago bond court Tuesday, prosecutors charged Lomax, who has &#8220;three prior felony convictions for narcotics-related crimes,&#8221; &#8220;with felony aggravated battery of a police officer, criminal damage to property, resisting police, and announced their intention to also charge Lomax with looting in an afternoon,&#8221; but a Cook County judge let Lomax go on just a $5,000 bond, of which Lomax was only required to pay 10%, or $500. His family posted the bond.
Superintendent Brown pointed to similar cases from May as a reason why offenders were so willing to take to the streets Sunday night, after seeing a social media post that claimed officers had shot an unarmed 15-year-old boy on the city&#8217;s south side, and that called for looters to take to the streets with ski masks and tools.
“Criminals took to the streets with the confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions,” Brown said in his press conference. “Let me say that again: Criminals took to the streets with the confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions.”
“These looters act as if there are no consequences for their behavior. And they base that on what happened previously, that we made a lot of arrests during May and June and not many of those cases were prosecuted to the fullest extent,&#8221; he continued. “We have to have consequences for the arrests that Chicago Police officers make, through great threat to their own safety, they’re being shot at to make these arrests. And these looters, these thieves, these criminals are emboldened by no consequences in the criminal system. They get released, many charges get dropped.”
Chicago State&#8217;s Attorney Kim Foxx, whose office, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chicago-prosecutor-dismissed-thousands-of-felony-cases-including-gun-crimes-cases">as The Daily Wire reported Tuesday</a>, has dismissed thousands of felony cases – including sex assault, gun, and even homicide charges – since she took office, tried to defend herself against Brown&#8217;s claims by saying many of the looters arrested in May and June have yet to have their day in court.
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Despite Chicago Police Chief Demand For Accountability, First Looter Goes Free On $500 Bond

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown unloaded on reporters Monday, The Daily Wire reported, blasting the Cook County State&#039;s Attorney, Kim Foxx, and

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Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has made clear his frustration with Chicago authorities &#8220;emboldening&#8221; rioters and looters by dropping charges and refusing to prosecute such criminals to the fullest extent of the law after his officers risk their lives to arrest them.
&#8220;Criminals took to the streets with the confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions,&#8221; Chief Brown said during a press conference late Sunday night, addressing another round of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-reparations-blm-chicago-defends-looting-holds-rally-for-protesters-arrested-in-sundays-riots">looting and rioting</a> in the city. &#8220;Let me say that again: Criminals took to the streets with the confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions.&#8221;
Later in the presser, Brown emphasized, &#8220;These looters act as if there are no consequences for their behavior. And they base that on what happened previously, that we made a lot of arrests during May and June and not many of those cases were prosecuted to the fullest extent.&#8221;
&#8220;We have to have consequences for the arrests that Chicago Police officers make, through great threat to their own safety, they&#8217;re being shot at to make these arrests. And these looters, these thieves, these criminals are emboldened by no consequences in the criminal system. They get released, many charges get dropped.&#8221;
Captioning the post, the superintendent wrote, &#8220;The criminal acts we saw last night will not be tolerated. This was an act of violence against Chicago and I refuse to let these individuals get away without any accountability.&#8221;
&#8220;I for one refuse to allow these cowardly acts to hold our city hostage,&#8221; Brown said at the presser. &#8220;CPD (Chicago Police Department) will not stand by as our beautiful downtown becomes some place that people fear. I have instructed our detective units to create a special team of investigators to look at the hours of pod camera footage from last night. We have high-definition video of suspects and vehicles.&#8221;
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The criminal acts we saw last night will not be tolerated. This was an act of violence against Chicago and I refuse to let these individuals get away without any accountability. <a href="https://t.co/L9b50k52dh">pic.twitter.com/L9b50k52dh</a>
&mdash; Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown (@ChiefDavidBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefDavidBrown/status/1292881371312971776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Quoting Brown, the Chicago Police Department posted: &#8220;&#8216;When officers are doing their jobs, making arrests under the threat of being shot at, I would do nothing but applaud the efforts of the [Chicago Police] officers.&#8217; CPD made more than 100 arrests last night while putting their own safety on the line to protect the public.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite these Chicago Police officers being injured and shot at, they continued to protect public safety and arrest those who were responsible for these violent and criminal acts,&#8221; the superintendent <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefDavidBrown/status/1292961157817352194">noted</a> via Twitter.
&#8220;A total of 13 officers have been injured throughout the night, including a sergeant who was struck with a bottle. Another officer had his nose broken as he fought with a group of looters,&#8221; Brown told the media.
&#8220;In one incident last night, officers were arresting a looting suspect &#8230; [who] was carrying a cash register he had looted out of a store,&#8221; Brown outlined. &#8220;As officers were making the arrest, another vehicle passed by the officers and fired shots at the officers as their vehicle turned the corner, resulting in an exchange of gunfire between the officers and theses suspects. A bullet was found lodged in the cage of the police vehicle.&#8221;
&#8220;A hundred arrests of looters for disorderly conduct, battery to officers, and theft, along with several officers being injured, several officers being shot at. So when you talk about being overwhelmed, I&#8217;m not sure I can digest — when officers are doing their jobs, making arrests, under the threat of being shot at, I would do nothing but applaud the efforts of the Chicago police officers.&#8221;
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&quot;When officers are doing their jobs, making arrests under the threat of being shot at, I would do nothing but applaud the efforts of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoPolice</a> officers.&quot;
CPD made more than 100 arrests last night while putting their own safety on the line to protect the public. <a href="https://t.co/FNFi681klk">pic.twitter.com/FNFi681klk</a>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-reparations-blm-chicago-defends-looting-holds-rally-for-protesters-arrested-in-sundays-riots">‘This Is Reparations!’: BLM Chicago Defends Looting, Holds Rally For ‘Protesters’ Arrested In Sunday’s Riots</a>
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Chicago Police Superintendent Unloads: Rioters ‘Emboldened By No Consequences In Criminal System’

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has made clear his frustration with Chicago authorities &quot;emboldening&quot; rioters and looters by dropping charges

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A woman apparently taking a video of herself looting a high-end store in Chicago at one point yelled, &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe&#8221; — the phrase George Floyd uttered before his death that has become a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement.
In the video, posted on social media, the woman is seen walking through a luxury department store saying she is searching for a tool to remove security tags.
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“I don’t know where the f***ing keys at!” she yells as she searches drawers attempting to remove what she calls &#8220;Canada gooses,&#8221; a type of security tag.
“Let me see, does that say Valentino, does that say Dolce and Gabbana?” she says, then begins running through the store before yelling, &#8220;I can’t breathe!”
Rioters and looters rampaged through Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district early Monday, sparked by a shooting by a police officer hours earlier that left a young man wounded.
Social media exploded with videos showing hundreds of people looting stores such as Apple, Macy&#8217;s, Nordstrom, Best Buy, Coach, Gucci and Louis Vuitton. In some videos, gunfire can be heard.
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How dumb do you have to be to live stream yourself looting. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://t.co/uQ1gOWlxyK">pic.twitter.com/uQ1gOWlxyK</a>
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&#8220;Absolute chaos in downtown Chicago with more overnight looting and vandalism in the Loop,&#8221; tweeted Ryan Baker, an anchor for WBBM-TV. &#8220;Appears to be coordinated effort with minimal police presence.&#8221;
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Mass chaos in downtown Chicago. Hundred of people looting stores. Looters broke into a bank and ripped out the atm. They are trying to break into it. This is at State and Lake. <a href="https://twitter.com/cbschicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cbschicago</a> <a href="https://t.co/oKGrMHGADP">pic.twitter.com/oKGrMHGADP</a>
&mdash; Vi Nguyen (@ViNguyen) <a href="https://twitter.com/ViNguyen/status/1292756527569412096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Said Baker: &#8220;Even if this chaos and looting started as &#8216;retaliation&#8217; for Sunday&#8217;s officer involved shooting in Englewood, the discouraging, disrespectful, and disgusting end result is widespread, opportunistic crime.&#8221;
CBS-Chicago said the mayhem was &#8220;coordinated.&#8221;
&#8220;In what appears to be a widespread, coordinated attack, dozens of stores, banks and other businesses were broken into across downtown Chicago overnight. The looting spread from the Loop, up to the Near North Side,&#8221; the station reported.
The rioting and looting began Sunday afternoon after police chased an allegedly armed man who “turned and fired shots” at officers, Deputy Chief Delonda Tally <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shots-fired-as-crowds-loot-stores-clash-with-police-in-downtown-chicago">told</a> Fox 32 Chicago. Police then fired, injuring the man, she said. A crowd at the scene then clashed with police, throwing objects at officers. Authorities said someone spread a false rumor that police had shot and wounded a child.
The situation quickly escalated and got out of hand. &#8220;The looting began shortly after midnight as people darted through broken store windows and doors along Michigan Avenue carrying shopping bags full of merchandise. Cars dropped off more people as the crowd grew. At least one U-Haul van was seen pulling up,&#8221; The Chicago Tribune <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-downtown-looting-20200810-3zwa3b7zzrc5vdyb4qjqywrjvu-story.html">reported</a>.
<blockquote>People were seen running out of a PNC Bank, its windows smashed, at Huron and State streets. Down the block, other stores, including a Sally Beauty Supply, had been cleaned out by vandals. Other parts of downtown, including around Grand and Wabash avenues, were littered with trash.
Crowds repeatedly tried to bash in the windows of the Omega watch store at Delaware Place and Michigan Avenue. “The watch store,” one officer said. “They’re gonna get it eventually.”</blockquote>
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WATCH: Woman Shouts ‘I Can’t Breathe’ As She Loots Luxury Clothing Store In Chicago

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Over the last few days, sections of Los Angeles have looked more like a war zone than neighborhoods. Some of the hardest hit are some of L.A.&#8217;s more high-end shopping areas, including the world famous Rodeo Drive. Unintentionally there to document a significant amount of the protesting, vandalizing, looting, and conflicts with cops was one guy who usually just posts videos of exotic cars.
In one of the videos, titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3LrRUfJsY&amp;t=770s">When Car Spotting Goes Terribly Wrong</a>,&#8221; the guy behind the YouTube channel &#8220;effspot&#8221; starts off trying to film some expensive cars cruising around the Rodeo Drive area, but ends up coming up on a roaming band of protesters/rioters. He keeps the camera rolling and captures a whole lot of chaos, eventually posting around 30 minutes of the mayhem carried out by Black Lives Matter and other protesters-turned-rioters at the scene.
Captured in the footage are multiple acts of vandalism and looting of various high-end stores in the famous shopping district. At different points, police appear on the scene, sending some &#8220;protesters&#8221; running. At other points, demonstrators and police square off.
In one particularly tense moment, police in riot gear stand in front of multiple firetrucks apparently called to the scene to address the aftermath of some of the &#8220;demonstrations.&#8221; Some of the rioters are caught on camera hurling objects at officers. As highlighted in the video&#8217;s thumbnail, one of things that ends up getting destroyed by rioters over the course of the day is a black Porsche.
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In another video, posted on Monday, &#8220;effspot&#8221; documents &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxTqyW8yI0">the indiscriminate looting of Santa Monica</a>.&#8221; The video, which runs about 27 minutes, provides another unflinching look at the impact of the rioters on the area.
As in the scene at Rodeo Drive, large bands of protesters/rioters roam the area or cruise in vehicles and, as the filmmaker put it, &#8220;indiscriminately&#8221; loot and destroy, climbing in and out of broken windows, vandalizing, and lighting fires, at least one of which ends up sending smoke billowing in the air. Among the stores hit by rioters is a 24 Hour Fitness, a Coffee Bean, and a Vons.
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On Sunday, <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/police-vehicles-attacked-in-beverly-hills-rodeo-drive-store-looted/2371379/">NBC News</a> provided a summary of what took place on Rodeo Drive the day before (formatting adjusted):
<blockquote>What began as a protest in Beverly Hills Saturday over the in-custody death of George Floyd led to looting of the Alexander McQueen clothing store on Rodeo Drive, attacks on three police vehicles and multiple incidents of vandalism. Police used tear gas to break up the remaining 200-300 people gathered at Rodeo and Santa Monica Boulevard around 8 p.m., after the gathering was declared an illegal assembly. &#8230;
The Alexander McQueen store was looted by masked individuals around 6:20 p.m. as what appeared to be dozens of people entered the store and escaped with stolen items. There was also an attempt to loot the Gucci store. Three Santa Monica Police Department vehicles were attacked between 6 and 7 p.m. at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Rodeo. Santa Monica police were assisting the Beverly Hills Police Department on a mutual aid request.</blockquote>
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Over the last few days, sections of Los Angeles have looked more like a war zone than neighborhoods. Some of the hardest hit are some of L.A.&#039;s more

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A woman in Santa Monica, California, desperately pleaded with rioters who were allegedly looting stores in the area on Sunday, screaming at them that they were going to get President Donald Trump re-elected.
&#8220;This is going to get Trump re-elected!&#8221; the woman screamed. &#8220;Please stop! Think first.”
&#8220;Do not get Trump re-elected for your behavior,&#8221; the woman desperately pleaded. &#8220;Please! Santa Monica, please! We don&#8217;t want Trump re-elected! Please stop doing this! They&#8217;re only going to want him back because of your–”
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This woman ran up and stood outside a pillaged Vans and was begging people to stop looting because it will help get Trump re-elected. 
“We don’t want Trump re-elected, please don’t do this” <a href="https://t.co/739dYfD8ZT">pic.twitter.com/739dYfD8ZT</a>
&mdash; Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) <a href="https://twitter.com/bri_sacks/status/1267224316745146370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Santa Monica Daily Press (SMDP) <a href="https://www.smdp.com/george-floyd-protesters-gather-by-santa-monica-pier/192254">reported</a> that hundreds of demonstrators came together for protests that eventually turned in riots as looting broke out at nearby stores:
<blockquote>A group of looters started breaking into downtown stores and the Santa Monica Place mall after 2 p.m., and police set up a perimeter around the Third Street Promenade. A protester tried to prevent looters from breaking into a downtown REI Co-op.
As the looting escalated, hundreds of protesters gathered peacefully near the pier and smaller groups continued to protest in a few other areas downtown.
After the looting began, officials issued a 4 p.m. curfew, closed all 10 Freeway off-ramps into Santa Monica and halted the Metro E line at the 26th Street station. Los Angeles County issued a 6 p.m. curfew throughout all areas of the county.</blockquote>
The riots initially started as demonstrations to protest the death of George Floyd early last week, a black man who died after being taken into police custody.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the incident shortly after it happened, saying that he directed federal authorities to quickly investigate what happened.
&#8220;At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!&#8221;
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&#8230;.I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1265774770877902848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Since then violent riots have broke out across the U.S. which have resulted in police being killed, businesses destroyed, stores looted, and lives upended in areas that were already hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Attorney General William Barr <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-attorney-general-it-appears-some-violent-riots-driven-by-far-left-extremists-using-antifa-like-tactics">responded</a> to the riots on Saturday in part by saying: “In many places, it appears the violence is planned, organized, and driven by anarchistic and far left extremists, using Antifa-like tactics, many of whom travel from out of state to promote the violence. We must have law and order on our streets and in our communities, and it is the responsibility of the local and state leadership, in the first instance, to halt this violence. The Department of Justice (including the FBI, Marshals, ATF, and DEA), and all of our 93 U.S. Attorneys across the country, will support these local efforts and take all action necessary to enforce federal law.”
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Woman In L.A. BEGS Alleged Looters To Stop: ‘This Is Going To Get Trump Re-Elected!’

A woman in Santa Monica, California, desperately pleaded with rioters who were allegedly looting stores in the area on Sunday, screaming at them that they

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