“Our officers are tired. I feel it. I see it. And I talk about this every day. [But], the National Guard is gonna stand up there and he or she will act as a scarecrow. … I hate to say it that way. But it’s the truth. Because they really can’t do what we want them to do,” former Public Safety Committee Chairman Ariel Reboyras (30^th) said.

“Now is the time to provide in-person instruction to those who are prepared to return,” high school senior Becca Hohenstein said. “Our districts are capable of bringing us back into the building so that we can get the full experience that our schools are designed to provide.”

Mark Konkol: “‘We’re just in such a weird place,’ (Suburban Jungle owner Alison) Bernstein said. ‘Walk the streets in major cities, and it’s very eerie and looks like a horror show. When crime goes through the roof and you don’t know if or when people will come back, or if the place you loved will ever be like it was … I think that’s the key to why there’s an exodus.'”

More than 100 ATMs were stolen or damaged during the two major riot periods of May 30 to June 2 and between Aug. 9 and 11. The most spectacular ATM theft occurred early Monday, Aug. 10, when police say a man videoed himself hammering an ATM into smithereens and beamed the act live onto social media.

While the ruling allows holding two detainees in the same cell or in group housing, social distancing policies previously implemented at the jail will continue, a county spokesman said.

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The superintendent said police have recovered more than 200 illegal guns over the weekend. He also said he would be extending the use of the CPD Summer Mobile Patrol Unit for another 90 days.

This list is by no means exhaustive.

States already on the list are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.

Plummeting numbers for home buyers as well as renters for both apartments and office space are sounding the alarm. “The pandemic, crime and lingering concerns over the city’s and state’s financial health have combined to form a toxic triple-whammy that threatens to have a lasting impact on the economic viability of the Loop and its perimeter.”

“I’m hoping for the best, planning for the worst,” one tour boat owner said. “There’s not much we can do between that. I just don’t think we can get back to normal right away, no matter what happens.”

“Schools are anchors for those students and the communities in which they live. They’re springboards for the futures of so many young lives. Yes, educating through remote learning poses daunting logistical challenges. But CPS can’t afford to get it wrong.”