Police Supt. David Brown said it took too long and took time away from stopping people looting. Protesters said the raised bridges effectively trapped them just as Lightfoot imposed a curfew, especially because the city also shut down CTA service. And efforts to keep people from the Downtown area pushed people looting and vandalizing into more residential neighborhoods, where many locally-owned businesses were burglarized and damaged.
“Police response to the protests and unrest was botched overall, the report found.” Anti-police and anti-Lightfoot ‘independent’ inspector general finds that crowd control measures, in the middle of a riot, were ineffective. This is absolutely ridiculous. I saw the pandemonium myself night after night. I’ll give Lori credit for trying something. Anything. Those were crazy times. I wish she would have ordered the maiming of looter and the killing of arsonists. I’m now a foid card owner and gun owner because of the riots. The police can’t be everywhere at once when you need them. These riots, and the people… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“Police response to the protests and unrest was botched overall, the report found.” Anti-police and anti-Lightfoot ‘independent’ inspector general finds that crowd control measures, in the middle of a riot, were ineffective. This is absolutely ridiculous. I saw the pandemonium myself night after night. I’ll give Lori credit for trying something. Anything. Those were crazy times. I wish she would have ordered the maiming of looter and the killing of arsonists. I’m now a foid card owner and gun owner because of the riots. The police can’t be everywhere at once when you need them. These riots, and the people… Read more »