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“With bricks, battering some of our officers. They had shields, so after that it was time to send a message that we’re not going to let people just just come in here and tear up the City of Evanston,” said Chief Demitrous Cook.
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
It’s time to shoot to kill rioters, looters and those throwing things at the police. It’s the only way this will stop.
That was Mayor Daley’s advice in 1968. I lived in Old Town then, recently returned from the Army. It was an ugly time but compared to today? It was a trip to Disneyland. The hippie freaks of the late-60s have returned with a vengeance. Those who are not Department Heads at “universities” are takin’ it to the streets. If only Pete Seeger were her to supply the background music!
We need totally new ‘rules of engagement’ to deal with these maniacs. How about starting…tomorrow!
Another grossly biased and inaccurate headline from the liberal media. Correct headline is: Northwestern Students Loot and Riot in Evanston.
Exactly right.
Why not give the peaceful demonstrators exactly what they ask for and ban all police presence on the Northwestern University Campus?
If it were not for all the small businesses located in downtown Evanston, I would have included that too.
As far as the Evanston homeowners go:
Screw ’em.
They are getting exactly what they have voted for.
Umbrellas should be banned at protests.
Violators should have their umbrellas confiscated (no they will not be returned) and the violator charged with a crime.
Cook County State”s Attorney Kim Foxx and her counterparts in Philadelphia and San Francisco and elsewhere have through lack of prosecution and little to no cash bail enabled the chaos.
Evanston and that stupid “school” are just getting what they both deserve. Dead from the neck up with all the credentials anyone could want. The fraud of “education” is on life-support. What a crew of pompous and useless fools.
Such highly educated kids. The cream of the crop . . .
Universities have become training grounds for protestors, nihilists and marxists. Hard sciences are even becoming corrupted
“The cream of the crop . . .”
Didn’t you mean “crap”?
Would you hire one of those graduates?
They will probably have a career in politics. No background checks.
wrong, there IS a background check. After all, the deep state needs something to extort you with.
The start of the “skeleton” file.
Sure I would and I would pay them on a weekly basis too.
Of course, they would be laid off from November through April, when the grass doesn’t grow.