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The chaotic scene developed out of a protest by a group known as Behind Enemy Lines, aiming to demonstrate against the war in Gaza. The group is not affiliated with the organizers of the much larger, and mostly peaceful, protest that took to the streets Monday near the United Center.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
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As a good Chicagoan, it must be comforting to know that the sensibilities of the democratic elite and the media are more important than your safety. Riots are OK when it’s just your buildings, businesses and personal well being at stake, but God forbid, the democratic elite catch any vitriol from the groups they created. Better yet, you get to pay for their safety. In other words, you mean nothing to them. You are irrelevant unless, of course, if you fail to pay your taxes. Please don’t call yourselves Americans any more. It’s a disgrace to real Americans.
For those keeping score. It’s Chicago PD 2 and the anarchist 0.
Yep, bottles and stuff thrown at Police, fighting with Police, tearing down baracdes…Police in riot gear arrested them…Police were polite to them and wrestled them to the ground to be cuffed…no beatings, no lessons taught…then released them all this morning – no questions asked. No problem. Now that’s justice. Gosh…I’ll bet they wont do that again…uh huh…