Regardless of an individual's life circumstances, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said it is 'never justifiable to take what is not yours.'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot decried the looting that occurred earlier in the week as being indefensible and behavior that should never be tolerated, dismissing an activist's earlier remarks. Widespread looting erupted in Chicago's Magnificent Mile late Sunday night, hours after community members expressed outrage over an officer-involved shooting.
While Chicago officials condemned the looting, Black Lives Matter organizer Ariel Atkins expressed support for the more than 100 people arrested, saying they can take whatever they want because"businesses have insurance" and likened the theft to"reparations." Lightfoot didn't mention Atkins by name during her Friday briefing, but said people can never"normalize this behavior or allow anyone to justify it." Regardless of a person's individual life circumstances, Lightfoot said"it is never justifiable to take what is not yours." "We teach that basic tenet of our democracy to our children and any thinking, any speech, any action that suggests that somehow the taking and looting is justifiable is simply wrong and I reject it in the strongest words possible," Lightfoot said.reached out to Black Lives Matter for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication. Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot arrives at Wrigley Field on April 16 in Chicago. On Friday, Lightfoot said looting was"never justifiable" and asserted that any statement or speech that makes excuses for the behavior is"simply wrong."At least 13 officers were injured during the looting that carried into Monday morning. Having reviewed video footage and other evidence from the looting, officers were able to identify some of the people involved. They presented 44 cases involving felony charges to the Cook County State Attorney Office, which approved 43 of the cases, according to the State's Attorney for Cook County Kim Foxx. Of those cases, 28 are for what Foxx's office considers burglary or looting. "The message for this weekend is simple: Chicago does not belong to looters and thieves. Chicago belongs to the good people who work hard to earn an honest living," Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said on Friday.
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