The state senator who represents parts of Chicago is suggesting the chaos over the weekend was a 'mass protest.'
, claiming it was simply "a mass protest against poverty and segregation."
Rather than condemn the chaos that left tourists running in fear, Peters suggested it was a "mass protest.""Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but: I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement," Peters wrote in a Twitter post Sunday. "It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation. Rest in peace to my mentions.
According to Fox 32, a man was taken to the hospital after being beaten by a group of teenagers after they jumped on and smashed his windshield while he and his wife sat inside. Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, the progressive who will succeed Lori Lightfoot, claimed that while he condemns the riot, "it is not constructive to demonize youth."
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