Local officials did not take up President Trump’s offer to send the National Guard.
Authorities described it as the work of vandals, not protesters.
Damon Williams, a leader of the #LetUsBreathe Collective, said Monday’s looting should be seen in the same context as the “peasant uprisings of the 18th and 19th centuries.”“Billionaires don’t need to smash windows to loot,” said a statement issued by the progressive group United Working Families, which is supported by three members of the city council.
Videos posted to social media show people roaming up and down the streets, bashing their way into stores including Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom Rack and a Tesla dealership. As police closed off highway ramps, bus and train service was halted downtown.Two boys, ages 14 and 15, said they had come downtown because “of the same situation as before — killing an innocent Black person.
The looting, which spread south into the Loop and also into the North Side’s Old Town neighborhood, was a reminder of the chaos that followed the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in the custody of Minneapolis police less than three months ago.At the time, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker sent 375 National Guard members to protect the downtown area, freeing up Chicago police to handle the looting that had spread throughout the city and surrounding suburbs.
Terrance Moses, a Black resident of the surrounding Kenton neighborhood, said he has been watching the nightly protests from his home with dismay.
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