Thread by @crabcrawler1

Going to put together a Chicago thread of last years “events” to prove Lori Lightfoot is the wrong one. (Tomorrow)
(But today if you’re reading this in the future)

https://twitter.com/crabcrawler1/status/1412222771229253642

TO BEGIN. Back on Friday a Newsmax reporter pressed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot about last month's unrest in the city.

Lightfoot denied there were "race riots last summer" but never explained herself.

(I fixed the audio so it doesn't come out of just one headphone ear)

Now the part where I list off protest/riot videos from last year in Chicago.

(May 31st 2020) "Protests in Chicago" -- via twitter.com/jayydee02/

(May 29th 2020) (Chicago) "I've covered a lot of protests, but this is a first. Protesters are marching AGAINST traffic heading south on Michigan Avenue." -- via twitter.com/JavonteA/

^ Chicago's Mayor back then? She spent her time being angry at Donald Trump. Imagine what kind of message that sent for the people in the city. (via twitter.com/BauerJournalism)

(May 29th 2020) (Chicago) ON THAT Trump NOTE...

"they won’t let us get close to trump tower" -- via twitter.com/RenegadeStarr/

(May 30th 2020) "Trump Tower in Chicago about to get wrecked" -- via twitter.com/Mohammadpilled/

THERE WEREN'T RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO last Summer claimed Lori Lightfoot.

WHAT WAS ALL THIS THEN? 🧐

May 30th 2020. "Live pictures on CNN: People vandalizing police cars in Chicago in broad daylight. Law enforcement now pushing the crowd away." -- via twitter.com/brianstelter/

Since I'm not a hack I'll show some tamer stuff too.

"Incredible scene in Chicago as peaceful protesters march through the streets chanting “Who’s Streets? Our Streets!”" -- via twitter.com/vashon_photo/

"The scene in Chicago’s Federal Plaza" -- via twitter.com/madeleinedupre

(May 30th 2020) (Chicago)

BUT YEAH. Yeah. Things got out of hand in the city of Chicago last year.

As you can see in this video captured by twitter.com/mackurdad/

(STILL on May 30th 2020) (Still in Chicago) "Nike store on Michigan Ave smashed and completely looted" -- via twitter.com/BenPopeCST/

^^ "If for some reason you were thinking of coming to downtown Chicago tonight: Don’t. You literally won’t be able to cross that bridge (or that bridge or that bridge) when you come to it." -- via twitter.com/RichardERoeper/

AND SO between dancing on Chicago police cars.... (video via twitter.com/hxllywoodd)

... and whatever this moment of Chicago clashing was? (via twitter.com/Andrew_M_C)

We can easily conclude Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is the one in the wrong, here. Just as it is.

But it of course kept going. All last summer.

(Don't mind me. This tweet is just for the Twitter Moment header thumbnail I'll add, after this thread is done)

(May 31st 2020) (Chicago) "Protesters kneel for 9 minutes of silence in honor of George Floyd" -- via twitter.com/kenziegarand

(June 3rd 2020) (Chicago) And when I talked about Chicago's rioting last summer, I'm not going to lay blame. This is about the chaos.

E.g. in this video from twitter.com/TomSchuba/ a cop tackles someone.

(June 4th 2020) Oh yeah and Kanye West showed up to protest in Chicago. (via twitter.com/fox32news)

(June 5th 2020) "Thousands down here. Chicago is demanding radical systemic change. We demand the City #DefundCPD NOW!" -- via twitter.com/BLMChi/

How could Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot FORGET that people were OUTSIDE HER HOUSE?

(June 23rd 2020) "Group of protesters and cops are standing off at Kimball Ave and Wrightwood Ave near Lori Lightfoots residence. #Chicago" -- via twitter.com/TylerLaRiviere/

"Looting following protests caused $20 million-plus in Cook County damage, state estimates" chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/…

FAST FORWARD to when tensions flare up again.

(July 17th 2020) "Protesters launch fireworks and other items at Chicago police officers guarding Columbus statue in Grant Park" -- via twitter.com/WGNNews/

(no audio in the clip, it's silent)

(July 17th 2020) (Chicago) Photojournalist twitter.com/DominicGwinn was right next to the CPD when rioters were throwing bottles and fireworks at them.

^^ "There’s a group of people inside the smaller area where the statue is positioned, chanting, playing music. Ropes are being tied to the statue. Cops standing back and watching, surrounding them. Cops are putting on helmets/shields" -- via twitter.com/Dakarai_Turner/

^^ There were a few incidents of Chicago PD confronting media during the Columbus Statue incident last July.

AGAIN I SHOW THIS OUT OF IMPARTIALITY AND FAIRNESS.
(via twitter.com/colinbphoto)

^^ "Chicago Police Officer using his baton to swat my phone out of my hand while I was doing a live hit

You can see him kick it after it lands on the street. Heard a different officer say a few min later, 'don’t touch her- she’s media'" -- via twitter.com/MarParNews/

^^ "here were a few protesters who first blocked my camera and then proceeded to try to take it out of my hands — this was not live

Afterwards, a few other protesters came to ask if I was okay and if I would refrain from filming protesters’ faces" -- via twitter.com/MarParNews/

(July 20th 2020) "Trump expected to send new federal force to Chicago this week to battle violence, but plan’s full scope is a question mark" chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-…

^^ (by the way Chicago ended up taking two Christopher Columbus statues down) (via twitter.com/CBSNews)

Chicago's violence is routine btw.

(July 21st 2020) "Video was sent to me showing some of what happened in this mass shooting that left 14 people shot as they attended a funeral on Chicago’s south side." -- via twitter.com/TIA_EWING/

(July 22nd 2020) MEANWHILE Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot CONTINUED to make it about HER being a woman and having a grudge against Trump. (via twitter.com/therecount)

(July 23rd 2020) (Chicago) "Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot agreed to let feds into Chicago. So this is the scene outside her house tonight." (description via twitter.com/JoshuaPotash) (video via twitter.com/vashon_photo)

(July 24th 2020) "Chicago Protest happening now!!! #Chicago #ChicagoProtest" -- via twitter.com/NoB1konoB/

The police wanted Trump's help. Lightfoot ADMONISHED them for that. abc7chicago.com/fraternal-orde…

(July 24th 2020) "Mayor Lightfoot Chastises Police For Asking Trump to Help ‘Bring Back Civility To The Streets Of Chicago’" thegreggjarrett.com/mayor-lightfoo…

And the BLM protests kept going.

(August 1st 2020) (Chicago) "Haven't seen a march like this in weeks. Fucking amazing." -- via twitter.com/dudgedudy/

^^ "College students in/around Chicago, Illinois are taking to the streets 'to build community & demand police free campuses.'" -- via twitter.com/vashon_photo/

It was all a big JOKE to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

AND FINALLY the last portion of this thread begins.
fox32chicago.com/news/protester…

(August 2020) "Police shooting of Englewood man reignites political debate and looting as Mag Mile trashed, 13 cops injured, 2 people shot"
chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/…

(August 9th 2020) "The scene near 57th and Aberdeen following a police involved shooting in Chicago." -- via twitter.com/mandophotos

(Night of August 9th 2020/Morning of August 10th 2020)

As a result of the incident in Englewood, RACE RIOTS swept downtown Chicago again last summer. (video via twitter.com/djtek)

^^ "Can Twitter find out who’s Audi this was. I’m sure he/she is wondering what the hell happened to it in Chicago." -- via twitter.com/djtek

^^ A video taken inside a Chicago mall during that night of rioting. (via twitter.com/LizJone26271417)

^^ "Huge crowd Looting Nordstrom #Chicago #ChicagoRiots" -- via twitter.com/GOPrincess/
(this is another case of the video's audio being muted)

"8/9/20 Chicago earlier. Man tries to shatter glass windows with a traffic sign. Police stop stop him. credit: King DeLorean" -- video via twitter.com/LizJone26271417

"8/9/20 Chicago Walgreens looted. Watch Chicago PD pull up. Credit: Josh MBK Bryant" -- video via twitter.com/LizJone26271417

(August 10th 2020) (Chicago) "All bridges up in Chicago to prevent access to downtown." -- via twitter.com/ViNguyen/

^^ "Looting continues in downtown Chicago as of 5:45am. These people are coming out of the Block 37 mall on Randolph west of State Street. Looting has been going on all over downtown and the Magnificent Mile since around midnight." -- via twitter.com/BernieTafoya/

LORI LIGHTFOOT and Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department David Brown did a RESPONSE press conference on August 10th 2020!

Apparently she has since forgotten this.

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1292860451953442822

(Also she made it about gun control)

https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1292891479904595969

🚨REMINDER about Chicago's race riots last summer.

(August 11th 2020) BLM Chicago Leader says this regarding the looting: "That is reparations.... anything they want to take, take it because these businesses have insurance..." -- via twitter.com/ForAmerica/

(August 15th 2020) (Chicago) "Altercations between police and protesters here in the Loop." -- via twitter.com/delvecchiograc…

(August 15th 2020) (Chicago) "Here's a copy of the video, that was later deleted by the original poster, showing rioters beating on a CPD officer." -- via twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/

(August 15th 2020) (Chicago)

You know what? I made my point. The race riots happened last summer. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot should not LIE or IGNORE that. (video via twitter.com/DominicGwinn)

I'll leave the thread with this.

"Chicago protests, looting may be contributing to police retiring at rapid rate, officers say" abc7chicago.com/6378570/