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| DATE | 2020-08-11 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] totally fucked at this point
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https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-gather-chicago-police-station-1524230
Protesters gathered outside a Chicago police station on Monday night,
demanding the release of more than 100 people who were arrested amid
mass looting and unrest.
A crowd gathered outside the police station on 18th and South State
Street for a demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago on
Monday evening.
Tyler LaRiviere, a Chicago-based photojournalist, tweeted that
protesters had planned "to occupy the space and until people are
released from the police station then party."
Later, LaRiviere tweeted that a line of officers had approached
protesters with clubs in hand. "Protesters met them with umbrellas and
after a bit the cops retreated back into the District 1 Station,"
LaRiviere added.
A spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department (CPD) confirmed to
Newsweek that the crowd had dispersed without incident at around midnight.
Ariel Atkins, of Black Lives Matter Chicago, told The Chicago Tribune
that the demonstration was in response to the police shooting of a man
on Sunday and to demand the release of those arrested in the ensuing
looting.
Folks are now dancing to My Chemical Romances "Black Parade" outside
the District 1 police station.#Chicago #ChicagoProtests
pic.twitter.com/0X12x80pPI
— Tyler LaRiviere (-at-TylerLaRiviere) August 11, 2020
Atlkins told the newspaper that protesters are "demanding that police be
defunded. Police should not be here."
Atkins also suggested that the looting that took place was justified.
"I think [the looting] is fine. People protest however they need to.
People do whatever they need," she said. "These businesses have
insurance. They can get it all back. We can't get our lives back once
they kill us."
In videos posted on Twitter by LaRiviere, Atkins is heard telling the
crowd outside the station: "We are in a pandemic. People are about to
face evictions in numbers we have never seen before.
"People don't have a job. Why is [Chicago Mayor Lori] Lightfoot so
stressed about some buildings when people are dying?
"Why is she so OK with us being beaten and gased, our lives threatened?
Why is she so willing to put us away for life for looting?"
In a tweet on Monday night, Black Lives Matter Chicago wrote: "Multiple
people have been released since we started rallying. Direct action works."
Black Lives Matter Chicago have been contacted for additional comment.
Literal busload of police going by. Cops are suiting up in riot
gear. We are here to support people who have been incarcerated with food
and supplies. Why is that a threat to you?
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