Chi Revolt for Black Lives
(From blmchi’s fb page)
chicagotribune.com
Citing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of economy, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago faces $1.2 billion shortfall in 2021 ‘pandemic budget’
Citing the “catastrophic collapse of our local and national economy” due to COVID-19 and damage to local businesses from civil unrest, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday laid out a $1.2 billion budget shortfall for 2021 -- what she called Chicago’s “pandemic…
Chi Revolt for Black Lives
From a jail support group: These folks are looking for people willing to occupy overnight to come down if they can!
Original event poster: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkdaOhBB4b/?igshid=1ba83gxl75pxa
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🗣URGENT ACTION ALERT🗣 Aw... seems like Provost Ka Yee Lee lost the invitation to her own town hall in the mail :(( No worries— we’ll be loud enough so that she remembers that THE UNIVERSITY BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. Come bring your energy and support!! 🗣‼️🗣‼️🗣‼️…
CPD officers murdered one person last night in Pilsen https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/09/01/shots-fired-at-and-by-police-in-pilsen-1-suspect-in-critical-condition-2-others-in-custody/
Forwarded from Halftrac
Trump at Wisconsin Community Safety roundtable - Sheriff thanks Trump profusely. Trump thanks Sheriff for his great job and then tells other cities if they are watching and calls out Portland and says:
“But we're ready, willing and able to send in ..you know…massive group of people that are really highly trained. You saw that in your experience, right? And we could solve that problem in a less than an hour in Portland. So I hope they will call, eventually they’ll call, and at some point Bill (looks to Barr) we’ll just have to do it ourselves. We’re going to have to do something that .. uh.. that I think the people will be extremely happy with. Maybe the mayor wont and maybe the governor won’t. But I don’t know if they know what they are doing. Just so sad to watch it happen. But here you acted..and acted appropriately.
5:35 on vid https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/09/01/Watch-live-Trump-visits-Kenosha-talks-community-safety/6521598960788/?ur3=1
“But we're ready, willing and able to send in ..you know…massive group of people that are really highly trained. You saw that in your experience, right? And we could solve that problem in a less than an hour in Portland. So I hope they will call, eventually they’ll call, and at some point Bill (looks to Barr) we’ll just have to do it ourselves. We’re going to have to do something that .. uh.. that I think the people will be extremely happy with. Maybe the mayor wont and maybe the governor won’t. But I don’t know if they know what they are doing. Just so sad to watch it happen. But here you acted..and acted appropriately.
5:35 on vid https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/09/01/Watch-live-Trump-visits-Kenosha-talks-community-safety/6521598960788/?ur3=1