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| Chicago police, protesters clash near Columbus statue in Grant Park |
| 2020-07-18 |
| [FoxNews] Rioters were heard chanting, “Columbus was a murderer! Columbus was a thief!” reports say. A protest near the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago’s Grant Park turned violent Friday night, as the crowd started hurling objects at police officers who were guarding the statue, according to reports. As conditions worsened, dozens of police officers arrived from across the city, FOX 32 of Chicago reported. At least four police officers were injured at the scene, the report said. At least a dozen rioters were taken into custody, a reporter from Chicago's WBBM-TV wrote on Twitter. One injured woman was seen with a bandaged head, being prepared for transport to a hospital, WBBM's Charlie De Mar reported. The protest began at the park’s Buckingham Fountain, then the crowd moved to the Columbus statue, with some members throwing a rope around it – in an apparent attempt to topple it, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago's WGN-TV reported. Rioters were heard chanting, “Columbus was a murderer! Columbus was a thief!” the newspaper reported. As objects flew in the air toward police, some officers were seen hitting some members of the crowd with batons, the Tribune reported. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 Rambler -- so you hit them from behind, so they stampede into an ambush. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-07-18 21:58 |
| #8 Re #5: The problem is that the leaders aren't going to be in the front ranks when the manure hits the rotating air movement device. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2020-07-18 19:51 |
| #7 Buck season. Double Ought Buck. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2020-07-18 19:04 |
| #6 Whiff of grapeshot would do wonders |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-07-18 10:52 |
| #5 Until a few in the front ranks go down and must be drug away leaking severely, this ridiculousness will likely continue. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-07-18 07:53 |
| #4 I second shooting them in the groin. |
| Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-07-18 07:49 |
| #3 SHOOT THEM! |
| Posted by: Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-07-18 04:12 |
| #2 Columbus was a murderer! Columbus was a thief! His flag unfurled has made the world Unsafe for Kay Kay Keef! |
| Posted by: Whing Hupineck6349 2020-07-18 02:23 |