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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Chicago deploying 1,000 extra officers over weekend to deter looting
2020-08-16
The City of reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
 is deploying an additional 1,000 officers this weekend to crack down on looting after businesses were ravaged over the week.

Chicago Police Department (CPD) Supt. David Brown announced the additional backup after damage to businesses resulted in more than 100 arrests in the past week.

"This is our town; it doesn't belong to the criminals," Brown emphasized. He said CPD would extend officers’ hours and cancel days off.

"Don't let these criminals run you out of this beautiful city," Brown said, adding, "Our department, our coppers will risk their lives to protect you. Not in our town. Not in our city.

Brown warned that officers would use every method possible to stop looting.

"We are going to deploy all tactics necessary to prevent and stop looting. [That may mean] deploying spike strips to puncture your tires," Brown said, according to Fox 32 Chicago.
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Actually, Columbine looked like an ADX before the infamous shootings.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-16 19:58  

#7  Check recently (10 yrs) built schools.
All they need to be a prison is a fence.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-16 15:26  

#6  #4 see the "brutalist" architectural style of the 1970s.
Posted by: Tom   2020-08-16 15:06  

#5  So what? Police aren't allowed to do anything (well, except to protect city officials...)
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-08-16 14:26  

#4  Dump your shares in companies that sell pane glass windows! The next architectural trend will bill blank exterior walls , portcullises and armored gates .... very medieval.
Posted by: magpie   2020-08-16 11:19  

#3  Dubai.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-16 11:04  

#2  Actually, who wants to go in on this? The future of high end retailing will be to fly well heeled shoppers to exclusive "shopping enclaves" remote from public access. They can paw over the merchandise as they desire, no need to mix with the hoi polloi. The stores can be absurdly lavish as they don't have local regulations and taxes to deal with. If the retailers play it right, they can own their own shopping municipality and have whatever rules they want.

Coming soon.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-16 10:21  

#1  Yeah, I'm sure the stores that were looted earlier are all re-stocked now.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-16 10:15  

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