LIVE UPDATES: Peaceful Protest On North Side, But Looting Persists In Parts Of Chicago, Unrest In Naperville
After a weekend of devastating violence, looting and protests over the death of George Floyd, Mayor Lightfoot vowed to rebuild the damage.
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After a weekend of devastating violence, looting and protests over the death of George Floyd, Mayor Lightfoot vowed to rebuild the damage.
Unrest and looting hit west suburban Naperville Monday night.
The owner of a South Side business said he stood guard at his store trying to deter looters, but then it became too much.
Communities with few resources even before this past weekend were hit hard by looters. But many in the community are ready to step up and clean up.
Matthew Lee Rupert was arrested in Chicago after he traveled to Minneapolis with several explosive devices, which, federal agents say, he passed out to other protesters last week. Police say he had returned from Minnesota over the weekend and was planning to participate in civil unrest in Chicago.
Protesters turned out in force in Lakeview and Uptown Monday evening, and the group said it wanted to stress peace.
It was a chaotic afternoon of unrest in Cicero Monday.
Police Superintendent David Brown said part of the policing challenges Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning were due to orchestrated groups using strike and divert tactics.
Chicago Transit Authority service will again be suspended for the night Monday night.
Business owners on the city's West Side were devastated by looting and vandalism over the weekend, and face major challenges in restoring and reopening.
Under the circumstances, the cause of most of the fires will never be determined.
Access to food in the city's food desserts is being made that much harder by this past weekend's violent unrest.
"What you've done with your frustration and anger is that you've literally dried up everything now that we have access to."
"So now the community that you live in has to rebuild."
"We can't in good conscience send our delivery drivers out. So we are regrouping and trying to see what we can do, to help our students."
