Wiki: were a series of civil disturbances in 2020 in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is among 12 major cities that declared curfews in order to prevent looting and vandalism. On May 31, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to send the Illinois National Guard to Chicago for the first time in 52 years since the 1968 riots in Chicago. The economic damage caused by the disturbances exceeded $125 million..Lightfoot stated that she had seen protesters use different blunt objects like pipes and hammers to damage property. "I've seen protesters hurl projectiles at our police department...bottles of water, urine and lord knows what else," she said....The city had shut down most access to Chicago's downtown the previous day after protesters burnt and looted businesses in the Loop. As a result of the measures, looters took to South and West Side neighborhoods. Chicago authorities were stationed across the city but were overwhelmed, Lightfoot said. "The fact is, the violence that we saw and the looting we saw spread like a wildfire," she added. Police Superintendent Brown stated that 699 looting arrests were made on the 31st, and that at least 132 officers were injured on Sunday.[34]
>Wiki: [The George Floyd protests in Chicago ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Chicago)were a series of civil disturbances in 2020 in the city of Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago is among 12 major cities that declared curfews in order to prevent looting and vandalism. On May 31, **Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to send the Illinois National Guard to Chicago for the first time in 52 years** since the 1968 riots in Chicago. The economic damage caused by the disturbances exceeded $125 million..**Lightfoot stated that she had seen** protesters use different blunt objects like pipes and hammers to damage property. "I've seen protesters hurl projectiles at our police department...bottles of water, urine and lord knows what else," she said...**.The city had shut down most access to Chicago's downtown the previous day after protesters burnt and looted businesses in the Loop**. As a result of the measures, looters took to South and West Side neighborhoods. Chicago authorities were stationed across the city but **were overwhelmed, Lightfoot said**. "The fact is, the violence that we saw and the looting we saw spread like a wildfire," she added. Police Superintendent Brown stated that 699 looting arrests were made on the 31st, and that at least 132 officers were injured on Sunday.[34]
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