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BLM Defends Chicago Looting as 'Reparations'
A Black Lives Matter organizer in Chicago is defending the violence that caused $60 million in damage and injured 13 police officers on Sunday, characterizing looting as "reparations."
Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer, according to Chicago NBC network affiliate WMAQ, justified the riot in the Chicago Downtown Business District during a Monday rally at police station in the "South Loop," where protesters claim more than 100 people arrested in Sunday's violence were being held.
"I don't care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy's or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats," Atkins told WMAQ. "That makes sure that person has clothes.
"That is reparations. Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance."
A Black Lives Matter statement obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times also justified the destruction.
"When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy, that is not 'our' city and has never been meant for us," the statement read in part.
A sign at Monday's rally displayed by protesters read: "Our futures have been looted from us . . . loot back."
In its statement, Black Lives Matter also called for the Chicago police to be abolished.
Police were called to the Englewood neighborhood at about 2:30 p.m. local time for a report of a man with a gun, located the suspect and began a pursuit on foot, according to Chicago Fox network affiliate WFLD.
"During the foot pursuit, the offender turned and fired shots at the officers," Deputy Chief Delonda Tally. "The officers then returned fire, discharging their weapons."
Then, calls went out to descend upon the Central Business District and its upscale Magnificent Mile shopping area which drew hundreds in the evening and early Monday, with rioting, smashing of windows , looting and clashes with the police as the result.
"This was not an organized protest. Rather, this was an incident of pure criminality," Police Superintendent David Brown said. "This was an act of violence against our police officers and against our city."
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