Editor’s note: this article has been updated with new information on the attack in Chicago.
A shocking video has emerged from this past weekend’s ‘Teen Takeover’ riots in Chicago, showing a woman and man being attacked by a throng of black teens on a doorstep, screaming in terror, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s focus was on making sure the downtown violence was not characterized as “mayhem.”
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Hundreds of teenagers flooded the streets and were seen setting cars on fire, clashing with police officers, smashing windows, and attacking innocent bystanders. At least two people were shot during the chaos.
Video posted online shows a woman being violently attacked by what appears to be a group of these teenagers.
Group of boys attack a woman in Chicago 😬 pic.twitter.com/1Ow2twSYrM
— Detect Fights 💕 (@detectfights) April 17, 2023
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In a later interview with Fox News, the woman seen in the video relays her version of what happened – she and her boyfriend came across the large group of teens, where she was pushed. The large mob beating came after her boyfriend attempted to stand up for her.
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NEW 🚨 Woman attacked by the mob in Chicago speaks for the first time after the incident pic.twitter.com/pa4Y1LRNZz
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Lori Lightfoot – Chicago Riots Were Not ‘Mayhem’
Despite volumes of evidence showing the Chicago riots stemmed from the social media-organized ‘Teen Takeover’ were violent, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s focus was on making sure people knew they were – you guessed it – mostly peaceful.
When a reporter described the scene as “mayhem,” the outgoing mayor took umbrage.
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“I’m not going to use your language, which I think is wrong, to say it was ‘mayhem,'” she fired back.
“The vast majority of the young people who came downtown came downtown because it was great weather and an opportunity to enjoy the city,” she claimed. “That’s absolutely and entirely it.”
Ah, what person didn’t enjoy nice weather in their youth by randomly torching vehicles and attacking people they didn’t even know? Am I right?
Mayor Lightfoot on the weekend: “Wrong to say it was mayhem.”
Tell this to the two kids shot, and the woman who was pummeled by a mob on Wabash.
Four years in office and Lori Lightfoot never learned anything.
Lightfoot leaves a historic legacy of failure. pic.twitter.com/KRBYFbI7i3
— Chicago Contrarian (@ChicagoContrar1) April 17, 2023
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“There are a few that came with different intentions,” she added, downplaying what really happened. “They have and they will be dealt with.”
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Narrator: They won’t be dealt with.
Lightfoot’s unwillingness – whether intentional or not – to grasp reality is part of the reason she recently became the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose re-election.
More of that “white supremacy” that this illegitimate regime keeps talking about?
I bet no one gets charges or arrested for this, the FBI is too busy kicking the doors in on patriots, PTA moms, and preachers.
I am NEVER giving up my guns, in fact…I’m going to buy more.
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Other Democrats Downplay Violence
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To be fair, Lori Lightfoot wasn’t the only Democrat doing their best to downplay violence from the Chicago riots.
Illinois state senator Robert Peters, who represents parts of Chicago, said the Chicago riots were simply a form of “mass protest.”
“I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement,” Peters tweeted. “It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation.”
No, it’s a bunch of scumbags with no parental supervision knowing law enforcement and the criminal justice system will do nothing to curb their behavior.
Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but:
I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement. It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation.
Rest in peace to my mentions.
— Robert Peters (@RobertJPeters) April 16, 2023
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And lest you think anything will be improving in Chicago any time soon, here’s Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson urging people not to “demonize” the poor, poor teenagers.
“In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city,” Johnson stated.
Wait for it … Here comes the ‘however.’
“However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities.”
NEW: In response to the ‘Teen Takeover’ in Chicago over the weekend, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson briefly condemned the violence before lashing out at those criticizing the criminals.
“It is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in… pic.twitter.com/FoJMs8aXW7
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 17, 2023
Johnson’s solution was in line with what local-level Democrats always suggest – build the kids a park for them to hang out.
“Our city must work together to create spaces for youth to gather safely and responsibly, under adult guidance and supervision, to ensure that every part of our city remains welcome for both residents and visitors,” he said.
The ‘space’ those in the above video should be occupying for the next few years should have a concrete slab and four walls, with one of the walls having a door with large bars running from the floor to the ceiling.
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Chicago’ians aren’t to smart, they replace Lightfoot with an even worse piece of excrement
No parents broken families lack of discipline and no personal responsibly.
Time to start shaming illegitimate kids and their loose mothers again and the hang dogs knocking them up.
The people that were involved in this crime are responsible for their own situation. They created it by attacking their own places of business and many of them have shut down! How do they expect anyone to invest in their comunity if they are just going to have their investment destroyed by these lawless thugs? The real problem is they don’t want to work for anything they just want to take what they want from other people that work! Until they are held accountable for their actions they will never change and will just continue to steal and destroy and make their situation worse. The sad part is the good people that live in the area are the ones that pay the price . They loose everything they have worked for including any value they have in their homes because no one will buy a home in an area that is lawless and dangerous!
Feral humanbeings created by the liberal agenda and brought to your town by the democratic party. Please be smart and spay or neuter your ferals.
These teen age thugs are their own worst enemies. They all give black people a very bad name, and they are too stupid to understand that. They should have all been arrested. Lightfoot has given them the OK for their behavior.
I was born in Illinois and will never move back. I am now a Floridian.
Lori Lightfoot go do some video and act like a complete fool. You did nothing for Chicago and the innocent people are suffering but you have the nerve to defend a group of black thugs beating on a white woman. It wasn’t one on one fight it was a group of them beating up on one person. It definitely would be a different story if the person being beaten was black. Lightfoot you are a disgrace a true piece of shit. I sure hope you get a pay back for your ignorance and your heartless behavior. You are definitely a disgusting slob and the worst thing to be mayor of anywhere. I wish you the very worst for the rest of your sorry ass life.
Chicago is a no-go zone for me. I’ll not go to that city for any reason whatsoever.
I was thinking the same thing as the writer of the article before I saw what he printed. IF that were a mob of white people attacking a black woman, there’s no way the Mayor of Chicago would have defended them because of their background. It doesn’t matter really though, black or white, or anything in between. There is NO defense for a group of people attacking another person like that. Also doesn’t matter rich or poor. Grow up and work for what you want instead of demanding it be given to you or trying to take it away from someone else!
No one seems to get it. While I agree with building places where kids can gather, the part that doesn’t sit to well with the youths will be the ” Under adult supervision” part. Have people forgot what it was like being young? ( Even though I now 66 I still remember ) Remember lovers lanes, places in the woods or even pars where you could go hang out, listen to music, yes some smoked cigarettes or pot, but it was very rarely fights! Why, each group of kids had their own places to go, no one from the other groups came to the other, there were not any guns involved ( Oh we had shotguns or rifles , in case of Animals in our cars ), just in case, but never thought of using them on each other or others. A Lot of the trouble today comes from gangs, boredom, and over supervision, they feel repressed, stifled, under the thumb of the Authority constantly, which brings about anger , which then turns to violence and Damagevwhen they strike out. It’s time for those in charge to try seeing things through their eyes, not the eyes of a Adult
I think there are a lot of non parents responsible for this behavior. It’s a cultural thang (aka it’s not white) with 90% of “families” being single parent households with NO FATHERS, we were raised not to be rude, entitled thugs and could conduct ourselves appropriately. Put the blame where it belongs with LBJ.
Can you even classify Lightfoot as human????????
Thug Lives Don’t Matter.
now you know why I left Chicago (where I was born) and will never come back. F— Lightfoot