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Related: About this forumChicago Mayor Lightfoot: The FBI is very much involved and they have been with us.
Question to Mayor:
Is there more you can tell us about whether any of the looters have known connections to alt-right groups? And is this criminal aspect of the protests that were seeing here in another city something that warrants the FBI?
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot: The FBI is very much involved and they have been with us. Really along every single day and beforehand as preparation. Were working in partnership with the FBI, the US Attorneys Office, the ATF particularly their bomb and arson units. Its too soon. In the course of this investigation for us to be able to say definitively one way or the other. As I said before, when I can say theres no question that some of the destruction that happened last night, particularly the arsons were absolutely organized and coordinated. Well learn more about this over time as the investigation takes us course. But thats, Im confident of that.
If and when evidence and perps are rounded up that shows links to alt-right groups, the GOP and trump will be dancing a different jig....as the one they been dancing to is over.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Crimes of opportunity using the other demonstrations alt-right agitation as a cover.
And is it even "looting" if there are no protests or riots involved? Is that just burglary?
mucifer
(24,785 posts)right white mayhem.
live love laugh
(14,245 posts)The fire spread far beyond the flashpoint.