[Reparations...?] Black Lies Matter holds rally in Chicago to support those arrested after looting, unrest

“That is reparations,” a BLM organizer said. “Anything they wanted to 
take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance"

Black Lives Matter members in Chicago held a rally on Monday to support 
the more than 100 arrested last night following widespread looting and 
rioting that caused at least $60 million in property damage and saw 13 
police officers injured, according to a report.

The rally was organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago and was held at a 
police station in the South Loop where organizers say individuals are 
currently being held in custody. At least one organizer called the looting 
tantamount to "reparations."

“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,” said Ariel Atkins, a BLM 
organizer, according to NBC Chicago. “That makes sure that person has 
clothes.”

“That is reparations,” Atkins continued. “Anything they wanted to take, 
they can take it because these businesses have insurance.”

The unrest was prompted by a social media post urging people to converge 
on Chicago’s business district after police shot a man on the South Side 
around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Officers had responded to a call about a man with a gun in the Englewood 
neighborhood. While being pursued by police, the man, who was on foot, 
“turned and fired shots” at officers before being struck himself and taken 
to a local hospital, Deputy Chief Delonda Tally told Fox 32 Chicago.

Latrell Allen, 20, was charged with attempted murder Monday after firing 
on officers, according to Chicago police. A video posted on Facebook 
around 6:30 p.m. falsely claimed that officers had shot and killed a 15-
year-old boy.

The shooting prompted hundreds of people to descend on downtown Chicago 
early Monday with vandals smashing the windows of dozens of businesses and 
making off with merchandise, cash machines and anything else they could 
carry, police said.

“This was not an organized protest. Rather, this was an incident of pure 
criminality," Police Superintendent David Brown told reporters. "This was 
an act of violence against our police officers and against our city.”

BLM organizers criticized police reports surrounding the shooting, noting 
that none of the officers involved had body cameras, which investigators 
confirmed, according to NBC Chicago.

JESSE JACKSON CONDEMNS 'PILLAGING' IN CHICAGO AS 'HUMILIATING, 
EMBARASSING'

Black Lives Matter Chicago issued a statement obtained by the Chicago Sun-
Times that read, “The mayor clearly has not learned anything since May, 
and she would be wise to understand that the people will keep rising up 
until the [Chicago Police Department] is abolished and our Black 
communities are fully invested in,” the group said in a statement.

“Police say a lot of things,” Atkins added. “Even though the Department of 
Justice said with the consent decree they are no longer allowed to chase 
people, they decided they were going to chase, and they shot this young 
man multiple times."

Fox News' Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this 
report



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