{"id":1105666,"date":"2021-12-10T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105666"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:59:19","slug":"lori-lightfoots-private-text-during-george-floyd-riots-the-city-is-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoots-private-text-during-george-floyd-riots-the-city-is-up-for-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Lightfoot\u2019s Private Text During George Floyd Riots: \u2018The City Is Up For Grabs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flori-lightfoots-private-text-during-george-floyd-riots-the-city-is-up-for-grabs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The texts that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot \u2014 who has been harshly criticized for her leadership as her city descends further into chaos \u2014 sent over more than two and a half years with city aldermen have been revealed, and in one text during the riots after the death of George Floyd she bluntly stated, \u201cThe city is up for grabs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/politics\/ct-mayor-lightfoot-texts-aldermen-chicago-20211209-oxdwesoaszchjladyhzngb53le-story.html\">new report<\/a> from The Chicago Tribune details text messages Lightfoot has sent over more than two and a half years. \u201cThe Tribune obtained more than two and a half years of Lightfoot\u2019s text messages with aldermen through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests \u2014 which her staff failed to comply with until the state attorney general admonished them and the Tribune threatened a lawsuit,\u201d The Tribune reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribune stated that on May 31, 2020, Alderman Pat Dowell \u201ccomplained that police weren\u2019t \u2018doing a damn thing\u2019 and in fact were \u2018letting these folks loot\u2019 in her ward. \u2018The police have to engage these lawless f****,\u2019 Dowell added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez informed Lightfoot that there were people&nbsp;downtown that were not looting, asking Lightfoot if the Chicago Transit Authority could start again so they could leave. Lightfoot responded that those people could go west to catch the Blue Line or go to the Brown Line north.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribune continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>After Rodriguez Sanchez said she was getting messages from \u201cscared young black People who don\u2019t know where to go,\u201d Lightfoot responded, \u201cGo west and then north. Rossana, the city is up for grabs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last July, University of Chicago student Audrey Unverferth, whose classmate Max Lewis was killed as he was commuting home on the city\u2019s subway system, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/blatant-lie-uchicago-student-blasts-lori-lightfoot-for-saying-crime-is-on-the-decline-after-classmate-killed-by-stray-bullet\/\">ripped Lightfoot<\/a> for claiming crime was declining after a violent weekend that saw more than 100 people shot and at least 18 killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLewis, 20, was commuting on the city\u2019s Green Line during rush hour on July 1 from his internship at an investment firm in downtown Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. While sitting inside the train, a bullet pierced the window and struck the back of his neck at the 51st Street\/Washington Park Station,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chicago-university-student-train-internship\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>After Lightfoot insisted that crime was on the decline, Unverferth slammed her on Fox News, saying, \u201cLori Lightfoot had the nerve recently to say that crime in Chicago is on the decline\u2014that\u2019s a blatant lie. I don\u2019t have confidence in Lightfoot anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July 2020, Lightfoot explained that the gun violence terrorizing the city was primarily due to lax gun laws and coronavirus-related lockdowns. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/with-murders-up-nearly-80-in-chicago-last-month-lori-lightfoot-blames-guns\">Washington Examiner<\/a> reported, when she was asked about the spike of violence in the city, Lightfoot declared, \u201cThat\u2019s a complicated question. We have way too many guns on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLightfoot also suggested that the coronavirus shutdowns that kept people inside for months played a role in creating a&nbsp;\u2018perfect storm\u2019&nbsp;while also pointing out the death of George Floyd as an event that sparked anger in the community,\u201d the Examiner reported.<\/p>\n<p>NBC Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-murders-and-shootings-up-overall-crime-down-halfway-through-2020-police-say\/2298155\/\">reported<\/a> on July 1, 2020, \u201c329 people have been killed in Chicago, an increase of about 34% from the 246 homicides during the same period last year, according to police. Shootings in that period rose by about 42%, from 978 in 2019 to 1,384 in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The texts that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot \u2014 who has been harshly criticized for her leadership as her city descends further into chaos \u2014 sent over more than two and a half years with city aldermen have been revealed, and in one text during the riots after the death of George Floyd she bluntly stated, \u201cThe city is up for grabs.\u201dA new report from The Chicago Tribune details text messages Lightfoot has sent over more than two and a half years. \u201cThe Tribune obtained more than two and a half years of Lightfoot\u2019s text messages with aldermen through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests \u2014 which her staff failed to comply with until the state attorney general admonished them and the Tribune threatened a lawsuit,\u201d The Tribune reported.The Tribune stated that on May 31, 2020, Alderman Pat Dowell \u201ccomplained that police weren\u2019t \u2018doing a damn thing\u2019 and in fact were \u2018letting these folks loot\u2019 in her ward. \u2018The police have to engage these lawless f****,\u2019 Dowell added.\u201dAld. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez informed Lightfoot that there were people\u00a0downtown that were not looting, asking Lightfoot if the Chicago Transit Authority could start again so they could leave. Lightfoot responded that those people could go west to catch the Blue Line or go to the Brown Line north.The Tribune continued:After Rodriguez Sanchez said she was getting messages from \u201cscared young black People who don\u2019t know where to go,\u201d Lightfoot responded, \u201cGo west and then north. Rossana, the city is up for grabs.\u201dLast July, University of Chicago student Audrey Unverferth, whose classmate Max Lewis was killed as he was commuting home on the city\u2019s subway system, ripped Lightfoot for claiming crime was declining after a violent weekend that saw more than 100 people shot and at least 18 killed.\u201cLewis, 20, was commuting on the city\u2019s Green Line during rush hour on July 1 from his internship at an investment firm in downtown Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. While sitting inside the train, a bullet pierced the window and struck the back of his neck at the 51st Street\/Washington Park Station,\u201d\u00a0Fox News reported.After Lightfoot insisted that crime was on the decline, Unverferth slammed her on Fox News, saying, \u201cLori Lightfoot had the nerve recently to say that crime in Chicago is on the decline\u2014that\u2019s a blatant lie. I don\u2019t have confidence in Lightfoot anymore.\u201dIn July 2020, Lightfoot explained that the gun violence terrorizing the city was primarily due to lax gun laws and coronavirus-related lockdowns. As the Washington Examiner reported, when she was asked about the spike of violence in the city, Lightfoot declared, \u201cThat\u2019s a complicated question. We have way too many guns on the streets.\u201d\u201cLightfoot also suggested that the coronavirus shutdowns that kept people inside for months played a role in creating a\u00a0\u2018perfect storm\u2019\u00a0while also pointing out the death of George Floyd as an event that sparked anger in the community,\u201d the Examiner reported.NBC Chicago reported on July 1, 2020, \u201c329 people have been killed in Chicago, an increase of about 34% from the 246 homicides during the same period last year, according to police. Shootings in that period rose by about 42%, from 978 in 2019 to 1,384 in 2020.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}