{"id":1537668,"date":"2022-07-03T21:34:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T01:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537668"},"modified":"2022-07-03T21:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T01:34:28","slug":"illegal-drag-race-ends-with-thugs-attacking-chicago-cops-throwing-live-fireworks-into-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-drag-race-ends-with-thugs-attacking-chicago-cops-throwing-live-fireworks-into-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Drag Race Ends With Thugs Attacking Chicago Cops, Throwing Live Fireworks Into Vehicle"},"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%2Fillegal-drag-race-ends-with-thugs-attacking-chicago-cops-throwing-live-fireworks-into-vehicle%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=1537668&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>An illegal drag race ended on Saturday with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fox-news-analyst-makes-emotional-plea-after-teen-brother-killed-in-chicago-slams-soft-on-crime-policies\/\">Chicago<\/a> Police officers being attacked \u2014 when a crowd surrounded a marked car, shattering one window and opening the doors, throwing live fireworks into their open vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to assist several incidents late Saturday night and into Sunday morning \u2014 after large crowds, gathered either to participate in or observe the drag racing, had blocked off several streets.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2022\/07\/large-crowds-injure-3-cops-damage-cpd-squad-cars-on-northwest-and-southwest-sides-overnight.html\">report<\/a> posted by CWB Chicago, two officers were injured and three vehicles sustained damage as officers attempted to shut down the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/horrifying-video-chicago-drag-racers-surround-crowd-in-ring-of-fire-do-donuts-around-it\/\">illegal street races<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first incident occurred in the 4000 block of North Milwaukee in Portage Park around 2:27 a.m,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cA 35-year-old officer was responding to a call of drag racers blocking the street when an object struck his windshield, causing it to shatter. The officer, who has been on the force for about ten years, stopped his car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several videos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/1-officer-injured-after-crowd-attack-cpd-squad-cars-in-portage-park\/\">night\u2019s events<\/a> circulated on Twitter on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas (D) tweeted one video with the caption, \u201cLast night @ Cicero\/Irving large crowd gathered 4 drag racing. CPD arrives and offenders attack Officer. Jumping on car\/shattering windshield a&#038; opened doors throwing fireworks inside. They exploded &#038; wrapped w\/nails. Officer is hurt. There is no fear as CPD hands are tied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night @ Cicero\/Irving large crowd gathered 4 drag racing. CPD arrives &#038; offenders attack Officer. Jumping on car\/shattering windshield &#038; opened doors throwing fireworks inside. They exploded &#038; wrapped w\/nails. Officer is hurt. There is no fear as CPD hands are tied.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twill?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lWTsDi5ASz\">pic.twitter.com\/lWTsDi5ASz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Vallas (@PaulVallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulVallas\/status\/1543568363078750212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still others shared different angles on the action:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actions like this were unthinkable just a few years ago\u2026there is no plan or end in sight for the madness. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ch67SAFvGo\">pic.twitter.com\/Ch67SAFvGo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChicagoFails (@ChicagoFails) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChicagoFails\/status\/1543581413588467713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vallas called on the public to help in identifying anyone they could from the videos, tweeting a second with the caption, \u201cThis is a 2nd video of the lawlessness. If you can help identify any of these individuals in both videos call Area 5 Detective Division at 312-746-6554 or use cpdtip.com website. We cannot allow the violence against our brave CPD Officers to continue!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a 2nd video of the lawlessness. If you can help identify any of these individuals in both videos call Area 5 Detective Division at 312-746-6554 or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLD0nT5gm5\">https:\/\/t.co\/fLD0nT5gm5<\/a> website. We cannot allow the violence against our brave CPD Officers to continue! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TBLEChUpfn\">pic.twitter.com\/TBLEChUpfn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Vallas (@PaulVallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulVallas\/status\/1543569745454186497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He repeated that call for public assistance with a third video as well.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a 3rd video of the lawlessness. If you can help identify any of these individuals in both videos call Area 5 Det Division at 312-746-6554 or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLD0nT5gm5\">https:\/\/t.co\/fLD0nT5gm5<\/a> website. We cannot allow the violence against our brave CPD Officers to continue!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twill?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CWBChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CWBChicago<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sa6LcKwYlQ\">pic.twitter.com\/sa6LcKwYlQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Vallas (@PaulVallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulVallas\/status\/1543576025115795459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A second call went out after drag racers were spotted just after 3 a.m. near the\u00a04300 block of South Pulaski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA CPD spokesperson said that police were responding to a large group of drag racers causing disturbances when they were confronted by a crowd blocking the roadway,\u201d CWB Chicago reported. \u201cSomeone in the crowd threw an object that shattered the officer\u2019s patrol car window. She was hit on the head, neck, and body by flying glass.\u00a0The crowd threw an object at a second squad car at the scene, too. The officer inside the vehicle was treated and released.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An illegal drag race ended on Saturday with Chicago Police officers being attacked \u2014 when a crowd surrounded a marked car, shattering one window and opening the doors, throwing live fireworks into their open vehicle. Police were called to assist several incidents late Saturday night and into Sunday morning \u2014 after large crowds, gathered either &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1537695,"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-1537668","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\/1537668","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}