{"id":1917087,"date":"2023-04-20T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/young-chicago-couple-attacked-by-teenage-mob-describes-altercation-as-very-random-while-illinois-sen-calls-violence-a-political-act\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:42:06","slug":"young-chicago-couple-attacked-by-teenage-mob-describes-altercation-as-very-random-while-illinois-sen-calls-violence-a-political-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/young-chicago-couple-attacked-by-teenage-mob-describes-altercation-as-very-random-while-illinois-sen-calls-violence-a-political-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Chicago Couple Attacked By Teenage Mob Describes Altercation As \u2018Very Random\u2019 While Illinois Sen. Calls Violence \u2018A Political Act\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fyoung-chicago-couple-attacked-by-teenage-mob-describes-altercation-as-very-random-while-illinois-sen-calls-violence-a-political-act%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=1917087&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>Unruly teenage crowds in downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> attacked and robbed a young couple last weekend \u2014 who called the unprovoked assault \u201cvery random\u201d \u2014 as more than 100 teenagers rioted throughout the Windy City.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTeen Takeover\u201d produced several online videos showing young Chicagoans jumping on cars and buses, setting fires, and engaging in disruptive conduct over the past few days. The police, by their own admission, were simply too overwhelmed to stop the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>One of those videos showed a mob of minors pushing Ashley Knutson, 20, to the ground, jumping her partner Devontae \u201cDJ\u201d Johnson, 22, in the middle of the street, and stealing belongings from the couple, including their shoes, phones, a pair of glasses, an Apple Watch, and a hat, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mob-randomly-attacks-couple-walking-chicago-kill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very random because all we were doing [is] we had just left Nordstrom, and we were looking for somewhere to eat, and we saw that group, and they just thought they were tough, and they wouldn\u2019t move out the way, just out there being stupid, young and dumb, trying to prove a point for nothing,\u201d DJ told the news outlet while recovering from shoulder and back injuries and a black eye. \u201cThat\u2019s how that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley and DJ told the outlet that the mob threatened them, saying, \u201cthey were going to kill us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley added that she witnessed local police drive past her and DJ during the altercation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey almost had to avoid the collision to get past us, but they just drove by the incident in the middle of the street,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lori Lightfoot said the violence frenzied teens who we\u2019re destroying Chicago, and decided to attack a young couple walking out of Nordstroms, were just downtown enjoying the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N1o04rjC61\">pic.twitter.com\/N1o04rjC61<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd39\ud835\udd66\ud835\udd55\u2026 (@bud_cann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bud_cann\/status\/1648752202343936000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson told an <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/chicago-teens-take-over-streets-loop-teen-takeover-downtown\/13147599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>\u00a0affiliate that authorities involved in dealing with downtown disturbances want to enforce the law, but refrain from doing so out of fear of getting reprimanded by their superiors or losing their jobs altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing from cops is that you know these young folks are taunting them, ha, ha, ha, you can\u2019t chase me, you can\u2019t do this,\u201d Johnson said, adding that new policies make them feel like their hands are tied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamned if they do, damned if they don\u2019t,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois State Senator Robert Peters, who represents pockets of Chicago, defended the teen mob in a tweet, claiming the behavior seen by the teenagers taking over areas of the city as a \u201cpolitical act and statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a mass protest against poverty and segregation,\u201d Peters said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since I\u2019m a glutton for punishment and I\u2019m sure I\u2019m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but:<\/p>\n<p>I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement. It\u2019s a mass protest against poverty and segregation. <\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace to my mentions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Peters (@RobertJPeters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertJPeters\/status\/1647716399928754185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident marked one of many chaotic scenes that unfolded in Chicago last weekend. Other videos showed dozens of teenagers jumping on a bus and smashing its windows while another massive brawl at Millennium Park broke out that left two teenagers shot and 15 others arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot condemned local media for calling the scenes \u201cmayhem,\u201d claiming the mass majority of those involved in the chaos were downtown due to \u201cgreat weather\u201d and \u201can opportunity to enjoy the city,\u201d the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s absolutely, entirely appropriate. \u2026 There are a few that came with different intentions,\u201d she said. \u201cThey have, and they will be dealt with. But I\u2019m not going to use your language, which I think is wrong, to say there\u2019s \u2018mayhem.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s Democratic Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said on Sunday that he does not \u201ccondone the destructive activity,\u201d stating such lawlessness is \u201cunacceptable and has no place\u201d in the Windy City, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11988761\/Chicago-couple-battered-violent-mob-condemn-random-attack-state-senator-DEFENDS-rioters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, Johnson also argued that the destruction should not serve as an excuse to demonize the teenagers involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities,\u201d he said. \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unruly teenage crowds in downtown Chicago attacked and robbed a young couple last weekend \u2014 who called the unprovoked assault \u201cvery random\u201d \u2014 as more than 100 teenagers rioted throughout the Windy City. The \u201cTeen Takeover\u201d produced several online videos showing young Chicagoans jumping on cars and buses, setting fires, and engaging in disruptive conduct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1917088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7348,7197,5617,7888,7447,3755,4387,11660,6403,6413,15146,3753,17965,7025,10909,3699],"class_list":["post-1917087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-very","tag-a","tag-act","tag-altercation","tag-attacked","tag-calls","tag-chicago","tag-couple","tag-describes","tag-illinois","tag-mob","tag-political","tag-random","tag-sen","tag-teenage","tag-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917087","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\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1917087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1917088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1917087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1917087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}