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Monday, August 10, 2020

Looting (downtown Chicago, IL) following a police shooting -- August 9-10, 2020

 from Sun-Times Chicago media online information (early morning, Monday 8/10/2020)

Looting and property damage was reported throughout downtown Chicago overnight.

Videos posted to social media showed large crowds breaking windows and entering stores along the Magnificent Mile.

Chicago police said the situation was still ongoing early Monday and could not provide details about specific incidents or numbers of arrests.

The CTA suspended bus and train service downtown at the “request of public safety officials,” the transit agency said in a tweet. No buses or trains will run in the area bordered by Fullerton and Ashland avenues and, Cermak road.

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