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Protesters gather outside Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home and demand she defund police ahead of Columbus statue removal as unrest continues in Portland and Trump vows to send 60,000 federal troops onto the streets of America
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Chicago removed the controversial Columbus statue from Grant Park under cover of darkness early on Friday More than 2,000 gathered outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot's house in Logan Square Thursday night

  • Chants turned from 'f*** CPD' to cheers of elation when the city's plans to remove the statue were announced

  • The move was met with outrage from the Italian-American community who felt 'betrayed' by the mayor

  • Sources said both the Grant Park and Little Italy figures would come down Thursday night but they remain up

  • Chicago is gearing up for federal agents after President Trump threatened to send in hundreds of troops

  • Trump warned Thursday night he will 'go into all of the cities' and could send in up to 60,000 federal troops

  • Agents were also sent in to Seattle Thursday night, despite local officials saying they didn't want them there

  • In Portland, protesters and feds faced off another night, as a judge banned agents from arresting journalists


Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-24
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=577827