'I haven't seen s**t like this before': Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot - rioters are 'f**ing lawless

[MoneyMatthew]

Walmart, Target, Walgreens, and Best Buy are just basic chain box stores but - when viewed from another level- they help to bring the same consumer/shopping opportunities to marginal areas that whitey and others have throughout the rest of the country- so there is that and there is an equality there and it is a good thing.

And we should have in mind that many minority communities or at least neighborhoods complain that they are "food deserts" ie. there is not place to buy groceries unless it is some rip-off corner store that mostly sells beer, cigarettes and lotto tickets and food consists of microwave sandwiches.

I sure hope that all the stores that were looted and burned will hope to re-open based on the risks. The locals might want to think about that a bit because more rounds of looting are coming.

You make multiple good points in this post. Also, even if Walmart, Target, etc. decided to re-open stores that were destroyed in the riots, from a risk management perspective, they should let a number of events go by before starting any type of reconstruction effort.

The upcoming risks that could cause a "re-riot" include; the upcoming presidential elections, the upcoming trials for the police officers in Minneapolis, among other things. It could be a year or two to rebuild. Who knows if that will happen?

It is probably safe to assume that theft/store shrinkage was high at these stores already. Local police and off-duty cops were probably heavily utilized to deal with in-store theft as well as theft-by-staff. If Walmart can't lean on the local police and off-duty police then there is not a chance in hell Walmart comes back. Target might come back, but purely for PR purposes.

Maybe the Mayor can provide free, on-site Life Coaches in the place of the police. These Life Coaches can persuade thieves not to steal.

 

[elderado]

You make multiple good points in this post. Also, even if Walmart, Target, etc. decided to re-open stores that were destroyed in the riots, from a risk management perspective, they should let a number of events go by before starting any type of reconstruction effort.

The upcoming risks that could cause a "re-riot" include, the upcoming presidential elections, the upcoming trials for the police officers in Minneapolis, among other things. It could be a year or two to rebuild. Who knows if that will happen?

It is probably safe to assume that theft/store shrinkage was high at these stores already. Local police and off-duty cops were probably heavily utilized to deal with in-store theft as well as theft-by-staff. If Walmart can't lean on the local police and off-duty police then there is not a chance in hell Walmart comes back. Target might come back, but purely for PR purposes.

Maybe the Mayor can provide free, on-site Life Coaches in the place of the police. These Life Coaches can persuade thieves not to steal.

Right. Because the "life coaches" are going to do this for free? Oh hell no. What a joke this all has become. Children are growing up with parents who grew up with parents who didn't know how to parent and it's just become a downward cycle. So much stupid out there it's going to take much, much more than a new crop of social workers to fix. Clearly, the adults are not in charge in Chicago.

Oh, but Oprah's going to fix it all with a town hall. Or something.

What a crock.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Walmart, Target, Walgreens, and Best Buy are just basic chain box stores but - when viewed from another level- they help to bring the same consumer/shopping opportunities to marginal areas that whitey and others have throughout the rest of the country- so there is that and there is an equality there and it is a good thing.

And we should have in mind that many minority communities or at least neighborhoods complain that they are "food deserts" ie. there is not place to buy groceries unless it is some rip-off corner store that mostly sells beer, cigarettes and lotto tickets and food consists of microwave sandwiches.

I sure hope that all the stores that were looted and burned will hope to re-open based on the risks. The locals might want to think about that a bit because more rounds of looting are coming.

It's all calculated into the cost of doing business in the hood. This is why it takes massive tax incentives for businesses to open up a location in the hood. They know that shoplifting is going to be much higher, keeping the store shelves orderly will take more time and effort, and the always presence of violence about to breakout.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Right. Because the "life coaches" are going to do this for free? Oh hell no. What a joke this all has become. Children are growing up with parents who grew up with parents who didn't know how to parent and it's just become a downward cycle. So much stupid out there it's going to take much, much more than a new crop of social workers to fix. Clearly, the adults are not in charge in Chicago.

Oh, but Oprah's going to fix it all with a town hall. Or something.

What a crock.

When grandma has yet to see her 30th birthday you know there's a problem. Children raised by children end up being a Lord of the Flies situation.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Here is the audio (in the article linked). Feel free to listen to the conversation between the mayor and the Aldermen. Listen to the panic.

Its over an hour long, with mayhem throughout the call.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

It's all calculated into the cost of doing business in the hood. This is why it takes massive tax incentives for businesses to open up a location in the hood. They know that shoplifting is going to be much higher, keeping the store shelves orderly will take more time and effort, and the always presence of violence about to breakout.

And having six homeless tents set up in aisle 8 does not help.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Right. Because the "life coaches" are going to do this for free? Oh hell no. What a joke this all has become.

This is yet another reason why the dems made a big mistake by not nominating Marianne Williamson. In the coming era, there will be crimes in tough neigborhoods but instead of police responding some essential oils will be immediately dispatched to that area to get everyone's chakra re-aligned and their ying and yang back in balance.

 

[Nine_Ender]

This is all part of living in a liberal city.

The most successful corporations in your country and many of your top professionals and academics are located in "liberal" cities.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Chicago has extinguished itself once again by electing someone even worse than Lightfoot.

The City will go tits up with this guy in office.

It is already at the tipping point and they are doubling down on all their past stupidity.

What could go wrong there?



Chicago mayor-elect Johnson to double down on sanctuary city policies, despite migrant busing furor
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is poised to double down on crime-plagued city's sanctuary status

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ch...ry-city-policies-despite-migrant-busing-furor

 

[Ricter]

Chicago has extinguished itself once again by electing someone even worse than Lightfoot.

The City will go tits up with this guy in office.

It is already at the tipping point and they are doubling down on all their past stupidity.

What could go wrong there?



Chicago mayor-elect Johnson to double down on sanctuary city policies, despite migrant busing furor
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is poised to double down on crime-plagued city's sanctuary status

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ch...ry-city-policies-despite-migrant-busing-furor

We've heard this before. Also for California.