Ariel Atkins spoke outside a police station in the South Loop on 18th and South State Street on Monday, where protesters had gathered to call for the release of those who were arrested.

“I don’t care if somebody decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy’s or a Nike because that makes sure that that person eats. That makes sure that that person has clothes,” Atkins said, according to NBC Chicago.

“That’s reparations. That is reparations. Anything they want to take, take it because these businesses have insurance. They’re going to get their money back. My people aren’t getting anything.”

Atkins also hit back at Rev. Jesse Jackson, who tweeted earlier on Monday that the looting that had taken place in Chicago was “morally wrong.”

He wrote: “This act of pillaging, robbing & looting in Chicago was humiliating, embarrassing & morally wrong. It must not be associated with our quest for social justice and equality.”

But Atkins maintained that Jackson “has nothing to do with Black Lives Matter.”

She added: “Jesse Jackson was not there for the creation of Black Lives Matter. Jesse Jackson can keep his opinions to himself.”

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During a news conference on Monday, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said more than 400 officers had been deployed to stop the mass looting and unrest that broke out in the hours after police shot a man in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side on Sunday.

He said more than 100 people were arrested for charges including looting, disorderly conduct, and battery against police.

Authorities said misinformation circulated that the person shot on Sunday was a child and social media posts had encouraged looting.

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Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle demand homeowners give up their property as a form of reparations, Aug. 12, 2020. The march through neighborhoods was live-streamed by Concrete Reporting via the Periscope app. (Image: Periscope app live stream, Concrete Reporting, video screenshot)

Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle are demanding homeowners willingly give up their property to Black people as a form of reparations because they’re “coming for it” one way or the other.

Footage of the new demands was live-streamed Wednesday night by Concrete Reporting via the Periscope app and quickly spread across social media.

“Give up your house,” exclaimed one of dozens of activists marching through a neighborhood. “Give black people back their homes. You’re sitting their comfortably — comfortable as f— as if they didn’t help gentrify this neighborhood. I used to live in this neighborhood and my family was pushed out and you’re sitting up there having a good time with your other white friends.”

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/13/black-lives-matter-crowd-demands-seattle-homeowner/

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A Black Lives Matter organizer in Chicago is defending the violence that caused $60 million in damage and injured 13 police officers on Sunday, characterizing looting as “reparations.”

Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer, according to Chicago NBC network affiliate WMAQ, justified the riot in the Chicago Downtown Business District during a Monday rally at the police station in the “South Loop,” where protesters claim more than 100 people arrested in Sunday’s violence were being held.

“I don’t care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy’s or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats,” Atkins told WMAQ. “That makes sure that the person has clothes.

“That is reparations. Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance.”

The rioting occurred after word spread that police had shot a 20-year-old man on the South Side of the city. One post on Facebook erroneously claimed that police had shot and killed a 15-year-old boy.

Police were called to the Englewood neighborhood at about 2:30 p.m. local time for a report of a man with a gun, located the suspect and began a pursuit on foot, according to Chicago Fox network affiliate WFLD.

“During the foot pursuit, the offender turned and fired shots at the officers,” Deputy Chief Delonda Tally. “The officers then returned, discharging their weapon.”

The suspect, Latrell Allen, 20, who was charged with attempted murder Monday, was transported to the University of Chicago Hospital.

However, calls to descended upon the Central Business District and its upscale Magnificent Mile shopping area drew hundreds in the evening and early Monday with rioting and looting as a result, smashing windows and also sparking clashes with police.

“This was not an organized protest. Rather, this was an incident of pure criminality,” Police Superintendent David Brown said. “This was an act of violence against our police officers and against our city.”

A Black Lives Matter statement obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times also appeared to justify the destruction.

“When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy, that is not ‘our’ city and has never been meant for us,” the statement read in part.

A sign at Monday’s rally displayed by protesters read: “Our futures have been looted from us . . . loot back.”

In its statement, Black Lives Matter also called for the Chicago police to be abolished.

“The mayor clearly has not learned anything since May, and she would be wise to understand that the people will keep rising up until the (Chicago Police Department) is abolished and our Black communities are fully invested in,” it said.

Source: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/chicago-looting-reparations-black-lives-matter/2020/08/11/id/981675/

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