"Fall Guy, you are conflating protestors and rioters.
Meanwhile, 51 citizens were shot this past weekend (again), with 9 dead. Among the wounded were two 14 year-olds walking down the 0-99 block of E. 123rd Street in West Pullman at 3:45pm…"
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Take back our streets!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by curt(is) locke Oct 1, 2020.
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"Are rioters somehow not citizens of Chicago?
Are they not people with the same rights we have?
There is nothing to take back, the streets belong to everyone even those who are expressing violent displeasure with the status quo."
"Beautiful. As stated in another thread - I'm a firm believer that in these times, in this city, biking is a political statement."
"I remember attending a community meeting with the Chicago Police commander of the Uptown area when we had a spike in gang/drug/crime activity there, some years ago. I still remember she said, "whoever walks the streets, owns the streets."…"
"The streets belong to the people rioting just as much as they do the people biking on them; there is nothing to take back because they were never 'ours.'"
Take back our streets!
Now here's a really interesting idea. We should do this citywide. Instead of riots in the streets, we can have bike riders roaming our streets in the midnight hours. That alone is a big deterrent against malicious activity. I've already discussed this with my alderman's office (48th ward) and they're excited about the…See More
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