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Lightfoot Unveils New Anti-Looting Plan
The Lightfoot administration on Friday announced a new plan to protect Chicago’s commercial corridors, neighborhood businesses and communities from the looting that flared up downtown and across the city earlier this month.
The new strategies are designed to prevent future looting attempts through stronger community partnerships, rapid response deployments, enhanced use of technology, robust legal actions and an integrated approach to geographic lockdowns.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, “The looting and violence experienced this week not only cost our businesses thousands of dollars in damages but robbed residents and communities across our city of their sense of safety and well-being.” The goal of the new plan is “to ensure this kind of criminal violence and destruction never happens again in our city.”
At a news conference Friday, Lightfoot confirmed reports that Macy’s may close its Water Tower Place store. However, she denied that the looting was a factor.
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