The gathering was addressed by Mayor Brandon Johnson after several hundred individuals had been taken into custody for looting.
The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, who leans left, took exception to the word “mob” being used to describe dozens of thieves on Wednesday. The reporter had used the phrase to describe the looters.
Johnson held a press conference following the arrest of forty adolescents and young adults in Chicago’s South Loop on Sunday night on accusations of engaging in hazardous conduct. The arrests were made in connection with the incident. A group of three hundred to four hundred persons congregated and behaved in a “disorderly” manner in an effort to steal from a convenience store.
The Mayor of Chicago provided an update on the situation, but he took exception when a reporter referred to the big gathering as a “mob.”
The response from Johnson was “No, that’s not appropriate.” “This is not an incitement to start a riot. I in no way intended to give the impression that.