♫ "They took all the trees, put 'em in..."

..."a tree museum"...♫

“Literally, the future of Chicago hangs in the balance, I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that,” he said.

“If this continues, how can Chicago survive?"

"What will be left downtown after Water Tower Place gets boarded up and the for-sale signs go up on all the condos near Michigan Avenue?"

"People who live around there have had their sense of safety badly shaken."

"This is our tax base, by the way. We count on tax revenue from this area of the city to fund all number of other programs we count on."

Looks like lead will soon be more valuable than gold.

RELATED: Ends... means... whatever...

"A video posted on Facebook around 6:30 p.m. falsely claimed that officers had shot and killed a 15-year-old boy."

"The video shows upset residents confronting officers near the scene where officers shot and wounded an adult suspect who they said had fired at them."

LAST WORD: $60 million in property damage is "reparations"

“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,” said Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer. “That makes sure that person has clothes.”