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[Beast]

This is obviously a US Chinese plot with US Chinese backers since there is no way this is a homegrown issue by citizens of Hong Kong Oakland.

Lol.. continue your self delusion while the riot still continue in US. It will only grew bigger.

 

[PakFactor]

Twin Cities: Skyrocketing demolition costs for riot-damaged properties delay rebuilding
One day after rioters destroyed the Sports Dome retail complex in St. Paul, a construction crew hired by the city knocked the building down because it was dangerously unstable.

Then the city presented the property owners with a $140,000 bill for what it would cost to haul away the debris.

“We were really upset about that,” said property owner Jay Kim, whose insurance policy covers a maximum of $25,000 in demolition costs. “We thought that was high. But we didn’t know how much demolition would cost at the time.”



Like dozens of other investors whose properties were severely damaged in the May riots, the Kim family was stunned to discover that the money it would collect from its insurance company for demolition won’t come close to the actual costs of doing the job. Most policies limit reimbursement to $25,000 to $50,000, but contractors have been submitting bids of $200,000 to $300,000. In many cases, the price of the work is not much lower than the actual value of the property, records show.

“I think that is price-gouging and they should contact the attorney general,” said Andrea Jenkins, vice president of the Minneapolis City Council. “That is a symbol of capitalism run amok.”

Contractors acknowledge that prices for riot-related work are far higher than usual, but they said that is because government regulations require them to treat all debris from a burned-out building as hazardous. Industry veteran Don Rachel said those rules can double demolition costs.

Rich Freese of Semple Excavating worked on demolishing the Sports Dome retail complex in St. Paul.

“We aren’t taking advantage of anybody,” said Rachel, CEO of Rachel Contracting, one of the largest demolition contractors in the state. “Some people might have sticker shock, but how do they know? Most of these folks have never had to wreck a building.”

Demolition costs are so high that many rebuilding projects remain stuck in neutral, leaving large sections of Minneapolis and St. Paul with scorched buildings and piles of rubble that will linger for months.

“It’s been a big barrier to getting the street cleaned up,” said Allison Sharkey, executive director of the Lake Street Council. “I am becoming really concerned that people who want to reinvest won’t be able to.”... (Read more)

I also own an insurance agency and mostly do commercial related policies. Majority of owners never had to demolish a building and most agents never had to deal with one, and most of all people shop prices and neglecting coverage thinking it would never happen to them.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Lol.. continue your self delusion while the riot still continue in US. It will only grew bigger.

The delusion is the Chinese thinking all the protestors in Hong Kong are simply brain dead zombies only acting on command of the CIA.

I'm just rewording it to show you how stupid it sounds.

 

[Beast]

The delusion is the Chinese thinking all the protestors in Hong Kong are simply brain dead zombies only acting on command of the CIA.

I'm just rewording it to show you how stupid it sounds.

The hongkong protesters are brainwashed by CIA and NGO. Makes no different. While US protesters are result of decades of abuse and biased that build up by white elite suppression of minority.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

This is excellent actually. I hope it stays a wreck for months and is a blight for all other cities to see...like what happened with Detroit.

Then the next time other cities wont drag their feet on protecting property. The usual response is "eh..that's what insurance is for..they'll get paid..no worries..they'll rebuild and be back". WRONG!


Below average section of Minnesota too (as usual).

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[Hamartia Antidote]

The hongkong protesters are brainwashed by CIA and NGO.

LOL! Now who is delusional.

I guess the CIA should be happy the Chinese people are weakminded.

Wait until we tell everybody in Shanghai to march into the ocean like Lemmings.

"for King and Country...weeeeeeeeeeeee"

 

[beijingwalker]

Indian-origin family's car dealership worth $2.5 million set ablaze by rioters in US
‘Everybody watched it burn to ashes, nobody did nothing about it, nothing’

Aug 31, 2020 10:54 AM (IST)



New York, August 31

An Indian-origin family's car dealership was set ablaze by rioters in the protest-hit US city of Kenosha, Wisconsin destroying nearly 100 vehicles and causing damages worth $2.5 million, according to family members.


"Everybody watched it burn to ashes. Nobody did nothing about it, nothing," Kenosha News on Saturday quoted family member Anmol Khindri as saying.

The newspaper said that he estimated the losses after the first attack on August 23 at about $1.5 million and after a second the following day at $2.5 million.

Josie Rodriguez, who lived next to the destroyed car dealership, told Kenosha News that when she phoned the police and fire emergency number, the operators told her it was not safe for firefighters to respond to the scene and did not respond.

Protests erupted in Kenosha following the August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 27-year-old Africa-American man.

The motive of the shooting by a white police officer remains unknown.


Another member of the family that owned the burnt-down car dealership interviewed by the conservative web site, The Federalist, said: "We didn't have anything to do with this. I am a minority too. I am a brown person. I have nothing to do with this.

"This is not the America I came into. I could not even imagine (this happening)." The family member told The Federalist that his parents had immigrated from India and built the business "tyre by tyre, car by car", after saving money by working in petrol pumps and restaurants.

They started with six cars and turned it into a 100-car business which has turned to ashes, he said.

"We didn't do anything. What did we deserve to all this? My family has been in tears for the last three, four days. We didn't inherit this business. We built it from the ground up," he added.

According to Kenosha News, a crowd-sourcing fundraiser for the family has been set up on Go Fund Me, an internet-based site where the public can make contributions.


The riots in Kenosha and across the US that are an offshoot of the Democratic Party-backed Black Lives Matter movement's protests against racism and the police killing of African-Americans have become a politically divisive issue ahead of the November election.

The violence has come in handy for President Donald Trump to project his strident law-and-order stance, while his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, has been muted in his criticism of the rioting, looting and arson overshadowing the peaceful protests.

The Black Lives Matter protests began in May after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American, on May 25 in Minneapolis when a policeman knelt on his neck for about nine minutes.

White people have joined the protests, sometimes outnumbering African-Americans.

Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha on Tuesday to meet law enforcement officials and survey the damage from the riots, but the state's Democratic Governor Tony Evers has asked him not to come.


Evers wrote to Trump that his "presence will only hinder our healing" and "delay our work to overcome division".

Meanwhile, Biden was expected to visit Kenosha on Monday, but will now instead campaign in Pennsylvania.

Trump, who has threatened federal interventions in cities overrun by violence, scored a point when Evers called in the National Guard and also requested assistance from three other states.

Trump tweeted on August 28: "Success: Since the National Guard moved into Kenosha, Wisconsin, two days ago, there has been NO FURTHER VIOLENCE, not even a small problem." The President had sent federal law enforcement to Portland, Oregon to guard federal property despite protests by local officials and Democrats.

The Black Lives Matter movement has called for cutting police budgets and succeeded in some places, while the Minneapolis City Council gave in to protesters and voted to abolish the police department.


There has been a surge in crimes in major cities, which police union officials attribute to their demoralisation due to the anti-police sentiments.

The riots accompanying the protests have witnessed clashes, some of them armed, between left-wing demonstrators and right-wing counter-protesters.

A 17-year-old boy, who is from a neighbouring state and is white, shot and killed to people on August 25 during a confrontation with protesters in Kenosha.

On Saturday, a man belonging to a right-wing organisation, Patriot Prayer, was shot dead in the middle of a clash between the left and the right.

Indian-origin family's car dealership worth $2.5 million set ablaze by rioters in US

An Indian-origin family's car dealership was set ablaze by rioters in the protest-hit US city of Kenosha, Wisconsin destroying nearly 100 vehicles and causing damages worth $2.5 million, according to family members.

www.tribuneindia.com

 

[Imran Khan]

insurance will pay it i think so

 

[beijingwalker]

Both India and US are out of control

 

[Dalit]

'Murica is witnessing a race war.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

This is obviously a US Chinese plot with US Chinese backers since there is no way this is a homegrown issue by citizens of Hong Kong Oakland.

more like an Iranian plot. they invented the slogan after all.

 

[Shehr Abbasi]

AGO (WLS) -- Chicago weekend shootings have left more than 50 people shot, 10 fatally, police said.

From 6 p.m. on Friday until midnight Sunday, a total of 54 people were shot, police said, including two Chicago police officers and a 15-year-old boy, police said.

Despite the number of victims, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said Monday that murders are down 50% from the previous six weeks following his reorganization of the department to create citywide teams. Overall crime is also down 19% this year, according to Brown.

"Our clearance rate for homicides is 40%. We have some room to improve, but that's still a significant improvement," Brown said.

Supt. Brown added that 127 guns were recovered in Chicago this weekend, bringing the total number of guns recovered by CPD this year to 6,967.

"Every one of those 6,967 guns recovered are a potential deadly force encounter," he said.

One reason Supt. Brown says the clearance rate has gone up is because they are seeing an increase in cooperation from community members who are reaching out to investigators to tell them what they know regarding ongoing cases. Brown added that he hopes this trend continues, including a shooting that left one man dead and four others injured outside a pancake house in Morgan Park.

One person is dead and four others were wounded in a shooting outside a restaurant Sunday afternoon in Morgan Park.

In the six weeks since completing a reorganization of the department, CPD says murders are down 50% compared to the previous six weeks.

According to Chicago police, three women and two men were shot around 1:30 p.m. while they ate at Lumes Pancake House at 11601 South Western Avenue.

Witnesses said they heard 20-30 shots fired into the restaurant's large white tent that is set up in the parking lot and used for additional seating. Regulars say the extra space is especially needed on weekends, as the restaurant is popular with the after-church crowd.

Superintendent Brown gives update on weekend violence, including shooting of officers

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown speaks after a violent weekend, including two officers wounded and five people shot at a popular South Side restaurant.

Police said a 31-year-old man, identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Devon Welsh, who died at the scene was the target of the shooting and was known to police. He was dining outdoors under the tent when police say several men in a white SUV pulled up and started shooting. A 43-year-old woman was shot in the stomach and buttock and a 32-year-old woman was shot in the thigh, police said. Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition. A 32-year-old man who was shot in the thigh is now in stable condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said. A 30-year-old woman who was shot in the foot is in good condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital. It wasn't immediately clear whether those injured were part of the same dining party as the intended target or innocent bystanders. Witnesses said after the shooting was over, the gunmen jumped back into the white SUV and drove off. No one is in custody. Area Two detectives are investigating. A teenager was shot and wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago's South Side Sunday. Police said the 15-year-old boy was shot in the lower back by someone in a silver sedan in the 1200-block of E. 63rd Street around 8:30 p.m. The teen was driven to Jackson Park Hospital in critical condition, police said. He was later transferred to University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. No one is in custody. Area One detectives are investigating. Two Chicago police officers were shot and a suspected shooter was wounded Sunday morning after a traffic stop in Homan Square on the West Side. CPD Supt. David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot held a press conference about the shooting outside Stroger Hospital early Sunday morning. Brown said that around 2:33 a.m. officers were conducting a traffic stop in the 3300-block of West Polk Street when they spotted a gun in the vehicle. The officers ordered the suspect to get out of the car, but he didn't comply, Brown said. The officers then had to break the suspect's car window in an attempt to arrest him. While attempting to place the suspect into custody, a struggle ensued and the offender fired multiple shots, striking both officers, Brown said. A third officer returned fire and hit the suspect/ One officer suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, side and back, Brown said. He was transported to Stroger Hospital in serious condition. Dr. Hayden Hollister spoke at the press conference and said that the officer is undergoing surgery. The officer is now in stable condition, CPD said late Sunday morning. The second officer was shot in the shoulder and chest and transported to the same hospital. He is in good condition, police said. The suspect was critically injured and taken via ambulance to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, CFD officials said. He is now in fair condition, police said. A man was shot to death and a woman was injured Sunday in Gresham on the South Side, according to Chicago police. The 34-year-old man was standing outside about 5 a.m. in the 1100 block of West 87th Street when two males approached and opened fire, police said. He was hit multiple times in the face and upper body. The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office has not released details about the fatality. The woman, 36, was standing just inside the doorway of a nearby home when she was shot in the foot, police said. She was taken in fair condition to Little Company of Mary Hospital. No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate. About 25 minutes later, a 23-year-old woman was shot in Little Village on the Southwest Side. According to Chicago police, around 5:25 a.m. she was on the sidewalk in the 2300-block of South Homan Avenue, when she was shot in the chest. She was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and is in critical condition, police said. Area Four detectives are investigating. A 29-year-old man was also fatally shot Sunday in Back of the Yards on the Southwest Side. According to Chicago police, Chauncey Ali Jr., 29, was leaving a party at 3:38 a.m. in the 900-block of West Garfield Boulevard when someone shot him in the head. Officers found him unresponsive on the ground and he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate. Just a few minutes earlier, a man and a woman were injured in a shooting in Austin on the West Side. They were on the sidewalk at 3:24 a.m. in the 5900 block of West Huron Street when they heard gunshots, Chicago police said. They told investigators they didn't see the shooter or know where the shots came from. The 29-year-old man was shot in the left thigh while the woman, 25, was grazed on the head, police said. Both were taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park in good condition. No one is in custody as Area Four detectives investigate. A 61-year-old man was shot to death Sunday in South Chicago, Chicago police said. According to police, officers responding to ShotSpotter alerts for eight gunshots at 2:09 a.m. in the 8400 block of South Commercial Avenue found the 61-year-old man on the parkway with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office has not released details about the fatality. No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate. A man was shot Saturday in Park Manor on the South Side. The 28-year-old was driving at 9:56 p.m. in the 7000 block of South State Street when he heard gunshots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago police. He told investigators he didn't see the shooter or know where the shots came from. The man was hit in the leg and drove himself to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was in fair condition, police said. No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate. Two people were critically hurt in a shooting Saturday in Back of the Yards on the Southwest Side. The man and woman, both 21, were shot about 6:40 p.m. in the 900-block of West Garfield Boulevard, Chicago police said. The man was struck in the chest and back and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. The woman went to the same hospital with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. Both were in critical condition, police said. Area One detectives are investigating. A man was killed and a woman was critically wounded in a shooting Friday in Back of the Yards on the South Side. Three people were on a porch about 7:17 p.m. in the 900-block of West 50th Street when someone in a passing SUV unleashed gunfire, Chicago police said. A 39-year-old man was shot multiple times and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. A 66-year-old woman was struck in the shoulder and taken to the same hospital in critical condition, police said. The third person on the porch, a 48-year-old man, was injured by glass and taken to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition, police said. Although the 39-year-old remains unidentified, an autopsy conducted Saturday ruled his death a homicide, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Area One detectives are investigating. A man was shot to death Saturday in Englewood on the South Side. Officers responding to a call of a person shot about 3:05 p.m. found the 40-year-old unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest in the 5600-block of South Emerald Avenue, Chicago police said. The man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office has not released details about his death. Area One detectives are investigating. A man was injured in a shooting Saturday at a home in West Englewood on the South Side. The 66-year-old was inside the home at 3:48 a.m. in the 6800-block of South Winchester Avenue when someone on the porch fired shots through the front door and window, according to Chicago police. The man was hit in the foot and taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said. No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate. A man was injured in a shooting Saturday in Bucktown on the North Side. The 27-year-old was parking his car at 1:35 a.m. in the 2300-block of West Lyndale Street when a male walked up, asked his gang affiliation and fired into the car, according to Chicago police. The shooter left the area in a silver vehicle. The man was hit in the arm and went to Illinois Masonic Medical Center on his own, police said. He was listed in good condition. No one is in custody as Area Five detectives investigate.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Blacklivesmatter

497 Total Homicides

352 Black
63 Other
45 Hispanic
37 White

Homicides in Chicago: A list of every victim | Chicago Sun-Times

Information about Chicago's homicide victims, compiled by journalists, including breakdowns of where and when incidents occurred, updated daily.

graphics.suntimes.com

Unknown
North Lawndale | Shooting | M | 26 | Unknown
Location of homicide: 1800 block of South Kedzie Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/31/2020
Time of homicide: 1:05:00 PM
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East Garfield Park | Shooting | M | 26 | Unknown
Location of homicide: 3500 block of West Polk Street
Date of homicide: 8/31/2020
Time of homicide: 10:52:00 PM
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Unknown
Lower West Side/Pilsen | Shooting | M | Unknown | Unknown
Location of homicide: 1300 block of West 19th Street
Date of homicide: 8/31/2020
Time of homicide: 10:45:00 PM
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Unknown
South Chicago | Shooting | M | 61 | Unknown
Location of homicide: 8400 block of South Commercial Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/30/2020
Time of homicide: 2:09:00 AM
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Chauncey Ali Jr.
New City | Shooting | M | 29 | Black
Location of homicide: 900 block of West Garfield Boulevard
Date of homicide: 8/30/2020
Time of homicide: 3:38:00 AM
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Unknown
Auburn Gresham | Shooting | M | 34 | Unknown
Location of homicide: 1100 block of West 87th Street
Date of homicide: 8/30/2020
Time of homicide: 5:00:00 AM
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Devon Welsh
Morgan Park | Shooting | M | 31 | Black
Location of homicide: 11600 block of South Western Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/30/2020
Time of homicide: 1:50:00 PM
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Jason Carson
Englewood | Shooting | M | 32 | Black
Location of homicide: 5600 block of South Emerald Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/29/2020
Time of homicide: 3:05:00 PM
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Anthony Lewis
Englewood | Shooting | M | 54 | Black
Location of homicide: 6200 block of South Racine Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/29/2020
Time of homicide: 8:20:00 PM
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Unknown
Albany Park | Shooting | M | 18 | Unknown
Location of homicide: 4600 block of North Kasson Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/28/2020
Time of homicide: 7:00:00 PM
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Oronde Jelks
New City | Shooting | M | 39 | Black
Location of homicide: 900 block of West 50th Street
Date of homicide: 8/28/2020
Time of homicide: 7:17:00 PM
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Jamil Williamson
Humboldt Park | Shooting | M | 21 | Black
Location of homicide: 900 block of North Pulaski Road
Date of homicide: 8/28/2020
Time of homicide: 8:30:00 PM
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Kyra Gray
Chatham | Shooting | F | 35 | Black
Location of homicide: 800 block of East 88th Place
Date of homicide: 8/28/2020
Time of homicide: 8:38:00 PM
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Derius Coleman
South Chicago | Shooting | M | 29 | Black
Location of homicide: 8000 block of South Muskegon Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/28/2020
Time of homicide: 5:04:00 AM
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Doran Wallace
Woodlawn | Shooting | M | 39 | Black
Location of homicide: 6100 block of South Evans Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/27/2020
Time of homicide: 12:20:00 PM
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Greg Gultney
Auburn Gresham | Shooting | M | 26 | Black
Location of homicide: 8100 block of South Bishop
Date of homicide: 8/27/2020
Time of homicide: 8:17:00 PM
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Brandon Brown
West Garfield Park | Shooting | M | 26 | Black
Location of homicide: 100 block of North Keeler Avenue
Date of homicide: 8/27/2020
Time of homicide: 9:22:00 PM
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Amando Shipp
Roseland | Shooting | M | 47 | Black
Location of homicide: 500 block of West 105th Street
Date of homicide: 8/27/2020
Time of homicide: 11:57:00 PM
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[Hamartia Antidote]

Chinese researcher charged with theft of trade secrets arrested in US

www.republicworld.com

29th August, 2020
A Chinese national, a researcher at the University of Virginia, was arrested by the US authorities on charges of stealing trade secrets when he attempted to board a flight to China. Haizhou Hu, 34, was allegedly accessing a computer without authorization to obtain information from a protected computer and steal trade secrets, the US Justice Department said in a release.

"Haizhou Hu, a Chinese national conducting research at the University of Virginia, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with a pair of federal crimes just days after he attempted to board a flight to China. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Richmond Division announced the arrest," it said.

Ties between the US and China have worsened in the past couple of months as the two have locked horns over a score of issues.


'Possessed unauthorised software code'
As per court documents, investigators first became aware of Haizhou Hu on August 25, when he attempted to board a flight to China at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. He is conducting research, studying bio-mimics and fluid dynamics at the University of Virginia.

"A routine screening conducted by authorities revealed that Haizhou Hu was alleged to be in possession of bio-inspired research simulation software code that he was not authorized to possess, and which represented the result of years of research and resources in its development by members of the University of Virginia academic community," the Justice Department added.

Recently, the US had ordered China to close its Consulate General in Houston, Texas, over allegations that it was involved for years in massive illegal spying and influence operations in the country. In retaliation, China ordered the US to close its Consulate General in Chengdu.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

How many threads are you going open on Chinese citizens getting arrested in the US? Is this a thing for you?

Thousands of Chinese get arrested in China each year for criminal activities.