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  • A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in...

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    A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

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    Looters make off with shoes from a shoe store on Milwaukee Avenue in the Wicker Park neighborhood on June 1, 2020.

  • Protesters dance on East 71st Street in front of Chicago...

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    Protesters dance on East 71st Street in front of Chicago police during a demonstration on June 1, 2020, in South Shore.

  • People leave with merchandise after a shoe store is looted...

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    People leave with merchandise after a shoe store is looted at the Chatham Ridge shopping center at 87th Street and Lafayette Avenue in Chicago on June 1, 2020.

  • Demonstrators fill the sidewalks and intersection of North Clark and...

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    Demonstrators fill the sidewalks and intersection of North Clark and West Menomonee streets after marching from Wrigley Field as they protest the death of George Floyd on June 2, 2020, in Chicago.

  • A man with a shovel stands near the intersection of...

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    A man with a shovel stands near the intersection of West Cermak Road and South 50th Avenue in Cicero after a scuffle between groups of people on June 1, 2020.

  • Approximately 200 men marched in silence from St. Sabina to...

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    Approximately 200 men marched in silence from St. Sabina to 79th Street and Racine Avenue to protest police violence on June 4, 2020.

  • People loot a 7-Eleven store at the corner of Lake...

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    People loot a 7-Eleven store at the corner of Lake and Dearborn streets after a march and rally to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, in the Loop May 30, 2020, in Chicago.

  • Naperville police Cmdr. Tony Mannino, from left, resident Scott Fisher,...

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    Naperville police Cmdr. Tony Mannino, from left, resident Scott Fisher, Officer Julie Ladrino and Officer Vince Ducato talk as cleanup continues following the overnight looting and damage to property in Naperville on June 2, 2020.

  • Demonstrators rally at Daley Plaza for George Floyd and other...

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    Demonstrators rally at Daley Plaza for George Floyd and other victims of police violence on May 31, 2020.

  • Marchers, along with people who had stepped out of their...

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    Marchers, along with people who had stepped out of their vehicles, kneel and participate in a moment of silence in response to the death of George Floyd at Kedzie and Fullerton avenues on June 3, 2020.

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    The looted Walmart Neighborhood Market on 47th Street in Chicago on June 1, 2020.

  • A police supervisor gives instructions as officers guarding the Trump...

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    A police supervisor gives instructions as officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower push back protesters.

  • A protester breaks through a police barrier during a march...

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    A protester breaks through a police barrier during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

  • The Chicago police tear gas team on Wells Street in...

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    The Chicago police tear gas team on Wells Street in the Old Town neighborhood on May 31, 2020.

  • A woman jumps out of a Walgreens store after a...

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    A woman jumps out of a Walgreens store after a march and rally to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, in the Loop May 30, 2020, in Chicago.

  • Owner Sandip Patel cleans his store after looters broke into...

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    Owner Sandip Patel cleans his store after looters broke into El Patron liquor store in Cicero near the intersection of South Cicero Avenue and West Cermak Road on June 1, 2020.

  • A car is set ablaze in the 200 block of...

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    A car is set ablaze in the 200 block of North State Street during protests in Chicago on May 30, 2020.

  • Laurene Wright and her daughter Melody, 7, watch as approximately...

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    Laurene Wright and her daughter Melody, 7, watch as approximately 200 men march in silence from St. Sabina to 79th Street and Racine Avenue during a protest agains police violence on June 4, 2020.

  • Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd march between a...

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    Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd march between a blockade of city trucks toward Chicago police headquarters, June 3, 2020.

  • Chicago police officers stand guard outside the police training academy...

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    Chicago police officers stand guard outside the police training academy on West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago as a large group of people protesting against police in Chicago Public Schools arrive on a march from Lincoln Park on June 4, 2020.

  • Windows are smashed as protesters take the streets of Chicago...

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    Windows are smashed as protesters take the streets of Chicago after a rally and march in the Loop on May 30, 2020, to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

  • Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower hold...

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    Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower hold back protesters in the Loop on May 30, 2020, during a rally and march to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

  • Demonstrators rally at Daley Plaza for George Floyd and other...

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    Demonstrators rally at Daley Plaza for George Floyd and other victims of police violence on May 31, 2020.

  • Two demonstrators reenact the scene depicted in a video of...

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    Two demonstrators reenact the scene depicted in a video of the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, in Chicago.

  • Volunteer Tony Duarte removes graffiti on a building at Kinzie...

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    Volunteer Tony Duarte removes graffiti on a building at Kinzie Street and LaSalle Drive after a night of unrest in the River North neighborhood in Chicago.

  • Graffiti and broken windows at Burberry on Michigan Avenue on...

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    Graffiti and broken windows at Burberry on Michigan Avenue on May 31, 2020.

  • Protesters demonstrate in front of Chicago police along 71st Street...

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    Protesters demonstrate in front of Chicago police along 71st Street at Chappel Avenue on June 1, 2020, in South Shore.

  • Cicero police detain two men who were hiding in a...

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    Cicero police detain two men who were hiding in a back storeroom after looters broke into El Patron liquor store in Cicero near the intersection of South Cicero Avenue and West Cermak Road on June 1, 2020.

  • Jonathan James with his son Jahan, 8, participate in silent...

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    Jonathan James with his son Jahan, 8, participate in silent march with approximately 200 men marching from St. Sabina to 79th Street and Racine Avenue to protest agains police violence on June 4, 2020.

  • Looting at a hotel at the corner of State and...

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    Looting at a hotel at the corner of State and Lake streets during protests for George Floyd on May 30, 2020.

  • Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower push...

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    Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower push back protesters with their batons.

  • Chicago police officers arrest protesters who failed to disperse before...

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    Chicago police officers arrest protesters who failed to disperse before the city's curfew on Wells Street in the Old Town neighborhood on May 31, 2020.

  • Demonstrators march on State Street for George Floyd and other...

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    Demonstrators march on State Street for George Floyd and other victims of police violence on May 31, 2020.

  • Faith leaders, supporters and community members march past a George...

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    Faith leaders, supporters and community members march past a George Washington statue during a rally in Washington Park and Bronzeville, June 2, 2020.

  • A pedestrian crosses the street while Illinois National Guard Spc....

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    A pedestrian crosses the street while Illinois National Guard Spc. Nick Wolotowsky directs traffic with the state police along Cermak Road, where traffic is stopped before entering downtown on June 1, 2020.

  • Demonstrators in cars protesting the death of George Floyd drive...

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    Demonstrators in cars protesting the death of George Floyd drive on 35th Street near Chicago police headquarters, June 3, 2020.

  • Jamel Franklin has a fist bump and a dialogue with...

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    Jamel Franklin has a fist bump and a dialogue with a Chicago police lieutenant during a protest for George Floyd in Daley Plaza on May 31, 2020. Franklin said, "There is something inherently wrong with the whole system. Because they have a target on their back and so do I. Nobody wants to see Chicago burn down."

  • A demonstrator in a car rallies on 35th Street near...

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    A demonstrator in a car rallies on 35th Street near Chicago police headquarters, June 3, 2020.

  • Police check a drugstore for looters on Division Street in...

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    Police check a drugstore for looters on Division Street in the Wicker Park neighborhood early June 1, 2020.

  • A Chicago police officer watches over a large gathering of...

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    A Chicago police officer watches over a large gathering of protesters in the 4400 block of North Broadway during a march on June 1, 2020.

  • Protesters take the streets of Chicago after a rally and...

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    Protesters take the streets of Chicago after a rally and march in the Loop on May 30, 2020, to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

  • People call to defund the Chicago Police Department in a...

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    People call to defund the Chicago Police Department in a march along Ashland Avenue near Lake Street on June 5, 2020.

  • A man screams out as he is detained by Chicago...

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    A man screams out as he is detained by Chicago police on May 28, 2020, during a protest in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

  • Volunteers walk along Cermak Road in Cicero on June 2,...

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    Volunteers walk along Cermak Road in Cicero on June 2, 2020, as they clean up after a night of unrest.

  • Police detain people suspected of looting a pawn shop in...

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    Police detain people suspected of looting a pawn shop in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood on June 1, 2020.

  • People hold up signs while gathering in the Loop to...

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    People hold up signs while gathering in the Loop to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

  • A ransacked makeup store in River North on May 31,...

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    A ransacked makeup store in River North on May 31, 2020.

  • A protester sits in front of rows of police officers...

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    A protester sits in front of rows of police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower.

  • Participants observe a moment of silence during a march through...

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    Participants observe a moment of silence during a march through the Pilsen neighborhood to promote unity between Latinos and African Americans on June 2, 2020.

  • People march north on Dearborn Street in the Loop on...

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    People march north on Dearborn Street in the Loop on May 30, 2020, to protest the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

  • A police officer looks on as marchers, along with people...

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    A police officer looks on as marchers, along with people who had stepped out of their vehicles, kneel down and participate in a moment of silence as they demand justice for the death of George Floyd at Kedzie and Fullerton avenues on June 3, 2020.

  • Buildings on East 47th Street near Prairie Avenue in Chicago...

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    Buildings on East 47th Street near Prairie Avenue in Chicago are demolished on June 5, 2020, after being looted and damaged by fire in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

  • Physicians and team members kneel for 8 minutes and 46...

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    Physicians and team members kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd and to demonstrate support for black lives at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, June 5, 2020.

  • The Rev. Jesse Jackson marches with faith leaders and many...

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    The Rev. Jesse Jackson marches with faith leaders and many others in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on June 2, 2020.

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    People hold up signs out of a car during a rally and march in the Loop to remember the killing of George Floyd.

  • Geri Redd, from left, Jalen Weathers, Mikayla Gilles and her...

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    Geri Redd, from left, Jalen Weathers, Mikayla Gilles and her mother, Karen Riley, pray during a rally in Chicago's Washington Park, June s, 2020.

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    Protesters climb the Irving Park Road ramp to Lake Shore Drive on June 1, 2020, in Chicago.

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    Protesters sit in the 4400 block of North Broadway during a large march on June 1, 2020, in Chicago.

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    Looters and protesters take the streets of Chicago after a rally and march to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, in the Loop May 30, 2020, in Chicago.

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    Mannequins outside the ransacked Nike Store on Michigan Avenue on May 31, 2020, the morning after unrest led to widespread destruction downtown.

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    A Naperville police investigator and Chico's store owner assess damage following the overnight looting and damage to property in Naperville on June 2, 2020.

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    People walk by Chicago police providing security for firefighters on the 4100 block of West Madison Avenue on May 31, 2020.

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    People observe 8 minutes, 46 seconds of silence while sitting in the street at the corner of Ogden and Randolph as protesters call for the Chicago police department to be defunded during a march out of Union Park on June 5, 2020.

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    Protesters stand on the Wabash Avenue bridge as bridges to the west are lifted to prevent movement of people during a rally and march to remember the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

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    A shopkeeper hands out sodas to protesters as they demonstrate in front of Chicago police along 71st Street at Chappel Avenue on June 1, 2020, in South Shore.

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After intense skirmishes overnight, a Loop protest escalated with thousands of demonstrators marching, burning at least one flag, climbing onto a CTA bus and a light pole, hurling bottles, overturning police cars and surrounding officers on Saturday evening.

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Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot held a news conference shortly after 8 p.m., saying the demonstration had “evolved into criminal conduct” as she imposed a curfew on the city: from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.

Lightfoot said violators of the curfew will be given a chance to disperse and then they will be arrested. The order exempts essential workers.

The mayor, who said she was “disgusted,” said she had seen protesters use pipes, bats, hammers and other objects to damage property.

“I’m here to call you out for your recklessness,” she said, directing her comments to some of the protesters.

“I’ve seen protesters hurl projectiles at our police department … bottles of water, urine and Lord knows what else,” she said.

“I want to express my disappointment and, really, my total disgust at the number of others who came to today’s protests armed for all-out battle.”

Lightfoot singled out “the people who came armed with weapons,” calling them “criminals.”

“We can have zero tolerance for people who came prepared for a fight and tried to initiate and provoke our police department.”

She ruled out calling in the National Guard.

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Chicago police Superintendent David Brown was also on hand, saying officers had many things thrown at them, including molotov cocktails. “We will be taking you into custody when you destroy property” or burn cars, Brown said. “That’s just facts.”

“People are destroying property, meting out violence in the memory of a man who was unjustly killed, murdered by police officers,” he said.

At least one officer had “broken bones,” and several others suffered less serious injuries, Brown said. He added several buildings had been vandalized, windows broken, and police responded with pepper spray and “arrests to prevent looting.”

In a statement late Friday, the FBI said they were ‘aware’ of the situation and was working with other law enforcement to ‘restore order’ to the community.

The crowd, which swelled to around 3,000, began their demonstration Saturday at Federal Plaza at 2 p.m. in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Crowds of protesters then made their way onto Lake Shore Drive and shut down portions of the roadway.

As of 3:30 p.m., hundreds were marching north and became more and more raucous, even hostile, throwing fireworks, bottles and reportedly a liquid near officers. Some also began tagging buildings, cars and a bus shelter. There was at least one report of injuries to police, including a sergeant who had broken his arm near Trump Tower.

Protesters began cheering as several somehow hopped onto a No. 151 bus, carrying flags. The bus, which was halted, was occupied by a driver and did not appear to have many passengers.

At one point, protesters gathered on three sides of a police vehicle that was backing up on Dearborn Street, and confrontations had broken out between officers and protesters as a police car tried to roll down Monroe Street in the Loop.

Later, police and protesters clashed just outside of Trump Tower when officers wearing helmets and carrying batons pushed protesters out of the way of a police vehicle.

Deandre Washington, 27, gathered early at Federal Plaza before the protest officially began and said he was “mad as hell” when he saw the video that showed Floyd’s death. As a black man in Chicago, he fears being the victim of police violence on a daily basis.

“I worry every god damn day,” Washington said.

By 4 p.m., the crowd had broken up into several groups heading in different directions, including Trump Tower, where it became especially chaotic with some throwing bottles and fireworks at officers.

Along State Street going north, marchers chanted, “Black lives matter” and “I can’t breathe,” most of them donning masks and many hoisting signs that read, “DEFUND THE POLICE” and “JUSTICE FOR FLOYD.”

People standing on the sidewalk who appeared not to be part of the protest apparently posed for pictures with the marchers in the background. Some passing vehicles honked their horns in apparent support of the protesters.

At one point, someone threw a drink at a police squad car.

Along the Magnificent Mile, a marcher could be seen later wearing a mobile stereo around his neck as the song “Fight the Power” by famed rap group Public Enemy blared from it. At the same time, church bells sounded from the Fourth Presbyterian Church.

Zach Daniels, 20, was marching late Saturday afternoon.

“I’m really tired of seeing racial injustice across our country,” said Daniels, who is a student at Moody Bible Institute.

As the march moved to East Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue, one person could be heard shouting, “Shut down Lake Shore Drive.”

Shortly thereafter, the crowd began to enter the outer drive through a northbound entrance ramp.

“George Floyd! George Floyd!” they chanted.

A 27-year-old woman who identified herself as Lola was marching on southbound Lake Shore Drive as it was shutting down. She said she came out to “bring representation.”

“To make sure the people who are murdered by cops have a voice and the best way that I know how to do that is leverage my white privilege, and I think it’s important to protect all black people no matter their background or their behavior or where they grew up. ”

By 5 p.m., officers had responded to at least a dozen calls of 10-1, a police emergency, as they worked to control the crowd, some reportedly trying to overturn a Chicago police car, others trying to hop onto another CTA bus and some fighting with officers.

Also as of that time, officials had closed the Ohio and Ontario feeder ramps going in and out of the downtown Chicago area.

Additionally, ramps to the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) had been closed, and the CTA temporarily suspended Red Line service between the Clark/Division and Sox-35th stations.

A few minutes later, a loud “boom” was heard, and officers flipped it back again and demonstrators moved closer to Kinzie and Dearborn, outside Harry Caray’s.

Outer Lake Shore Drive was temporarily closed in both directions around 5 p.m. Motorists who were at a standstill due to the marching appeared to honk in support of the protesters who hoisted signs and chanted, “NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! NO RACIST POLICE!”

At one point, the scores of marchers staged a sit-in in the middle of the southbound lanes.

Then, around 7:30 p.m. at Dearborn and Hubbard streets, a police vehicle was overturned.

After about 30 minutes, the protesters marched south on the outer drive onto North Michigan Avenue. There, some marchers spray-painted the front of some posh shops and businesses along the Magnificent Mile.

Slogans like “F—- 12,” meant as an adversarial saying about police, and “EAT THE RICH” were scrawled on front windows.

Around 8 p.m., a demonstrator riding a horse could be seen in the same area.

As the evening went on, loud bells rang out on the Chicago River, as the city made the decision to lift several bridges, including the Michigan Avenue bridge. No one could cross in either direction. At that point, protesters clashed with police in riot gear outside the Wrigley Building.

Multiple shootings occurred in the downtown area as the violence continued throughout the night into the early morning. At least one man was shot dead in the River North neighborhood Saturday night.

A 26-year-old man was shot around 11 p.m. in the 100 block of West Hubbard Street, police said. The man was walking on the sidewalk with another man when someone got out of a vehicle and approached them.

They argued until the man who got out the vehicle took out a handgun and began hitting the 26-year-old with it, police said. The man then shot the 26-year-old man in the chest and continued to hit the other man with the gun.

The man got back into his vehicle and drove away, police said. The 26-year-old died at the scene. No arrests have been made.

Earlier, officials asked protesters in Chicago to remain peaceful as demonstrations were expected to continue throughout the weekend over the death of Floyd.

Speaking at a service event on the South Side on Saturday morning, Superintendent Brown and Lightfoot decried the actions of the officers in Minneapolis.

“I understand and I feel the pain and anguish the killing of George Floyd has evoked all over this country,” Lightfoot said.

She referenced the 2014 killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, calling it a “painful period we experienced as a city.”

“We have lost too many people to violence in the city. It wasn’t just Laquan McDonald,” she said.

When asking protesters to stay peaceful, Lightfoot criticized President Donald Trump’s response to protests in Minneapolis, saying, “It’s not easy when we have a president who is inciting violence.”

“Let’s be better than him,” said Lightfoot, who also urged residents that COVID-19 “isn’t gone from Chicago” and that they should wear masks while protesting.

Earlier, Brown said there were about 108 arrests made in connection with the protests Friday and early Saturday.

Among those arrested was someone who faces pending gun charges.

“Many came to the downtown area in Chicago last night,” Brown said at the Saturday morning event. “The protesting early on started peacefully and ended more aggressive and intense.”

Asked about whether there was looting Friday overnight downtown, where store windows were smashed, Brown said police hadn’t yet gone through inventory with store owners to see whether anything was missing. It remains under investigation.

By the time the demonstrators dispersed from Chicago’s downtown area early Saturday, windows of several Loop businesses were broken, leaving shards of glass strewn on the streets and sidewalks. Garbage cans and flower pots were also toppled over.

About a dozen squad cars were damaged, and some officers were injured, including one with a broken wrist, Brown said.

Floyd, who was black, died Monday after Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, was captured on video pinning Floyd down by his neck.

The video footage went viral on social media, sparking national outrage that resulted in protests, rioting and looting in several cities. Minneapolis and St. Paul have seen fires set by protesters and major property damage.

A civil rights investigation was launched after the video surfaced, and Chauvin and three other officers were fired. On Friday, authorities announced that Chauvin had been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

In the video, Floyd is lying facedown on the street and handcuffed, while Chauvin presses his knee into Floyd’s neck. And then, Floyd is heard on the video repeating, “I can’t breathe.”

Chicago Tribune reporter Deanese Williams-Harris contributed.