NBC5 News at 4:30PM: MLL and Governor Pritzker address civil unrest
MLL: the individual who fired upon the police yesterday and was taken into custody was a 20-year-old man. he was not a juvenile and he was not unarmed.
ANCHOR: Now the past 18 hours have put a spotlight once again on the Chicago Police Department and their plan to keep people safe. mary ann ahern is following their response
tonight.
AHERN: Mayor Lightfoot says the city does not need the national guard but the city is imposing restrictions on access to the downtown area. tonight starting at 8 p.m. to 6
a.m. Lightfoot says it’s not a curfew but others see it that way.
MLL: it's straight up felony criminal conduct.
AHERN: Mayor Lori Lightfoot along with Police Superintendent David Brown want to set the record straight about what happened early Sunday a police-involved shooting that fueled
information and ignited the overnight violence.
MLL: the individual who fired upon the police yesterday and was taken into custody was a 20-year-old man. he was not a juvenile and he was not unarmed.
AHERN: the violence overnight left 13 police officers injured and 100 arrested.
SUPT BROWN: a heavy police presence will continue throughout the downtown today and until further notice. officers will return to working 12 hour shifts and all days off have
been cancelled.
AHERN: Lightfoot and Governor Pritzker spoke about whether the national guard should return to the city as they did in June, but for now the answer is no.
MLL: Were not going to spare resources if we need them but we want to make sure we're that prudent in the resources that we need. And again no, we do not need federal troops
in Chicago, period, full stop.
PRITZKER: these were criminals, these are people who broke in who were shooting at people. They were shooting, and we had I believe, 13 Chicago Police Officers who were injured
last night. I mean this is criminal activity and those criminals need to be held accountable
AHERN: the federal troops that the mayor is referring to is compared to what is happening in Portland. we have seen added federal agents to focus on gangs, drugs and gun cases
here in Chicago. Tonight the city as we have said will restrict access downtown essential workers can come and go between those hours. Reporting from the control center Mary Ann Ahern NBC5 News
ANCHOR: all right, thank you, mary ann. and we have continuing coverage of the unrest in chicago. For the very latest keep an eye right here on nbc 5, nbcchicago.com and the
nbc chicago app. we'll be right back.