CHICAGO—Hundreds of looters descended on Chicago’s upscale Magnificent Mile and other shopping areas overnight, breaking windows and clearing out brand-name stores and mom-and-pop shops alike in what appeared to be orchestrated attacks that came hours after a suspect fired at police who then shot him on the city’s South Side, police said. Police raised downtown drawbridges, closed freeway ramps and made more than 100 arrests in the chaotic early morning hours. Officers arresting a suspect with a cash register looted from a...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 10, 2020 14:03 UTC