The Chicago couple who was attacked by a mob of violent teens over the weekend is finally speaking out about their harrowing experience; “they said they were going to kill us,” 20-year-old Ashley says.
From Fox News 32 Chicago:
The video of 20-year-old Ashley and 22-year-old DJ being attacked in the 100 block of North Wabash Ave. has gone viral. They say they had just left Nordstrom shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday when they were confronted and assaulted outside the Macy’s entrance.
“We were in downtown Chicago trying to shop, trying to get some food, and were walking down the street and there was a really big group of guys, a really big group of people, guys and girls. DJ had my hand trying to lead me through the crowd of people and they pushed him, they pushed me, and as soon as they pushed me I told DJ, ‘They just shoved me.’ And he was like, ‘Don’t shove her, who shoved her?’ And as soon as he said that, everything went crazy,” Ashley recalled.
“They said they were going to kill us. They turned around and started fighting. I got pushed down to the ground and the whole group went to DJ and not to me. I have a whole lot less injuries than he does because I was more of a bystander than anything. But everyone went for him and ended up in the middle of the street. They were jumping him in the middle of the street. It got pretty bad,” Ashley said.
Chicago police say the offenders stole property from the victims before continuing on their way.
“It was a group, a mob, of about 60 to 100 people,” said Lenora Dennis, a Chicago citizen and Good Samaritan who was nearby and tried to protect Ashley and DJ from the attackers after she said police did not come to their aid.
Watch the clip above. GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING.
In his response to the mob riots, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said it isn’t right to “demonize” the rioters. This kind of response is par for the course for Johnson, who has a history of defending looters and rioters.
Watch the clip below:
NEW: Walmart is closing 4 of their store locations in Chicago.
Gee, I wonder why.
Here is Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson defending looters and attacking corporations.
“You can’t condone the looting that corporations continue to do every single day when they take tax dollars from… pic.twitter.com/WRQb9EKDww
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 17, 2023