Mayor Richard J. Daley gave police the authority "to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand ... and ... to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city."
Methods: Rioting, race riots, protests, looting, a...
Date: April 5, 1968 – April 7, 1968
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States; 41°5...
Death(s): 11
It's time for some mayors to say the same thing in their cities, or be removed.