Chicagoans steeled themselves for the possibility of more unrest after hundreds of looters responding to social-media calls descended on the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile and other shopping areas overnight following the police shooting of a man who officers said had fired on them first. The scene Monday in parts of Chicago was reminiscent of the days following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd on May 25: broken windows at looted mom-and-pop shops and big retail chains alike, roads closed to traffic to contain the violence and increased police presence in affected neighborhoods. As shop owners and volunteers swept up glass Monday morning, many downtown streets and highway ramps remained closed. The looting started late Sunday on the city’s heavily Black South Side, a few miles from the site of the shooting. Some on social media speculated that the initial looting was just a diversion, as looting quickly spread north to the Michigan Avenue shopping district, where stores such as Neiman Marcus and Nike Chicago line the streets. It extended as far north as Lincoln Park, a mostly white and affluent area hit in the first wave of unrest after the death of Mr. Floyd. source