Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said rioters are 'f**ing lawless' in meeting with panicked officials

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted rioters as 'f**ing lawless' in a meeting with panicked officials who described gang members walking around with AK-47s and said the city is 'worse than it was in 1968' after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.   

'I don't know about you, I haven't seen s**t like this before, not in Chicago,' Lightfoot said during an online conference call on May 31 to brief all 50 aldermen about the civil unrest which has broken out following the slaying of black man George Floyd by a white cop in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. 

In the audio, obtained by WTTW News, some alderman are heard breaking down in tears while others voiced outrage as they described how their communities have become 'the wild, wild west' and demanded action from the mayor's office. 

Officials gave a chilling warning that they have not seen such chaos in the city since the Chicago riots of 1968, which were sparked by the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. and left 11 dead and more than 2,000 arrested.