Out-of-control Chicago looters were not activists, but reportedly a 'mix of college students, out-of-work parents, and convicted felons'

Chicago looters — who reportedly caused a whopping $60 million in damages to the city — were not demonstrating activists, but college students, parents, and convicted felons, according to a Friday report from the Chicago Tribune. 

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Looters and vandals crushed the city's downtown area over the last week, and the Tribune reports that the looters were not activists demonstrating against a shooting in the city's mostly black Englewood neighborhood — they were students, parents, convicts.

Authorities arrested at least 100 people earlier this month. Protesters referred to those arrested as "political prisoners." But the Tribune reports that the "political prisoners" were nothing more than conscienceless opportunists who wanted free merchandise.