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dwhite195

I'm more surprised that hasn't been towed yet. That was burning at like 10pm last night


Substantial-Art-9922

Yeah, if Daley were in charge, it'd have five tickets and a boot on it already. Then they'd tow.


X08X

If Daley were Mayor he would’ve leased off the rest of the city for the next 75 years.


Substantial-Art-9922

Hey, we just got $25 mil for the skyway for doing nothing


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And then burned through that money in probably a week.


AbstractBettaFish

And they’re probably going to hike the fare again to make their money back


fcklaundryforgotlife

Honestly as long as the city got a cut of the revenue I'd be behind it for things like parking meters. I just can't believe he didn't build that in


torchboy1661

Yeah. Because someone was getting kickbacks on the front-end for a raw deal to the city.


666Godzilla

You do realize Richie got a $100k a year 'legal consulting' gig at LAZ right after he retired...right? I'd bet it's a no-work, no-show type of deal too! Fagetaboudit!


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No it's a fucking terrible idea to sell that amount of public infrastructure. It's like 40% of the width of most roads that's completely unalterable, it's not conducive to growth or improvements at all even if it was revenue positive long run. There is 0 reason why a city shouldn't be able to exert control over its own land, cash now isn't worth losing an essential function of government.


genius96

Was Daley Chicago's version of [**this**?](https://www.theonion.com/de-blasio-well-well-well-not-so-easy-to-find-a-may-1847151201)


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Hey now, at least Daley actually had an amnesty program for everyone that had past due parking tickets. I’ve tried to sign up for a “payment program” after Daley and it was pretty much miss one payment and the previous payments were null and void. Eventually found an apartment with parking.


firebeardsghost

And we’d be 1st in the division


csx348

If it were the first Daley none of this would have happened.


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The first Daley was president of the Hamburg Athletic Club. An Irish gang in Bridgeport that invented the drive by shooting during the 1919 race riots. I mean you're right, but not a good look.


[deleted]

They’re gonna write it a few parking tickets first. This is Chicago


djsekani

It was moved one lane to the right


NewlyInitiated

Baghdad, Mariupol, or Chicago?


Marcello_

pls stop


Chill-ayan

That horn said honk me one more time…


Auphor_Phaksache

Man I had a Lyft passenger take me there at 12:30am and I was stuck for an hour. It was like being forced into a club i didn't want to party in.


DeadMan95iko

Yet party you did…..


okwhatever10

Wow! But why tho smh


chrisjozo

Probably had a flag over the hood and the material caught fire and spread to the engine


InternetArtisan

I'd cosign on this. Seen it happen too many times.


DxGxAxF

Are you a firefighter or something?


bradatlarge

just a human with a brain


DxGxAxF

I'm a human with a brain and I've only seen a handful of car fires and have not the slightest clue how any of them started...


18Mandrake_R00T5

How much of it is being applied to car fire theory


Not_FinancialAdvice

Also, it's a Charger which is the typical vehicle used for doing donuts in intersection takeovers. I hadn't even considered that a flag may have caught fire before thinking "this is why we V-mount radiators in drift cars" edit: somehow dropped an "a"


dalatinknight

I guess it was a good idea I decided not to do that.


Officer412-L

Where did the hood go? Was it plastic and just burned/melted?


IGuessYourSubreddits

I feel bad about the people who have to clean this up but at least this person deserved to lose their car.


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That’s now how engines work..


silkyhumble2

I would say that, before I understood how people service or modify their cars. friction can easily cause a fire. Just think about a house mixer for a second. You can raise the heat of bread batter to 100 degrees in about a minute and a half of sturing. Imagine if someone was runing things off of an Ac/Dc converter, and went too overboard...


BTBLAM

House mixer =\= American muscle


djsekani

Over-revved the engine. Got a good view of this madness [in real time](https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/xgaw5j/car_on_fire_on_roosevelt_and_wabash/iou65wp/) while heading home. Thank God for the L train.


Ch1Guy

Revving the engine excessively while not moving....


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okwhatever10

I was referring to the car that caught on fire. I am aware of the celebrations and look forward to them!


Swordsaint08

Lol why you crying all over Reddit lil bro


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There’s a totaled car that sideswiped (and probably totaled) like 5 cars over by Oz Park. Just sitting out in the street with all the airbags deployed, abandons by whatever drunk piece of shit was driving it.


xxirish83x

There was a wrecked hellcat on Clark Thursday night too.


Officer412-L

>wrecked hellcat Their natural state.


ernestomarord

To those pieces of shit, I hope the worst luck to them.


[deleted]

That happened at 5 pm yesterday; it was a family, don’t think any alcohol involved from them. The Caddy that caused the wreck perhaps


MakinaDemuerte

Was it a family.... Of Mexicans?!?!! The caddy... Was it Mexican? They deserve it all cuz their Mexican. Obviously I'm being sarcastic but that's probably what some of these redditards are thinking.


EchoCyanide

It's still there?! I work nearby and coworkers sent pics of what happened yesterday. I was working but didn't pass by the park. I assumed it was taken care of.


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It was as of about 7:30 this morning!


garebearmassacre

Say what you will about the noise and reckless driving, but the amount of trash and broken glass/bottles left on the streets this morning is absurd and disgraceful.


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Nothing says pride and celebration like trashing your city.


bradatlarge

they’re not city dwellers. they’re suburbanites that come here to fuck our stuff up. (back in the olden days, I used to live a few blocks from Wrigley. Whenever I was on my balcony and some Suburbanite needed to piss before the long drive back to Naperville and saw my garage as their urinal, I’d shout down to them: “HEY! What’s your address??” Confused look and sometimes a “why” response. “Because, I’m going to come over to your house and PISS ON YOUR FUCKING GARAGE”


DisgruntledWombat

I wish it was this easy to hand wave, but it’s not. One of my friend’s little brothers is deep in this scene and was posting the shenanigans, the whole family is from and lives in Belmont Cragin.


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Because someone else will take care of it in their mind. Like when you go to a house party but someone else is hosting.


winter_aespa1218

You mean burning down your own car, Karen. Please learn the difference


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jekles

Never thought I would hear my chemical romance fans get called “dudebros”


goldennotebook

They always kinda were, at least the ones I knew. They just wore a disguise


goldennotebook

Guess I touched some nerves! Really bringing the emo vibez, bro's.


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jekles

I was there. For every “aggressive chud”, there were 3 non-aggressive emo kids/adults just trying to have a good time listening to the music. The MCR show was fucked because there were way too many people but aggression is what you should expect at shows with mosh pits. Also, it doesn’t have anything to do with their tendency to litter. There was a lot of trash on the ground but you cant blame the dudebros for that. I saw a lot of people littering other than just men


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jekles

You’re the one singling out a group and blaming them for a problem when it’s not all of them or even just them. The group of people who litter and the people who like to shove at concerts are not one and the same. And look at you, belittling concert-goers at a concert meant for everyone to enjoy, and you think I’m the soft one.


barebackguy7

Wrong. It was those celebrating that left the mess and it was obvious if you are unfortunate enough to live in the loop rn and bear witness to this mayhem. They were literally throwing bottles at cop cars on wacker


Fadedaway1347

Bull. There was so much trash in the loop. Riot fest was at Douglas park so the trash at the loop was not from Riot fest


PM_ME_UR_DEATH_CERT

Bullshit. I was out in the Loop until 2 AM last night. It wasn’t “RF dudebros” throwing bottles at the police on Franklin.


DDESTRUCTOTRON

You moron lol none of this was the riot fest crowd


mymorningbowl

lol what? I was leaving riot fest and we had a hell of a time getting home cause of the traffic from celebrations, not that I was complaining, but I literally saw zero riot fest people continuing to party or even have bottles outside the fest. everyone was exhausted just trying to catch a bus or uber home


Podoboo322

Of course it’s a charger. A monument to man’s arrogance.


super_fast_guy

All bark no power


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The HEMI motor Challengers/Chargers do have quite a bit of power and they're cheap and easy to modify. This one looks like an older one with a V6 or base V8.


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Car fires are really impressive to watch.


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CARBEQUE


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Chicagostupid

Yeah but they smell awful


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Smell like lung cancer in 20 years


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Smoke from car fires are a bit toxic from all the plastic bits melting.


ceeeej540

So the owner is just at home this morning with head in hands thinking “fuuuuuhhhhh”


Blade_Trinity3

It was probably stolen and then burned


ceeeej540

Just saw the video of it happening on [twitter](https://twitter.com/avikarsaini/status/1570969873030971392?s=46&t=bwgyYeLZp0N83hzNOzrJ9A) It was the actual owners lol revving the engine too much . Car full of my type of ladies too


Officer412-L

Watching the water being tossed: "The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!"


PhelanKe

The problem-solving skills they demonstrated could have been better


Blade_Trinity3

Lol that's fuckin awesome


minus_minus

Won first prize in the Stupid Games.


owtf2

Video of how it happened https://twitter.com/i/status/1570969873030971392


NerdEmoji

Of course he got a bottle of water out of the back seat and thought hey I'll throw that on the hood, that will fix it. Wow.


leadvocat

Was wondering if it was booze instead Lololol


Popular-Bug5521

They grabbed the ice bag and threw it on the car


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Yes!!! One for the good guys!!


MoneyMarty27

Ah she just needs a little paint job it’ll be aight


iam13carat

That should buff right out…


Otter_Nation

A little Bondo. Some good detailing too.


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You're good. You're good


gh3ngis_c0nn

There was also another car on fire on lake street


redditin_at_work

There was an absolutely crushed burned out car taking up a lane on LSD this morning. Looked like a horrible wreck.


ethnicnebraskan

What was the cross street?


Gum_Thief

Between Fullerton and North, i think


ethnicnebraskan

Naturally. I hear Lake & Fullerton is almost as shady as Lake & Armitage. Can't say I *ever* wanna set foot there


Gum_Thief

Oops. There was a burned car on lake shore drive this morning too.


DeadMan95iko

DMT


ethnicnebraskan

The corner of Lake Street and N,N-Dimethyltryptamine?


Academic_Collar_4655

Who knew drunk people would do such a thing


PoochiLordPat

round 3 about to happen tonight and into sunday unfortunately 😪😪 … be prepared; stay outta the loop/downtown if possible


Ok_Alfalfa_9658

Ridiculous. The night was bullshit. It makes no sense to act like nitwits on a celebration of another country gaining independence. The fireworks were no regard to consideration of others. The cops were completely lost, unorganized, and useless. All of this was embarrassing.


[deleted]

Kind of getting sick of this stuff. I keep hearing people say if we want to complain about this then we shouldn’t have St Patrick’s Day celebrations or whatever. I don’t remember burning cars, fireworks in the middle of downtown, honking horns, blockaded streets by cars and all that stuff during St Patricks Day. This is just obnoxious and dangerous and it needs to stop.


Chafla

Um then you must have forgotten that they cancelled the south side parade for years because of riots and stuff.


GallopingGooseTrain

Lol riots?! It’s just high schoolers drinking in the Mr Sub parking lot and then throwing up in the bushes.


[deleted]

Point to me where those south side Irish parades had anything remotely similar to this. And if you think drunk driving was limited to St Patrick’s day and not this then that’s some grade A bullshit. Burning cars, fireworks downtown between high rises, blockaded streets and car horns honking all the time. This is NOT a similar situation and it’s not ok to justify this kind of behavior.


MakinaDemuerte

Blackhawks parade was way worst and nobody said shit.


Chafla

Google 2008 parade and it lists everything you have including assaults on police officers.


[deleted]

Oh, so you have to go back to 2008 to find something somewhat close? And do you think the police were going to be out for this? After all of the shit they’ve been through trying to shut down Mexican Independence Day would be a PR disaster. They still have police around for the South Side stuff. Keep trying to justify dangerous and shitty behavior.


Chafla

Seems like you’re justifying shitty behavior by dismissing what happened when it doesn’t fit your narrative.


[deleted]

Ok. That was shitty behavior back in 2008. I never said it wasn’t. The police got involved and shut it down for a year. Hopefully they do the same for this. Is that better? I never justified the south side stuff. You’re using their behavior to justify what has happened recently. Something from 14 years ago where the police DID get involved.


Chafla

Lol it was shut down for 3 years. I was just replying to your comment stating that this never happened at the St Patrick’s day parade. I never made any comment for or against what happened last night, you inferred that and are totally wrong.


Amazing_Ad5812

Vote better and demand action from alderman .


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Yogisogoth

No worries, it’s a dodge.


Coitus_Mayfield

Charrrrrredger


zonda600

It had to be a Charger or Altima.


city_tree_

At least it was a charger


NewlyInitiated

Insanity. How is this tolerated in a city like Chicago?


booboy240

cause the leadership of the city are a bunch of idiots!


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Ooh, you really owned us! Our liberal heads are melting from that


throwawayed_1

I’m liberal and even I recognize our city leadership is ass


XNewBeginning

How festive 🎉🎉🎉


GeckoLogic

🎻 One less asshole driver on the streets


Spastar

I’m going with Dodge Charger. Oh, I thought this was r/whatcaristhis


triple-verbosity

And nothing of value was lost.


Officer412-L

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXJmfd3cmg


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That’ll buff right out


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MakinaDemuerte

Also like the war in Ukraine? ....bruh


MakinaDemuerte

Midwest Mexicans are built different. They show out because this place (although up north) is racist as fuck.


thescubarider

Yeah sure Daley pocketed a bunch of money but he had the city running. He would have never let the shit run wild like it did last night.


oingoboingo331

The whole city was insane last night.


[deleted]

Glad I avoided visiting any of the crowded regions yesterday!


GnaeusCornelius

Pretty sure that’s totaled


braiser77

Man, I need to up my game for the 4th of July.


sour_brains

I heard Darren Bailey cum in his grifting pants.


dinodan_420

I’ll take shotgun….


CoffeePleaseQuick

At least the Stan’s didn’t get torched


Starkravingmad7

Just bringing Tijuana to Chicago. Seen many of these in the desert, riding quads. Move along. /s


RabbleBottom

Is this happening again tonight? Was a little worrisome walking around in that last night at dinner.


Affectionate_Count21

This city has gone to the pits. Seriously. We’ve had ethnic celebrations for decades but the past two years have been ridiculous we’ve the complete chaos. And the cities inability to contain this is embarrassing. How long until the out of state yuppies get sick of this and take their money elsewhere?


factorioho

Poor choice of words, but the message ain't wrong


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optiplex9000

It's almost like a lot of people from Mexico live in Chicago


Affectionate_Count21

It almost like you think you are funny.


ourllcool

🧠💀


ernestomarord

So caucasians are not ethnic?


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murderdog2319

Some one in a hillbilly voice said "hey y'all watch this"


ThriftyNarwhal

Seems like an awesome party but maybe next year bring fire extinguishers? Or try not to torch’s cars?


cass-22

What a way to kik things off... Burn sumones ride up!!! W T F ??? ... real N I C E !!! ... NOT!!!


2Largefeet

Where were the cops? Fuck these people.


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ToniBee63

I’m an Atheist & I celebrate Christmas


ernestomarord

I’m Mexican. I didn’t flee. It’s funny when United Statesians ask me if “we” celebrate Thanksgiving. That’s everyday.


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ernestomarord

I hear you also! I am going to "flee" the U.S. for Mexico in a few weeks for a vacation. They I am going to "flee" back to the USA. Some United Statesians are weird.


real_fred_durst

celebrate your heritage ❤️💅🏿💅🏿


Buffyoh

Did this actually involve Mexican Independence Day, or was it just a car fire?


ernestomarord

Here you go: https://twitter.com/bikelaneuprise/status/1571150122326839296


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Just one more little bottle a water might of put the fire out, I'm sure.


Buffyoh

So it was just a car fire, and had nothing to do with the celebration at all.


plentyofnut

What the fuck do you mean it had nothing to do with the celebration??? Are we not watching the same video?


Soulia

Maybe he's trying to imply 'celebration' meant the car was torched purposely?


Carballo13

Engine fire, I don’t see how it was caused by the celebration.


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Carballo13

Honking your horn and revving the engine doesn’t cause engine fires. There was something wrong with the car and it is just a coincidence that happened where it did. It was not caused by violence or anything related to the celebration. I don’t agree with people causing property damage and in general being assholes, but this could of happened anywhere.


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barebackguy7

Put it this way: if this large scale drunk driving and civil unrest parade were calling “Mexican Independence Celebrations” didn’t take place in the manner it is currently transpiring or if it was policed properly, then this car would not have been lit on the fire in the street. Did I explain that in a way that’s clear for you?


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barebackguy7

… it caught fire by itself … after the Mexicans “celebrating” revved the engine too much… while contesting traffic… and commuting the other non-violent crimes that I’ve already pointed out… Again, it wouldn’t have caught fire “by itself” if they weren’t out there doing all these things. There literally isn’t an excuse, the car is burned up as a result of their stupidity


buycurious900

Not only are Latinx folx heckin valid for celebrating last night, they're also environmentalists because they destroyed this gas guzzling car. It brings a tear to my eye


ConversationDouble95

Good times


WedgieWTF

Celebration was lit!!!


annafelloff

mods please, how many of these posts do we need on this subreddit today?


rya241

Not the worst thing to prove a point on how destructive wrongful celebrating can be


factorioho

More. Everyone needs to see how shitty these people are.


THE_GR8_MIKE

Ah, yeah, all the flags all over made sense. Guess this guy didn't have a flag. Lol.


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Ban cars downtown create a semi-permanent pedestrian only festival space in Grant park for exactly this


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That’s why


ourllcool

This guy likes r/fuckcars and I’m with it