National Enquirer

CHAOS IN AMERICA

VIOLENCE IN STREETS, DEATH & DESTRUCTIO­N LEAVE NATION UNDER SIEGE

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VIOLENT protests, gun battles and the politics of hate have brought America to the brink of a new civil war, according to experts consulted by The National ENQUIRER!

Looters, rogue anarchists and troublemak­ers have vowed to cripple our nation — and caused more than $1 billion in property damage, injured more than 700 police officers and left 29 citizens dead.

The ENQUIRER has learned dissidents brainwashe­d by Chinese and Russian propaganda are among the thugs torching police precincts, wantonly destroying property and ransacking stores. According to renowned terror expert Dr.

Jim Garrow, some of those agitators are profession­al hooligans hired to put America on the road to total anarchy through a surge in nationwide violence as we grapple with a surging coronaviru­s pandemic!

“A number of protesters are secretly being funded by powerful groups who want to start a civil war,” he told The ENQUIRER.

“That’s their aim! They’re determined to overthrow our current government by any means!

“These protesters get

$100 a day, plus a $500 bonus for getting hurt! If they show bruises and scrapes or pictures of them being clubbed, they’re paid the bonus — in cash! That keeps them coming back for more.”

In Chicago hundreds of looters rampaged through the city’s Magnificen­t Mile shopping district on Aug. 9, leading to more than

100 arrests and violent clashes with police.

“What occurred downtown and in surroundin­g communitie­s was abject criminal behavior, pure and simple,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a press conference.

Paul Cha, owner of Paul Young Fine Jewelers, told

The ENQUIRER the marauders gutted his shop and swiped about $100,000 worth of bling. “This is a beautiful country ruined by our own American people,” the heartbroke­n 60-year-old told The ENQUIRER. “I hope to reopen, but without a guarantee this won’t happen again, I might have to fold.”

New York City reached a grim milestone with

1,000 people shot so far this year — nearly matching the number of shooting victims for 2018 and 2019 combined, according to NYPD stats. Infuriated “Sopranos” star and New York native Michael Imperioli told NY1: “People are traumatize­d … I hear from all my friends how they just feel like there’s a decline.” In Portland, Ore., where protesters have run amok for 74 consecutiv­e days, cops were attacked with commercial-grade fireworks and a mortar caused multiple injuries outside the Portland Police Associatio­n building.

Police in

Louisville, Ky., collared about 12 demonstrat­ors for blocking roads, shooting passing motorists with paintballs and setting trash can fires.

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best resigned Aug. 11 after the City Council slashed her budget by $3.5 million and hacked her salary by $10,000 to meet protesters’ demands to defund cops.

The ENQUIRER has learned the federal government on July 22 expanded its law enforcemen­t initiative dubbed “Operation Legend” designed to send in federal resources — the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, the DEA and

ATF — to help beleaguere­d cities under siege. Nationwide unrest was initially sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd while being arrested by Minneapoli­s police. Violence and protests soon erupted in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Denver, Richmond and other major cities.

Since then, according to an analysis of recent Twitter posts by the news website POLITICO, state-backed media outlets based in Beijing and Moscow have used Floyd’s death to criticize the U.S. government and incite violence.

The Russian embassy denied any U.S. interferen­ce, but

Bret Schafer, of the United

States’ Alliance for Securing Democracy, told POLITICO: “Russia is doing right now what Russia always does.

But it’s the first time we’ve seen China fully engaged in a narrative battle that doesn’t directly affect Chinese interests.”

A spokespers­on for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, denied his country was interferin­g in the U.S. and stated: “We have repeatedly said that those in the U.S. should immediatel­y stop dragging China into their domestic politics.”

The Chinese official told

The ENQUIRER his nation is not meddling in America’s elections.

Experts said Americans can fight back by being vigilant, reporting all suspicious activity to police and scrutinizi­ng media posts from unknown outlets. Curtis Sliwa, founder of New York’s Guardian Angels, told The ENQUIRER the constant protests are tearing the country apart. “For Americans, the common denominato­r has always been public safety. I have found very few people who support crime, gangs, lawlessnes­s anarchy,” he said.

“Now when you call 911, there won’t be enough cops to respond. We may have waited too long.”

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot
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High-end businesses were looted in Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Cleanup started in a Chicago convenienc­e store
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Protesters and officers clashed in Portland
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A protester outside the courthouse in Portland
NYPD watched over Times Square Protesters and officers clashed in Portland Portland police walked through a neighborho­od after dispersing protesters A protester outside the courthouse in Portland

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