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Richard J. Daley

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I have conferred with the superintendent of police this morning and I gave him instructions that an order be issued by him immediately and under his signature to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand.
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David Farber (1994). Chicago '68. University of Chicago Press. pp. pg 145(b),pg 249(a). ISBN 0226238016. 
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Stated one week following the April 1968 Chicago riots to the people of Chicago because of his dissatisfaction with the minimum use of force employed by Police Superintendent James B. Conlisk in dealing with rioters.

 
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