Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Mayor Lightfoot gets emotional addressing Chicago looting, violence

WHITE SUPERINTENDENT BROWN TO

SPEAK IN A MOMENT THAT. LET ME

FINISH PERSON THIS. THE

DECISIONS I'VE HAD TO MAKE IN

THE LAST 24 HOURS ARE NOT

DECISIONS IRISHMAN IN THERE.

NONE OF THEM ARE EASY. THEY

WERE ALL HARD. AND I KNOW THAT

THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT MAYORS

ALL ACROSS COUNTRY, I'VE BEEN

MAKING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN

CONTENT WITH MANY OF MY PEERS

FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. I KNOW

MANY PEOPLE ARE FEELING SCARED

AND SO. BUT I WILL MAKE NO

APOLOGIES THAT I'M ALWAYS GOING

TO MAKE THE TOUGH BUT NECESSARY

CHOICE IF IT MEANS PROTECTING

OUR PEOPLE. CHICAGO STRONG.

THIS IS OUR HOME. THIS IS A

CITY THAT WE BUILT WITH OUR

BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS. THIS IS

A CITY. THAT WE MUST PROTECT.

SO WE CAN PROVIDE FOR US.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT PERFECT.

BUT IF IT GETS DESTROYED.

WE ARE ALL LEFT TO PICK UP THE

PIECES. IN THE CITY. WE CARE

FOR EACH OTHER. WE SEEN THAT.

OVER AND OVER TO YOU. THIS IS A

TIME FOR US TONIGHT. WE HAVE TO

TIGHTEN OUR PAIN INTO PURPOSE.

IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH THIS

MOMENT TOGETHER. AND DO THE

WORK NEEDED. TINA INTERCITY

MOVE US FORWARD. IN A WAY THAT

IS MORE EQUITABLE INCLUSIVE AND

JUST. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN

ME TODAY. ALL OVER CHICAGO.

05:00PM. FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE. FOR A MOMENT TO

REFLECT ON. WE HAVE LOST.

BUT ALSO TO REFLECT ON. WHAT WE

HAVE TO END. I KNOW IN MY HEART

IN MY SOUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE

TO LEARN FROM THIS MOMENT AND

MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. THAT IS

WHO WE ARE AS A CITY. IT'S A

VALUES THAT WE SHARE. AND WE

MUST MUST NEVER FORGET OUR SONS

OF WHO WE ARE CHICAGOANS IN THE

CITY. OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY.