Ald. Raymond Lopez
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This punk is not a victim. Last year he was recruiting a minor to carry out a gang shooting but, true to form, had the lesser charged applied to him. Today he killed a police officer.
#NoMoreExcuses
Montana Steven, 18, is in the hospital after shooting and killing a Chicago police officer. He is in critical condition after being shot by that officer.
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Our politicos are upset that
@RonDeSantisFL
is coming to Illinois today in attempt to lure police officers to relocate to Florida. Why aren’t they upset with the environment THEY CREATED that is hostile to law enforcement, ignores thousands of victims, and protects criminality?
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Hearing gang bangers jumping on squad cars when Ofc. Lasso was shot is astounding. Hearing the killer boasting about which cop to kill next in the hospital is infuriating. Yet all that emotion doesn’t compare to the anger I have for politicians dedicated to placating criminals.
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Where is the outrage from the Latino community? Why have most Latino electeds gone mute following the murder of a Latino
@Chicago_Police
officer by a Latino GANG member? What are they afraid of saying? We must speak the truth & hold those killers in our midst accountable!
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For the good of the city, I will not be running for mayor. A crowded field only serves to benefit the mayor. Lightfoot must be defeated to save Chicago.
Full statement 👇🏼
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Can’t follow in a car.
Can’t chase on foot.
Can’t tase an armed suspect.
Won’t prosecute the arrested.
Law enforcement in Chicago is an absolute joke thanks of Lightfoot & Foxx. And not a parent in sight - until someone is shot after reaching for a gun, instead of the handcuffs.
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For all those imbeciles wanting to remove ShotSpotter from our communities, consider this: police were alerted to the fallen officer FIVE MINUTES before anyone called 911. That extra time is invaluable and you blissfully choose to ignore that fact.
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Chicago has 8400 active patrol officers on the streets. That is about 311 for every 100K people. NYC has 650 for every 100K. Tell me again how we are over-policed?
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Anyone using LatinX today is insulting my heritage
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Arrest them all and be done with it. This bullsh*t has got to stop!
Altercation between police and protesters on Michigan and Wacker
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Gang bangers shot a special needs man while he waited for his daily bus ride. He didn’t deserve this. We don’t need any bullshit excuses for gang behavior. This is learned behavior. It is generational. And everyone that enables it is a fucking criminal.
#CancelGangCulture
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Even though you snuck in the backdoor, our brave men & women still saw you. They didn’t disrespect you but certainly could have lived this moment without you. A person of integrity knows when it’s appropriate to show up or when it’s best to stay home.
#NeverForget
#EllaFrench
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This was Chicago last night. Save the excuses & rationalization. Unless you want this to be the norm in Chicago, hold them & their parents accountable.
Now!
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The best way to survive being pulled over by police is to NOT SHOOT AT THEM!
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Cop killers do not deserve plea deals. Shame on
@cookcountysao
for this move!
Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to a man facing several felony charges in connection with the killing of Chicago Police Officer Ella French two years ago.
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Anyone knew who left nearly five cases of avocado dip on the corner of 63rd & Ashland?
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Mayor, how about a “call to arms” when:
🔹Innocent people are gunned down
🔹Children are recruited by adult gang bangers in grade school
🔹Seniors are too scared to leave their homes
🔹Public employee morale is at an all-time low
🔹Looting & crime is unchecked in every community
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Yes I lost;
But I know how to be gracious.
Elections end on Election Day.
Try governing.
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Does Lightfoot EVER take responsibility for anything happening in this city? It is truly amazing how NOTHING is her fault.
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What the hell is going on tonight. I’m still on scene for the gang shooting in Back of the Yards and now 17 rounds fired off in front of Shields Elementary School in Brighton Park. This city needs to get its head out of its ass & get serious about confronting gangs.
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Do we need to have the National Guard discussion again? They have the bodies we need to create presence, not only downtown but also for our neighborhoods that under siege thanks to the policies of intentional criminal enablement & blissfully ignorant collusion.
#EnoughIsEnough
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Don’t blame
@Chicago_Police
after demanding “no vehicle pursuit” policies for Chicago. The criminality & the stupid gladly dance under the safe space spotlight the political Left & “Left-of-Left” have created.
A car was seen doing donuts near State and Lake streets downtown on Monday night with police cars nearby.
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Our
@VP
@KamalaHarris
has again landed in Chicago, heading to the Bridgeport Arts Center. Might I recommend a detour down Halsted Street to
@ChicagoCAPS09
so you can see the fruits of your failed border efforts?
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Chicago’s Midway International Airport for an event downtown.
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This is dishonest journalism
@CrainsChicago
, proclaiming a winner with no precincts reporting?
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The only thing better than turning off the lights is locking us out of the room! This is
@ChicagosMayor
“forces of division” working from within City Hall.
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Can someone tell that mope
@ChiefDavidBrown
her name is ELLA FRENCH.
Three times he said it wrong. Write it down if you can’t remember you fool.
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Of all his theatrics & antics witnessed today, I am thoroughly disgusted & infuriated by
@ChicagosMayor
Floor Leader
@CDRosa
harassing & manhandling my colleague from the West Side, Ald. Emma Mitts. No man has the right to lay hands on anyone, let alone grab a woman & physically…
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An unacceptable community response after two men jump out & shoot someone. Police defunders & abolitionists promote this stupidity, causing confrontation by an emboldened & misguided generation. Which local leader or clergy will call out this behavior for the embarrassment it is?
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$255 MILLION spent on migrants by the end of the year & the best we got is rotating warming buses in anticipation of tomorrow’s snow. This will end up being among the largest money-grabs in Chicago history with nothing to show for it!
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Always blaming the victims in order to protect the criminals
WATCH: Mayor Lightfoot Suggests Street Vendors Stop Using Cash As A Way To Quell Chicago Crime Epidemic
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@ChicagoMayor
, this is your Chair of the Committee on Health & HUMAN RELATIONS. How do you think, after this call to eliminate our Jewish brothers and sisters, can she be expected to bring our city together?
#NeverAgainIsNow
From the River to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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PSA: Chicago elections are in fourteen months, in case anyone is counting down the days.
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Where is the same level compassion for Chicago’s victims of violence?
Chicago will help Highland Park after mass shooting: "Whatever you need, we will be here for you," Lightfoot says.
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Chicago suffered a mass shooting that lasted all Memorial Day weekend. 53 shot, 10 killed. Sadly, no “thoughts & prayers” will be said, white wooden crosses erected, or poverty pimps demanding action.
This is the summer norm for our beloved city. And we are only getting started.
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If this is how you celebrated NYE, you are an asshole.
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Lightfoot’s “Summer of Joy” has begun w/ a five-person mass shooting in Back of the Yards. Chicago can’t continue to ignore the impact of generational gang violence. They are not martyrs or heroes. They are a cancer that must be dealt w/ swiftly & specifically.
#CancelGangCulture
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What good is an executive order on curfew when you refuse to enforce the curfew LAW already on the books?
Asking for a, well, you know who…
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Last night was a disgrace to the city’s name. Yet political silence only leads to more street violence. Lightfoot’s policies continue to fail us. Actions must have consequences: on the youth, the parent(s) or the person organizing such stupidity.
#EnoughIsEnough
Actions like this were unthinkable just a few years ago…there is no plan or end in sight for the madness.
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Your silence on the 300+ homicides in Chicago bothers me. Your silence on the 1000+ shooting in Chicago bothers me. The amount of time you spend gaslighting Chicagoans bothers me.
Voters know everything they need to about you & will remind how they feel in 245 days!
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New Jersey. California. New York. What the hell are we waiting for? No more mask mandates or vax requirements. Leave it to the people & businesses to decide for themselves.
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If
@SAKimFoxx
won’t prosecute criminals on behalf of victims when she has offenders in custody, it’s time to give our city’s Corporation Counsel the ability to go to court on behalf of our residents.
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PSA: You are not a “victim” if you staged the attack.
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Is it me or does it seem like more folks are outraged over a store closure than a police officer murdered last weekend, the mass shooting that nearly wiped out an entire family, two weekends ago,….
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The mayor tries a delayed cancellation of ShotSpotter in seven months.
ShotSpotter will cancel Chicago in 48 hours.
Gang bangers & criminals rejoice the Mayor’s bluff being called.
#ElectionsHaveConsequences
NEW: multiple sources tell
@nbcchicago
Shot Spotter rejects the city’s offer for 6 month extension. Will the technology turn off Friday? Waiting for
@ChicagosMayor
response …
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What has become of Chicago? We have a mayor forced into submission by anarchy & mob-rule? No more public process, official discourse, or on-the-record debate. The lesson learned is that if you want action from Lightfoot, show up en mass at her house & she will cave every time.
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Driving by downtown I am simply disgusted by the amount of graffiti everywhere. It’s not art. It’s a nuisance.
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Where is Chicago’s ceasefire resolution?
Eleven people were shot Saturday evening on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said. A 7-year-old girl was killed in the shooting, and two boys, ages 1 and 8, were among other victims who were critically injured.
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Latin Saints engaging and chasing looters in Back of the Yards
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I haven’t had a chance to say it yet, but thank you to everyone calling, texting, messaging or yelling their excitement about our fight to restore the greatness that will be Chicago once again. We are in this fight together until Election Day. Until then, love your city always!
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Ten days after retiring, an officer has taken his life. Please keep his family in your prayers.
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If CPS classes are cancelled, the camera tickets should be too. That is why I am asking the Dept of Finance not to enforce safety zone restrictions while classes as cancelled.
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Our laws are weak when it comes to stopping takeovers because we are afraid to hurt people’s feelings by holding them accountable.
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Yesterday
@chicagosmayor
said she bought “75,000 trees to improve the urban canopy.” Well, she did buy them despite having nowhere to plant them. They sit in vacant lots, hopefully getting planted before first frost otherwise they become another example of her wasteful pandering.
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Thank you all that supported my campaign, wished us well, believed that we need a return to the center, and an infusion of common sense in governance. The sun rose today which means we all have an opportunity to start again. I look forward to what the day brings - so should you!
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Chicago is a city at war. It’s leaders need to acknowledge that & act accordingly.
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Trying to raise my gramma’s spirits!
She’s a fighter 💪🏽
Keep her in your prayers 🙏🏽
#CancerSucks
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Chicago doesn’t need a size queen for mayor. We need an adult focused on solving problems than creating them. Thankfully we will have the opportunity to end this ongoing embarrassment in less than a year.
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We are twenty-one days in to Black History Month. Can anyone tell me what Black leaders have done to elevate the Black community?
Chicago’s mayor, vice-mayor, city treasurer, half of City Council’s chairmen, governing Budget, Finance, Police/Fire, Education, Contract Oversight,…
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When you Mayor, refuse to call out the terror attacks on our communities, especially on their electeds, criminals only feel more emboldened to continue their reign. Glass can be replaced, peace of mind and security cannot. Your silence is destroying this city!
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🧵 This video is absolutely disgusting. The fact so many young Latinos find it acceptable to attack officers and record it as entertainment is telling of how far our culture has slipped. However, we are not alone.
BREAKING: Crowd of people in the Loop attack Chicago police after some civilian cars do donuts in an intersection. Crowd shoots fireworks and physical hit CPD vehicles.
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In less than 24 hours, a new gang “family” moved onto a block, they immediately opened a fire hydrant after settling in, and just moments ago took to shooting at a passing vehicle. The property owner can expect a call from me tomorrow. I want them gone. Now!
#EnoughIsEnough
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And the victims of Chicago gang violence get…🦗🦗🦗
NEWS: Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces a new site for residents to give support and donations for migrants being shipped to Chicago from Texas.
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The plan is:
1) defeat Lori Lightfoot
2) fire David Brown & his enablers
3) issue executive order allowing lateral transfers for all officers willing to return
4) fill all police vacancies with expedited hiring process, including outgoing military
What are your plans, if any, to attempt to reverse this, along with the exodus at CPD?
@RLopez15thWard
@AldermanTabares
@AldermanHopkins
@AldReilly
@aldcardenas
@AldermanCardona
@aldnapolitano41
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I believe in common sense. That is why I’m confused by those wanting “red flag” databases to identify potential problematic gun buyers but yet are against gang databases needed to identify those magnets of violence in our communities.
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Kim Foxx is not a hero. She has only legitimized vigilante justice.
Consider yourself warned!
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Why did folks need a junket to the border when all they need to do is go to their local police district to see the border crisis up close & personal?
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Under my changes to the Welcoming City Ordinance, Jose would be deported if he picked up his old gang habits. Why would anyone possibly oppose that?
Criminal Migrant with gang tattoo released by Chicago Police to run the streets of Chicago ...
Among the "asylum seekers" exist members of a Venezuelan prison gang name “Tren De Aragua”. A characteristic of the gang is "extreme brutality, Drug trafficking, Kidnapping, Arms…
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Any media going to talk about the cops under attack let night with a Sergeant’s car being shot at?
A few days after an officer is dragged by a fleeing perp.
A week after the street murder of Ella French & shooting of Carlos Yanez.
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Thank you to all the
@Chicago_Police
officers who worked cancelled days off & 12 on/off, struggling to keep Chicago together in spite of 35th & Michigan.
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Our city is under siege by teens with 9mm’s carjacking everyone and THIS is the policy?
This administration treats officers like kindergarteners collecting stars for a class pizza party.
Wake up & let the police do the job we hired & trained them to perform!
#Enough
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Where is
@chicagosmayor
&
@CPDSupt
? For two nights there is chaos on the streets. How can
@Chicago_Police
keep our neighborhoods safe when they keep sending our PO’s out of their assigned beats (answering 911s) to downtown in order protect
@artinstitutechi
, the Bean, etc?
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Now our country is at stake? Not because of the 4 Million people who, before today, manipulated our asylum process to gain entry into this country - but now! 🙄
#NationalFailure
Chicago mayor sounds alarm on border crisis: ‘Country is now at stake’
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This is the result of the great enabler
@chicagosmayor
who refuses to allow police to show consequence for this nonsense. Where are the contingency plans for these ORGANIZED events? Why are no large assets used to contain them? Why are tow trucks not dispatched to impound them?
Thanks for destroying downtown. let them get away with this, where does it end? Monroe/Clinton at 2am.
@ChiefDavidBrown
@chicagosmayor
@AldermanReilly
@AmyJacobson
@ABC7Chicago
@TIA_EWING
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W/ many weighing in about CTU vs CPS, and our children caught in the middle, I have a different question: What happened to the $925M got at the start of the pandemic & the $1.8B it was given at the beginning of the 21-22 school year? That’s a lot of $$$ w/ little to show for it.
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I am proud to stand with my colleagues
@Alderman_Beale
@AldermanTabares
@mattoshea19
@aldcurtis18
@aldnapolitano41
, Ald Sposato, Ald Burke, Ald Quinn, Ald Gardiner in demanding
@ChiPublicHealth
&
@chicagosmayor
end the mask/vax mandates by Feb 11th!
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Don’t need Soldier Field memes when this is State Street
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Today I joined my colleagues
@Alderman_Beale
(9th) and
@aldnapolitano41
(41st) in calling for the immediate resignation of department leaders responsible for the failed migrant asylum seeker housing policies that sought to house 2,000 people on a cancerous brownfield on the…
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Most Chicagoans would forgive an occasional slip under normal circumstances, but these are not normal circumstances. Try hard & say her name
#EllaFrench
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For those wondering why 1st Deputy Supt Carter’s dismissal of the bagpipes is so insulting, I share their battle coin & its credo “Honor Our Fallen.”
There is ALWAYS time to honor our heroes.
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Fixed it
@cbschicago
: 2 arrested for attacking CPD officers with 2x4 in Little Village nearly tearing off his ear
2 arrested for hitting CPD officers with stick in Little Village
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Over seven hours & nothing from from
@Chicago_Police
@ChiefDavidBrown
or
@chicagosmayor
about the officer who committed suicide this morning. Our officers deserve better. Acknowledging the pain of this officer in taking the ultimate action is how we fight stigma of seeking help.
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Peacefully demonstrating does NOT include grabbing police officers. Ever!
🖤💙🖤
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Even with the mayor’s flood leader skulking about, half the council proved themselves committed to democracy, committed to giving Chicagoans a voice, committed to doing their damn jobs!
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Yesterday at 4:14am gang bangers ran down a block in
#BackoftheYards
firing assault rifles (again) in a beat w/o an assigned cop car. What happens when
@chicagosmayor
sends home officers over her mandate? How do we protect my residents then? Lives are at stake!
#CheckYourEgos
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Not. One. Dime.
The family of Adam Toledo filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the city and the Chicago police officer who shot and killed the 13-year-old last year during a foot chase in Little Village.
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