‘Loop Puncher’ strikes again, clobbering woman near the Mag Mile (video)

Another day, another woman being randomly attacked on a downtown Chicago street..

Police are looking for the man who randomly punched a woman on a busy downtown Chicago street Monday morning in what appears to be the latest in a growing string of unprovoked attacks that have sparked widespread concern and led the county’s top judge to warn court employees about the so-called “Loop Puncher” trend.

Monday’s attack occurred around 8 a.m. in the 600 block of North Rush Street, just south of Ohio Street, according to police and video posted online by the Chicago Critter account. The video shows a 43-year-old woman walking south on the sidewalk when a man hurries up behind her and delivers a powerful punch that sends her crashing to the sidewalk. The man keeps walking as the victim staggers to her feet. He briefly looks back and crosses the street…

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