It happened near Ogilvie Transportation Center, where the demonstrators gathered to protest the Israeli consulate. Officers also allowed the group to march south toward Union Station.
The protesters walked directly into a large group of police officials, four officers deep, around 7:30 p.m. The officers began to push them the other way and yelled, “Move back, move back.” Scuffles began to break out, and officers wearing helmets moved into the crowd.
A police supervisor eventually declared it an “unlawful assembly.”
“This is an unpermitted event,” a supervisor declared on a bullhorn. “I am giving you a lawful order to disperse. If you do not disperse, you will be placed into custody by the Chicago Police Department.”
A video showed officials trying to keep photographers and legal observers at bay while officers completed an arrest.
Seems like the police were the ones escalating things.
CPD classic, I still remember when Lori and them decided to raise the bridges downtown to trap protestors during the George Floyd protests. Then they played disperse messages and hit the protestors at the pinch points. Chicago is a great city but CPD is pretty icky, they even have a blacksite.
Seems like the police were the ones escalating things.
CPD classic, I still remember when Lori and them decided to raise the bridges downtown to trap protestors during the George Floyd protests. Then they played disperse messages and hit the protestors at the pinch points. Chicago is a great city but CPD is pretty icky, they even have a blacksite.
I mean, doesn’t everyone in Chicago have a basement? /s
Here’s some distressing reading if anyone wants to know more.
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/lawrence-ralph-torture-letters-review/
Iirc they did the same thing in NYC. I think there was a lawsuit about it.
Pretty sure cops use this everywhere to violate people’s 1st Amendment rights.