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.
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.
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.