University of Chicago police officers, not city of Chicago police as the university had apparently requested, went face-to-face with protesters overnight.
University of Chicago police officers, not city of Chicago police as the school had apparently requested, went face-to-face with protesters overnight.Mayor Brandon Johnson says it was CPD expressing "operational concerns." Chicago Police Department officials offered a much more elementary explanation.
During our interview about security preparations for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Snelling discussed growing concerns about the campus protests and demonstrations in public places focused on the Israel-Hamas war. "They don't have a police department. It's private property. And there was a complaint signed. So, when we have a complaint signed for trespassing, now we have a responsibility to make sure that we go ahead and do the jobs that we need to do, to remove those people for trespassing," Snelling said.
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