Chicago police and OEMC officials laid out their safety plans for this weekend's Mexican Independence Day celebrations and the Little Village parade.
Chicago police and OEMC officials laid out their safety plans for this weekend's Mexican Independence Day celebrations and the Little Village parade.The city of Chicago is about to be draped in red white and green and the Mexican community celebrates its independence.
Chicago police and city leaders have prepared a safety plan for the weekend festivities, increasing patrols from the neighborhoods to the Loop. "We will try to accommodate most everything that will take place as far as a peaceful celebration, but when it comes to total impedance of the liberties of others, if we have to take action we will," said Eric Carter, first deputy superintendent of police.
"It's so beautiful to see all those cars kind of painting the city of green, white and red," said Reyna Torres Mendivil, consul general of Mexico in Chicago.
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