Dozens of people were arrested on Saturday afternoon during a pro-Palestinian protest organized by students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,…
According to police, more than five-dozen people were arrested for criminal trespass to property after failing to disperse from the Art Institute's downtown campusDozens of people were arrested on Saturday afternoon during a pro-Palestinian protest organized by students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, authorities said.
At approximately 11:00 a.m., demonstrators set up an encampment at a garden on the Art Institute of Chicago property in the 100 block of South Michigan Avenue. Demonstrators barricaded and locked the gates to fortify their position.At approximately 11 a.m. Saturday, a group of students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago set up an encampment at the museum's North Garden, according to police and museum officials.
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