Police arrest anti-violence protesters trying to march on Kennedy Expressway near O'Hare

[oberliner]

llinois State Police on Monday arrested about a dozen anti-violence protesters who were trying to march onto the Kennedy Expressway near O’Hare International Airport.

About 60 protesters were met by dozens of state troopers who lined the Cumberland Avenue entrance ramp to Interstate 90. A trooper on a megaphone repeated: “This is the Illinois State Police. It is against the law to be a pedestrian on the roadway.”

Police told the protesters to turn around, and march organizer the Rev. Gregory Livingston replied, “We understand. No.” Protesters then chanted, “Ain’t nobody going to turn us around.”

A trooper asked protesters to leave the ramp entrance and warned that arrests would be made. Livingston and others were taken into custody.

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