CHICAGO—Clashes broke out between protesters and police on the city’s Northwest Side on Friday after thousands of demonstrators gathered in Logan Square Park to demand justice for Adam Toledo, the seventh-grader whose death at the hands of a police officer last month has shaken much of the city to its core.
The event started out peacefully, and continued that way for several hours, but tensions grew to a boiling point at around 10 p.m. when some demonstrators faced off against a line of police. At least one person was detained.
Thousands of demonstrators had marched peacefully in the hours beforehand, but anger was palpable among the crowd. Demonstrators chanted “f--k the police” and “f--k 12,” and at one point the crowd headed toward Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home just a short distance away. Police had already blocked the area off, and a line of bike police that was stopping demonstrators from getting through was met with chants of: “CPD, KKK, how many kids did you kill today?”
