In all, fifteen people were arrested in connection with the unrest, which included crowds of young people jumping on CTA buses and fighting. Now downtown residents, city leaders and community organizers are looking for solutions.
Hundreds of young people flooded the Loop last weekend — disrupting traffic, jumping on cars and buses, causing damage, fighting and some hurting and scaring passersby. Police said two teens were shot and fifteen arrests were made. Now downtown residents, city leaders and community organizers are looking for solutions.
Norman Livingston Kerr, the former assistant deputy mayor for public safety and now a public safety consultant and CEO of“They’re trained,” Kerr said. “They can deescalate situations. They know how to work with young people, how to talk to them, how to mediate situations before they escalate.”
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