Chicago to have more cops on duty this weekend to guard against downtown violence and disorderly conduct
CHICAGO — A 12-year-old was shot in the back and a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver attacked within 20 minutes and less than half a mile apart in the Loop last weekend. The attack of the bus driver and videos of teenagers gathering downtown circled social media, causing city officials to develop a plan to curb violence downtown during the holiday season. This weekend, Chicago police are ...
by Paige Fry, John Byrne and Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune
Dec 10, 2021
4 minutes
CHICAGO — A 12-year-old was shot in the back and a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver attacked within 20 minutes and less than half a mile apart in the Loop last weekend.
The attack of the bus driver and videos of teenagers gathering downtown circled social media, causing city officials to develop a plan to curb violence downtown during the holiday season.
This weekend, Chicago police are beefing up patrols and taking other measures to prevent violence and other disorderly conduct from happening again. And a private security firm will monitor the safety of CTA bus drivers, according to the drivers union.
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