More than 30 teenagers were arrested in downtown Chicago when fights broke out Wednesday night as hundreds of students and about 200 officers wound through bustling streets.
The large groups of young people, many of them high school students, moved through the Loop and the Near North Side, according to Chief of Patrol Fred Waller, speaking at the corner of State and Lake streets after 9 p.m. Wednesday.
“The challenge is to keep the public safety,” he said.
A total of 31 people, 23 males and eight females — all juveniles, ages 15 to 17 — were taken into custody, most of them charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and released to their parents, police said Thursday. Other charges included disorderly mob action, resisting arrest and battery, according to a police statement.
Waller said there probably were about 500 teens traveling through the city. ...
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