Thousands in Chicago took to the streets in demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
As Los Angeles saw yet another night of violence as riots continued in the California city, a massive mob in Chicago marched through Chicago’s Loop and tangled with law enforcement as they created traffic nightmares for drivers on Tuesday.
This came after a smaller protest of about 200 people demonstrated in the afternoon outside of a building on E. Monroe Street, where they chanted anti-ICE slogans and held signs, blocking traffic and causing one to wonder how so many can leave their assumed jobs to demonstrate.
(Video Credit: CBS News Chicago)
Chicago police reportedly arrested 17 people in the Tuesday evening chaos.
“Four of the people arrested were charged with felonies ranging from aggravated battery to a police officer and criminal damage to government property, police said. Three of them appeared in Cook County Court Wednesday,” the Chicago Tribune reported.
“Of the others arrested, 10 people were charged with misdemeanors, including battery, reckless conduct, criminal defacement, and resisting arrest, police said. One person was cited for possessing a paint marker with the intention of using it for graffiti, and charges were still pending against two more people, police said,” the outlet added.
ICE protest in Chicago this evening pic.twitter.com/Veal6VnqON
— Colin Hinkle (@hinklecolin) June 11, 2025
“Nathan Sol, 20, Yony Salgado, 33, Johnathan Ellison, 37, were all charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer,” WLS reported. “Asnat Berestizhevsky, 27, was charged with criminal damage to government property, a misdemeanor, and one citation for resisting a police officer.”
The Chicago Police Department noted another incident in which a 66-year-old woman suffered a broken arm after a car sped through a crowd.
Protesters blocked the street in the Loop.
A car treated it like… a street.Shocking development: roads behave like roads when you stand in front of moving vehicles.#Chicago #Protest #ICEProtests pic.twitter.com/YuIWMpOYPG
— Jen (@IlliniJen) June 11, 2025
The disruption of traffic, including public transportation, and the immense crowds seemingly able to easily join the growing mob, was met with angry reactions on social media.
Protesters have taken over the streets of Chicago, completely halting traffic, with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson refusing to take any action.
Send in the National Guard. pic.twitter.com/9Dp8LMIg1w
— Val (@TrumpsHurricane) June 11, 2025
BREAKING: Protesters have completely shut down Chicago streets, bringing traffic to a standstill. Yet Mayor Brandon Johnson REFUSES to act—letting chaos reign. When will leaders put public safety over politics? #ChicagoInChaospic.twitter.com/5YbPyVcQpj
— Matthew Williams (@greatppls) June 12, 2025
Not all heroes wear capes… https://t.co/YXfT5lJrvw
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 12, 2025
I think this answers the question as to why Biden let in so many military age, healthy men into our country illegally.
— SharonKP AUDIT EVERYTHING (@SharonP92453996) June 11, 2025
Do people not have jobs to attend to anymore? Nonetheless anything better to do??
— Sloane Davenport (@DavenportS33108) June 11, 2025
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