Demonstrators protesting gun violence shut down northbound traffic on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago, Illinois, on July 7, by marching across all lanes.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner criticized the protest, saying: “We had clear parameters that allowed the protestors to be heard while respecting law and order. Instead, they chose instead to cause chaos.”
Rauner, a Republican, went onto say that he was “disappointed” in the city’s mayor, Democrat Rahm Emanuel. “There was an agreement in place. I am calling on the Mayor to take swift and decisive action to put an end to this kind of chaos. I will work with him in good faith and urge him to do his job so that the people of Chicago feel safe.”
However, one of the organizers of the event, Father Michael Pfleger, denied that an agreement had been made to ensure protesters kept to the shoulder of the expressway. Credit: Simone Mitchell via Storyful
