Police clashed with demonstrators in the US city of Chicago during a protest that broke out after an officer fatally shot a man on the city’s South Side.
The protesters, chanting “murderers” and “no justice, no peace,” threw rocks and bottles at officers near the crime scene Saturday evening, according to police.
Several officers were injured in the scuffle that lasted for hours.
“Who do you protect? Who do you serve?” the protesters shouted at officers as tensions boiled over into the night.
The situation just severely escalated when Chicago Police officers moved their line forward. Officers hit multiple protestors with batons, and protesters punched officers back. I haven’t seen a police shooting scene this tense since Laquon McDonald. pic.twitter.com/LfEnMP0k85
— Nader Issa (@NaderDIssa) July 15, 2018
Four people were taken into custody as police moved to disperse the crowd, said Anthony Guglielmi, the police department’s…