Three people were issued citations by Chicago police following a protest in which they tried to enter a shuttered South Side school that has turned into a temporary shelter for newly arrived immigrants seeking asylum.
Activist Andre Smith said by phone Friday afternoon that he was one of the three people who were handcuffed by officers and given a written citation at the Grand Crossing police station. Smith, of Washington Park, said they weren’t able to enter the former James Wadsworth Elementary School, 6420 S. University Ave., and they were detained by police on the property’s parking lot.
