Thirteen people were arrested during protests related to the Democratic National Convention on Monday, according to Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling.
Ten of those arrests stemmed from a small group that breached a portion of the northern security perimeter fence at the United Center in Chicago on Monday afternoon, he said.
“We had approximately about 3,500 protesters,” Snelling estimated on Tuesday. “I’m not going to tie that event and what happened with the breach with the entirety of the protest. Because within that protest, we had people who simply wanted to exercise their First Amendment rights. Those people broke off and started marching when that group of individuals stayed behind and breached the fence.”
The superintendent said charges ranged from criminal trespass to aggravated battery of police officers.
