We received’t know till after press time whether or not Oak Park’s village board selected to show its religion in a extra sturdy function for the Citizen Police Oversight Committee by assigning the physique to analyze the police response to the massive gathering of teenagers in downtown Oak Park on Halloween night.
We hope they’ll however it’s sure there will likely be an intensive overview of simply what unfolded on a considerably chaotic Halloween in Oak Park.
Nobody is questioning {that a} police response was needed that night. The gang was massive, appeared surprising. There was a shot fired at Lake and Forest which handed by the window of an condo unit. There have been fights that broke out among the many teenagers seemingly each within the downtown after which alongside Lake Avenue as officers from Oak Park and a number of different jurisdictions – Oak Park had put out a name for help – labored to maneuver the group down Lake and towards Austin Boulevard.
4 fast questions should be answered:
How did Oak Park police handle a command construction in order that its leaders had been in command of the actions of different departments on the scene?
How is it doable that pepper balls had been allowed to be deployed towards the teenagers by River Forest police at two places alongside Lake Avenue?
Why did it take days for the Oak Park police to establish which division had deployed the chemical brokers when its personal officers had been current when the incidents transpired?
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