all available police units are heading to State / Harrison

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it would be better to have a Chicago native do this transcribing since they'd be familiar with street names

bikes are heading to a street called ... Wombas?? to block protesters heading east

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Shots fired at the police

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More officers called for Congress, east of State

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update:

officer who reported shots being fired at the police now says that was an error

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Officers called to go behind bikes at Wambash to reinforce the lines
Protesters headed to parking lot at Van Buren. Some officers are moving to meet them

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Protesters made it past Wambash

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police are moving bikes to Michigan and Van Buren

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Police moving to block protesters running along Van Buren
they're trying to get bikes parallel to the crowd
Bikes heading to JACKSON AND MICHIGAN now

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Protesters breaking windows on Jackson and Wambash
trying to break windows on the building on the southeast corner
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trying to get into potbelly's
jumping up on top of vehicles

crowd is starting to get on top of vehicles, smashing car windows
some officers are heading to Jackson and State

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police are told to arrest people who break anything

"it's time to clear this crowd out"
protesters are shooting fireworks

south of Jackson on State
247 (?) on State, protesters are surrounding a group of officers
protesters up on the scaffolding at:

231 South State
police headed to 247 South State

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Starbucks and 7/11 getting their windows busted out
protesters kicking over garbage cans at Adams and State
dispatch repeats order to arrest anyone destroying property or kicking over garbage cans

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they're trying to locate the wagons
Monroe and State - protesters trying to break out windows
Head of the protest line is at Madison and State, northbound

police trying to block it off

"let's start locking em all up"

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"let's start crowding em all out"

one wagon heading to State and Madison

scrimmage line at Washington and State
scrimmage line back at madison

scrimmage line back at deerborn
scrimmage lines at:

Madison and Deerborn

Washington and Deerborn
call for more calls on deerborn for a scrimmage line
more *CARS on deerborn, sorry

Deerborn and Washington
"if they don't leave right now, we're gonna start locking em up"

"where do we need the bikes at?"
calls for cars at State and Washington

small fire at Deerborn and Washington, looks like garbage
van headed to Washington and Deerborn

firetruck may also be headed towards Washington and Deerborn
now heading to Washington, between Deerborn and Madison
call for an ambulance at 231 on State

EMS en route

landscaping truck with people on the rear
"put cops on everybody"

trying to get more info about landscaping truck.

landscaping truck is good
244 South State - people resisting arrest

call for more cars at Washington and Deerborn
throwing bottles at Washington and Deerborn
Ambulance for officers heading to State and Adams (madison?)

Firetruck needed at Jackson and Deerborn
"all troublemakers: extract them and arrest them"

"pull the prisoner van to washington, we're gonna load em up"
if groups don't comply with the order to go home, arrest them

prisoner van is let through the front line
"171, get back to your wagon. we need it"

"171 is the injured policeman"
one of the officers on 171 has been injured

request for info on his condition

i think they said something about a pretty bad sprain? unsure, hard to hear
protesters coming back down Van Buren

"stay at Van Buren. they're at Jackson and State right now"
about a group of a hundred coming back down Van Buren
"everyone has been exposed, everyone is blocking the street"

"anyone blocking the street, arrest them. they were given dispersal orders already"
"any teams from outside district should be back on Van Buren and State"
163 team heading towards 171
scrimmage line just came through past down south

fire department is on standby around Deerborn. unsure where the gas that started the fires came from
about 100 protesters approaching Congress

only about 40 protesters over around Washington. says they're difficult but manageable

"do we have a wagon available"

"172 has a couple spots open in the wagon"
windshields broken on squad cars

dispatch repeats order to keep arresting
heading with prisoners to 190 (?)
6-10 has Keefer (?) in the wagon?

sorry, it's getting really hard to hear
272 standby. giving another dispersal order
"car 43, where are you?"

"car 43?"

"car 43, can i have your location?"

Congress and State, car 100
car 43 on standby
car 43 is being offered backup

crowd is running Southbound

police holding their line, moving south

jumping on squad cars

cars sent to parallel line down Wabash
god i wish i understood more police lingo

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confirmation that 767 is going to 1?
272 is taking wagons to State and Congress
"wagons go drop off your prisoners and come back"

"bring all the prisoners at state and congress"

"second wagon is coming also"

71 heading to congress, but has 3 in the wagon
4371

shots fired on State and a cross street i can't really make out Balbo?
officers ordered to stay together

no units to stay alone

officers stay tight and dont chase anybody
need units back at harrison and state
officers come back to harrison and state

dont be alone, dont chase anybody, stay together

166 David - "Plymouth and Jackson. 1221 Robert's car was on fire. Belived to be extinguished"
Shots fired at police

Balbo and State
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