all tactical units in chicago just got called to adams & state
#chicagoprotest

"extremely hostile protest" northbound on clark and randolph

"they're breaking out the windows at the daley center"

"50 officers coming from randolph to daley center"

"CPD calling in video surveillance at dearborn and washington"

"a couple thousand at federal plaza we can't really deal with it - do the best you can and stay together"

FYI that means there's essentially no police being deployed outside of the loop right now

cops lost body cams in a streetfight lmao

"need more cars at dearborn & jackson"

police are running their cars down jackson as the entry so block that off #chicagoprotest they're trying to tow all cars parked in the loop. all squad cars being parked in the center lane of state street

400 cars inbound to the loop from the car caravan at cook county jail

federal plaza is full

"throwing items at the police at state & adams" cops calling wagon from 18th to start arresting people #chicagoprotest

BLOCK THE STREETS

they just advised all officers to put on tactical gear

I REPEAT THE PIGS ARE COMING TO ADAMS AND STATE TRYING TO START ARRESTING #chicagoprotest

they just called all detectives and any free units to the loop #chicagoprotest

cops are driving the wrong way on jackson to get wagons to dearborn

cops now calling to monroe and dearborn, they sound absolutely panicked on the radio.

"car 114 is fully surrounded at monroe and dearborn, requesting assistance"

"smoke bombs at madison at dearborn"

CPD asking how many legal advisors are assigned to the protest, currently 2.

they want multiple advisors to they can issue charges at different locations

loop commander - "i want every camera in the loop activated" REMEMBER NO FACE NO CASE #chicagoprotest

CPD TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE MARCH TO CORRAL #chicagoprotest

loop commander: "keep your fucking helmets on they're throwing rocks"

some cop just keyed up w/o identifying asking "we need to whip their ass"

CPD SENDING BIKES TO SOUTH ON MONROE TO ADAMS TO BREAK THE GROUP

"someone with red hair just hit a cop in the head with a bottle" lmao

huge fight between cops and protesters on michigan apparently

they really want the guy with red hair

they are really upset that they've lost control of the group heading east on monroe

there's no cops controlling the group east on monroe so you own that street

loop commander: "i sent 10 bikes over there but that's not gonna be enough"

"all units on lower michigan move north towards monroe"

"we need more units at jackson and state going eastbound"

"large group heading towards The Bean" please tag that shit with an ACAB

some morse code keeps going out on the scanner but idk what it means

cop screaming into his mic "10-1 washington and dearborn" it honestly sounds like he's getting his ass kicked and trying to key up

dispatcher trying to get the unit that called in 10-1 to confirm he's ok

for reference 10-1 means officer in distress

dispatch: "it sounds like hes's trying to say that they've got his gun"

dispatch: "no one is in custody, they have cameras"

omg he was freaking out over his hat and cuffs

dispatch asking if officer needs EMS at washington and dearborn

backup needed at "madison and dearborn"

dispatch "there seem to be three large groups of thousands"

"we're not gonna be able to stop them if they stay together"

10-1 BACKUP NEEDED AT MADISON AND DEARBORN THEY'RE SURROUNDING THE SQUAD CARS

"jackson and michigan need more units about 3000 people heading north to the bridge"

DONT LET THEM CUT YOU OFF AT THE BRIDGE #chicagoprotest

loop commander calling wagon to madison & dearborn en route

never mind they're so confused there are no arrests at madison and dearborn they meant monroe and dearborn

"let the 18th district commander know they're entering your district" (18th district is river north, i think its smash a bougie store time)

10 bikes rolling to grant park, protesters have destroyed the police barricade. bus of police dropping off at van buren and congress #chicagoprotest

"WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP NORTHBOUND OVER THE BRIDGE ON MICHIGAN"

"I NEED A DISPERSAL ORDER AT MONROE AND DEARBORN"

THEY'RE CALLING ALL TACTICAL TEAMS TO MONROE AND DEARBORN TO MAKE MASS ARRESTS GET OUT NOW #chicagoprotest

"they're breaking down the barricades at the tribune tower"

"for fuck sake we need more units at monroe and dearborn"

"arrest everyone at monroe and dearborn"

"you can't take all the tactical teams away from michigan they're breaking through the barricade at tribune tower"

"multiple cars trapped at state and monroe"

"we're overrun on wabash help me out here"

"WE ARE CALLING 10-1 1 WEST MONROE WE ARE SURROUNDED AND OVERRUN"

"WE NEED THE HORSES! WE NEED THE HORSES!"

"VAN BUREN IS BLOCKED OFF WE CAN'T GET TO YOU GUYS"

"officer hurt in grant park calling fire / ems"

"group moving into LSD"

"group around 300 approaching state street bridge, we have 3 officers here we need help"

"officer down on jackson and ???"

dispatcher can't find the officer down because the radio is so fucking chaotic

"we're surrounded on state by palmer house a few hundred protesters"

a lot of tactical talk and unit numbers, not a lot that's understandable because of the cross talk and interference

"large crowd blocking southbound lane of lake shore drive at balbo group about 300-500"

"group going through our trucks at adams"

"they're kicking down our barricades on balbo, north and southbound are blocked on lake shore drive"

"fire at columbus and jackson"

200 protesters coming towards trump tower, 500-600 people coming through the barricade at trump tower

"CLOSING LAKESHORE DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAD"

bikes to trump tower

"333 n wabash a couple hundred coming through the barriers"

10-1 officers in distress michigan and erie protesters jumping on cop cars with officers inside

"need a prisoner van for 100 monroe and dearborn"

officers requesting permission to block all traffic to loop

they're stopping traffic on lakeshore at 31st st

dispatch can't find the injured officer at columbus and jackson

"washington and dearborn the officers are pinned between two large crowd"

"trump tower they're blocking the street with the iron fences"

"we're at trump tower, we can only hold them back for so long"

they're moving police units through lower kinzie and lower michigan to avoid the crowds

apparently the cops can't keep their helmets on and keep getting hit in the head with shit.

units cannot respond to trump tower, they're blocked in

2 tactical teams en route to trump tower

"breaking squad car windows in front of trump tower"

all wagons switching to citywide channel 7 to check in

"they're spray painting the squad cars in front of trump"

"lock up anyone doing damage of property goes to jail per command"

"they took the barricades down at state and kinzie"

"washington and dearborn police officers fighting in the crowd 10-1 officers in distress"

citywide call for officers in distress at washington and dearborn

"USE CAUTION HE HAS A HAMMER" honestly its timeless advice

a desperate cry "WE NEED MORE UNITS AT WASHINGTON AND DEARBORN"

honestly i am wondering how many units they can add at this point

10-1 officer in distress at trump tower on the riverside

"start putting people in cuffs, get them in custody" #chicagoprotest

"they've overrun lake shore drive on the north side of the river"

ANOTHER call of 10-1 at trump tower, the guy honestly sounded like he was getting his radio ripped away from him LMAO

they keep calling for backup at trump tower but it sounds like they aren't getting any

"WACKER AND WABASH THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOOT THE POLICE PROTESTERS HAVE GUNS" i don't believe it

baseball cap long ponytail threw an unknown liquid on a pig

i guess they threw it into the squad car

i think i overheard a CPD mutual aid request?

"they're throwing barricades at the squad cars at state and kinzie"

"wacker and michigan we cannot get through to provide backup at trump tower"

"north side of trump tower? how can they get to you?" "cop: i don't know, you gotta come in on foot. they put up barricades you cannot get through"

"protesters are laying in front of traffic on north lakeshore"

that's at 1000 n lakeshore

"we're gonna need fire equipment in the loop to put stuff out"

"northbound from madison and dearborn thousands of people headed to trump tower"

CPD CALLING TO RAISE BRIDGES #chicagoprotest

GET OVER THE BRIDGE DON'T GET SPLIT #ChicagoProtests

fire equipment staging at canal and harrison

ambulence called at trump tower for a sergeant