Violence on parade

Nothing quite says a city is safe like having to reroute a holiday parade to avoid reported violence in the area.

Prior to last year, Chicago hadn’t held a Cinco de Mayo parade since 2017. This year’s parade should have signaled a truly triumphant return to normalcy but turned out to be more of a black eye than a shining moment, being rerouted and/or canceled, depending on who you ask, because of what was reported as gang activity on the parade route. Chicago police ended up arresting 27 people.

Two gangs are reportedly shooting at each other at the Cinco de Mayo Parade in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 5, 2024. The incident is occurring on Sunday in the area of S Washtenaw Avenue

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