Cops Beef Up Lakefront Patrols This Weekend
Chicago police were stepping up patrols along the lakefront this weekend to handle the large crowds expected at the city's beaches and for the Lollapalooza music festival.
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Chicago police were stepping up patrols along the lakefront this weekend to handle the large crowds expected at the city's beaches and for the Lollapalooza music festival.
Police have a surveillance camera photo of a late-model white sedan that could be related to the shooting death of Darius Brown, who was playing basketball at Metcalfe Park on Wednesday.
With a summer heat wave upon us, beaches are already packed and the popular Air & Water Show is just around the corner. So why aren't police officers going to be patrolling the lakefront on ATVs?
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