Overview
- Chicago police said they arrested 34 people during the June 28–29 Pride parade events, a number that falls near the long-term average tracked by local monitors.
- Five of those arrested were juveniles, police reported, and most incidents took place in the hours after the parade as large street parties formed in Boystown.
- Among the felony cases, the department said battery of peace officers and obstruction were the most common charges and three people face allegations of firearm possession.
- Police used six-foot fences and lane closures on blocks such as Belmont Avenue and the Halsted bar strip to limit concentrated gatherings, a tactic that closed off key party areas.
- Those closures displaced crowds to unguarded stretches like the 3100 block of North Broadway, where people danced in traffic and jumped on buses, echoing a pattern CWB Chicago has tracked since 2013.