IL: Protesters Arrested Trying to Shut Down O'Hare Airport Over Gun Violence

Several protesters were taken into custody Monday during an apparently ill-fated effort to shut down Chicago's O'Hare International Airport by activists concerned about gun violence and economic injustice in the nation's third-largest city.

"In order to get the attention of the ear we need for the people's needs, we need to perform some kind of massive action," said protest organizer the Rev. Gregory Livingston before being handcuffed by police at the scene.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/03/ohare-protest-several-arrested-failed-effort-shut-down-airport/1184964002

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