Chicago Protests

On Tuesday I was sitting in my office when I heard a ton of police whistles and a lot of screaming.  I looked out the window to see hundreds of people marching with signs in the middle of the street.  The police were escorting them East.

I was able to get out of work around 6 PM and I wanted to see what was up.  I walked to Monroe and Michigan and saw this.

Turns out the people were petitioning about schools.  But that's not really why I'm posting.  I was honestly surprised at how well the whole thing went.  There were dozens of cops re-directing traffic and many cops trying to make sure the riot didn't get out of control. 

I've seen petitions before, but never something on such a large scale.  To shut down Michigan Avenue is a HUGE deal.  Aside from Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Ave is probably the busiest street downtown.  Personally, I think this its pretty cool of Chicago to allow people to do something like this.