Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling on Monday defended his department’s response to a protest that erupted in Brighton Park over the weekend, after federal agents shot a woman accused of ramming her vehicle into their car.
“The narrative is out there that CPD was not on scene, CPD did not show up. Let me just put all of that to rest,” Snelling said. “Were they told to stand down? Our officers were not told to stand down. Our officers were out there throughout the entire event.”
Around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, CPD received a call about a person shot near 39th and Kedzie. Responding officers found a woman who had been shot. She told police she had been shot by federal agents, and officers took her to the hospital for treatment…