Tensions boiled over during Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, where advocates for the unhoused brought proceedings to a standstill as they protested the impending closure of a tent encampment in a North Side park.
Shouting broke out during the public comment portion of the meeting — including chants of “we need a place to sleep, not another sweep” — and Board President Marlon Everett eventually called for a recess after struggling to regain order.
At issue: a long-planned March 17 moving event at Legion Park, which straddles the east and west banks of the North Shore Channel in Chicago’s North Park, Lincoln Square and West Ridge neighborhoods…