Over 40 Cited and Released
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2011. This morning, nearly 1,500 members of the Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC), their supporters, and Occupy Chicago rallied downtown to protest proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and HUD programs. Following a rally outside the office of Sens. Mark Kirk (D) and Dick Durbin (D), the group proceeded to Federal Plaza, where over forty senior participants linked arms to block an intersection. They were held at the scene by the Chicago Police Department, threatened with arrest and subsequently cited for blocking traffic.
