Afternoon Briefing: Woman detained for driving through crowd of protesters and police
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A West Elsdon woman was ordered detained as she awaits trial after she allegedly drove a vehicle through a crowd gathered in the Loop this month to protest ICE's recent crackdowns across the city and country. Authorities said two children were in the red Kia Spectra that drove through protesters on State Street about 6 p.m. June 10.
In court, prosecutors said that Kemp was seen on Chicago police video stopping the car in the intersection of State and Monroe streets with the car's rear tires in the crosswalk and gesturing from the driver's side window toward the protest crowd and police officers.
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