Chicago cops single out black teen for arrest during school walkouts against gun violence

During a walkout gun violence protest at a Chicago high school, police arrested just one teen out of a large group for walking on a busy street.

Pete Grieve, the student editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago's Chicago Maroon newspaper, posted video of Kenwood Academy junior Aminah Glenn being taken away by police in handcuffs as he and her classmates followed them.

"What did she do?" a person in the video asked the police as they took Glenn away.

Here’s police detaining Aminah Glenn, a junior at Kenwood Academy who participated in #NationalWalkoutDaypic.twitter.com/li8UIAnMJY

— Pete Grieve (@pete_grieve) March 14, 2018

Following the student's arrest, Kenwood senior Simone Iroegbu told Grieve that they would not be returning back to school until they learned what was happening with Glenn. Iroegbu said she and her classmates had repeatedly called the Chicago Police Department and were arranging for legal representation for her prior to her release a few hours later.

Simone Iroegbu, a senior, says they’re not going back to class till cops tell them what’s going on with junior Aminah Glenn, who was arrested. pic.twitter.com/fTtZYhE8I4

— Pete Grieve (@pete_grieve) March 14, 2018

Irogebu noted that Glenn was arrested for entering the busy Lakeshore Drive, but that many others walked on the street with her, causing her arrest to appear suspicious in her eyes. Grieve provided video of many others running onto Lakeshore as well.

Kenwood students running toward lake shore drive, which some students want to try to shut down. Cops now racing that direction too. pic.twitter.com/FYVoIv3wM1

— Pete Grieve (@pete_grieve) March 14, 2018

In a statement, CPD said the student was arrested for "disrupting traffic" and "reckless conduct." Another journalist, Elizabeth King, soon learned that charges against Glenn had been dropped.