- Sources say at least 28 people were arrested overnight for a series of violent attacks across the city, including 11 arrested for beating a man leaving the July 4th fireworks at Navy Pier.
Among the victims was college student Brandon Trebbien, who was beaten and hit in the face by a group of juveniles near Dearborn and Huron streets just after 11 p.m. Wednesday night. Trebbien was leaving the city’s July 4th fireworks show at Navy Pier, which had just ended a short time before the attack.
After beating Trebbien, the assailants ran off, but police caught 11 suspects.
One of the teens allegedly resisted arrest, and punched and kicked several officers as he was taken into custody.
And bold? These assholes are becoming unbelievably bold:
According to a police report, the same teens were darting in and out of traffic just before the attack, causing a commotion about a block away. Police officers who were directing traffic told them to stop repeatedly.
Then, members of the group dared each other to carry out a random attack, as police were nearby.
“They still were just bold enough to come up and start doing that,” Trebbien said.
“It didn’t even phase [sic] them” that police were standing right there, he added.
Of course not. They know we're spread thin and the more of them there are, the better their chances of getting away clean. No one is going to remember every single face when they get jumped by twenty, especially if they're knocked silly.