CHICAGO (AP) — A man who joined protests sparked by the fatal shooting of two black men by police is being held in lieu of $350,000 bond for allegedly striking a Chicago police officer and trying to disarm another.
The Cook County state’s attorney’s office said Monday 20-year-old Ja’Mal Green is charged with aggravated battery and attempt to disarm a police officer and resisting arrest. After bond was set, three women were taken into custody for shouting “black lives don’t matter” and later released.
Prosecutors told Judge Peggy Chiampas that Green threatened an officer Saturday after being told not to climb a fence. Green was allowed to continue the protest, but later struck a police commander. Green is also accused of grabbing the duty belt of a police captain about an inch from the officer’s service revolver.
It wasn’t immediately known if Green has legal representation.
