Organizers of the Saturday evening march said they hope to be present for young Chicagoans.
Pastor Chris Harris Sr. of Bright Star Church speaks during a Juneteenth rally in Chicago's Grant Park on June 19, 2020. Harris will be marching with a coalition of pastors for peace on Saturday in downtown Chicago.
The march is set to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, around the same time young people are reportedly set to once again meet up in large groups at Millennium Park.“We are not walking against our children,” said organizer Charlie Dates, senior pastor of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago and Progressive Baptist Church. “Our children are brilliant, but we are not absolving them of responsibility for the events that took place last weekend.
Amid reports that similar gatherings were being planned this weekend, Chicago police officers had scaled up their presence in the area Friday night and said they would enforce a 4 p.m. youth curfew.
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