Chicago Police Board President Ghian Foreman said Friday that officers hit him with batons last weekend as they clashed with protesters who marched on the South Side over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
In a statement Foreman issued Friday afternoon through the Police Board, he said he was not participating in the protest over Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, but “coincidentally encountered the demonstration when it became confrontation”
In a brief interview Friday afternoon, Foreman said he was struck five times in his legs with batons while going for a walk.
“I walked in the middle of an uprising,” said Foreman, who lives near the site of the protest.
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