5/7/06; CHROMIUM NIGHTCLUB FIGHT & ARRESTS-CHICAGO

CHICAGO nightclub fighting @ Lake & Halsted from the Lake Street Lookout, LAKEandHALSTED.com

"Sarge", head of CHROMIUM security, and fellow CHROMIUM employees surround a patron and herd him west along Lake Street. Sarge continues arguing with the patron as tempers rise. Dino Perez (CHROMIUM'S resident DJ) pulls Sarge away as Raul Perez gestures for Sarge to leave. Although several CHROMIUM employees attempt to get between Sarge and the patron, Sarge approaches the patron again and a shoving match follows. Dino throws up his arms in frustration as a scuffle ensues. 2 Police Officers try to wrestle the patron away from the group, when a man from the crowd jumps on the patron and throws him to the street.

The Police Officers attempt to handcuff the patron, yet when Chromium's security start to run over to assist the Officers, Sarge stops them. It becomes evident that the man who is "assisting" the police, by holding the patron down, also has a personal grudge with the patron. As the patron is lying in the street, his girlfriend tries to intervene and slips out of her coat when one Officer tries to get her to leave. While the Officer is distracted, the man who was "assisting" the Police gets up and kicks the handcuffed patron. When the Officer notices the patron being kicked, he steps between the patron and man. The man temporarily walks away.

At the same time, Sarge and Chris (REUNION'S security guy) hold the patron's girlfriend and keep her away from the Police. After the Police struggle to handcuff the patron, the kicking man returns, bends over the handcuffed patron, spits on him, kicks him some more, then spits again. The handcuffed patron may have been injured by the unknown man kicking him, as an ambulance arrives shortly. The patron's girlfriend was uneventfully led away in handcuffs.

* Videotaped incidents have been shortened to accommodate this web format, but remain in chronological order.
* All views are of Lake Street looking south, with Halsted on the left & Green St on the right.
* ALL sound files (including any background music) were recorded along with the images, AS ACTUALLY HEARD ON THE STREET. The sound has NOT been enhanced, supplemented or amplified.

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• Chicago
• nightclub
• gang
• fight
• Lake
• Halsted
• Chromium
• Shadow
• Bar
• Club
• Reunion
• police