I would like to add compliments to our police force and others who assisted with the recent “Halloween mob.” This group of “young teens” could have evolved into a riotous mob possibly causing physical and personal harm and damage. From what I can gather, the coordinated and prompt police action led to the group’s escort back to Chicago with no harm, pepper ball and all. When I was still a pre-teen in a small town, back in the ’40s, a friend and I sneaked up into a crabapple tree to “swipe” some apples one night. The tree was owned by an elderly couple who guarded those crabapples night and day. My friend “Bobby” was higher up in the tree than I. We were both filling our pockets, when out of the house comes the owner. “Blam” goes his gun. Down we jumped and ran away as fast as we could. Bobby said, “I never thought he’d use his ‘pepper gun’ on me.” Neither of us were hit, but we both were really scared. And, needless to say, we never went back.
David DeMarais
Oak Park