Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called out a large crowd that packed together along the lakefront Saturday afternoon as new COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the city.
Lightfoot posted a photo on social media showing several individuals, many of them who appeared to not be abiding by social distancing guidelines, in a grassy area near boat docks at Montrose Beach. “It’s called a pandemic, people,” the mayor tweeted. “This reckless behavior on Montrose Beach is what will cause us to shut down the parks and lakefront.
Don’t make us take steps backwards.” The mayor also tweeted she “stopped by to see for herself,” and the situation is being addressed.