(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – Hundreds of students from Chicago Public Schools staged a brief sit-in at City Hall on Tuesday and called for a cease-fire in Gaza.
The demonstration came as City Council members were expected to consider a cease-fire resolution on Wednesday tied to the continuing Israel-Hamas war.
During Tuesday's action, some students walked out of classes and staged a rally outside City Hall and at temporarily blocked traffic on LaSalle Street. Chicago police stymied attempts by students to reach the ground-floor elevator bank for city offices.
Hundreds of students crowded Chicago City Hall's lobby Tuesday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza.Craig Dellimore
CPS officials said they were aware of the planned demonstrations and urged participants to be respectful toward others.
"We are a District that is committed to student voice and student participation in civic life and democracy, but harassment, discrimination, and bias-based harm have no place in our school communities," officials said in a prepared statement.
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