{"id":13415,"date":"2026-06-10T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13415"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:05:10","slug":"chicago-police-investigate-after-burning-cross-found-in-grant-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13415","title":{"rendered":"Chicago police investigate after burning cross found in Grant Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A large, burning cross was discovered at a Chicago park on Tuesday afternoon, and police said they are investigating how it ended up there and the motive behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Video taken by a motorist shows the wooden cross engulfed in bright orange flames as it leans against a tree in Grant Park, a popular area near Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Fire Department confirmed the flaming object was a cross, and said officials put out the fire.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A large, burning cross was discovered in Chicago\u2019s Grant Park, prompting a police investigation. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chicago Police said there were no reports of injuries and that they are investigating the motive and circumstances around the \u201cobject on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keinika Carlton, 43, was driving home from running errands with her daughter and mother-in-law when they saw the cross on fire.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She said she felt a combination of shock, sadness, disgust, as well as curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this a racial thing? Is this a religious thing?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs black women, of course, our first thought is racial, because burning crosses are known to be used as a tactic, an act of violence toward black Americans in the South.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Chicago Fire Department quickly extinguished the burning cross. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carlton estimated the cross was at least 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall. The experience was new to all of them, including Carlton\u2019s mother-in-law, who grew up in Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton said as they slowed down to shoot a video of the flames, she saw around her other cars slowing down and people walking nearby, staring at the cross burning.<\/p>\n<p>While the motive behind the burning cross was not immediately clear, cross burnings in the US have historically been seen as \u201csymbols of hate\u201d that are \u201cinextricably intertwined with the history of the Ku Klux Klan,\u201d according to a 2003 US Supreme Court decision written by the late\u00a0Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Grant Park is a popular public space in downtown Chicago near Lake Michigan. <span class=\"credit\">Nicholas \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The justices ruled that the First Amendment allows bans on cross burnings only when they are intended to intimidate because the action \u201cis a particularly virulent form of intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alyna Carlton, 22, said she never thought she would see something like that in her lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt kind of really opened my eyes, had me realize that I\u2019m not that far removed from the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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