Uptown

We break into cars when we gotta

It's been a trip back to the bad old days this weekend in Uptown.  Don't know if the gangs are starting a new (senseless) chapter in their ongoing quest to snuff each other out, or if they've got spring fever, or if they think the police response will be reduced due to NATO being in town.  In any case, not fun for the rest of us.

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According to media reports, at about 2.30P Thursday the Alderman saw 59 year old Young Kang feeding pigeons in the 800 block of West Wilson.

Cappleman said he saw the breadcrumbs on the ground near Broadway and Wilson Avenue, and began to sweep them up. The woman got out of the car and became irate, police said.

Police News Affairs Sgt. Antoinette Ursitti said police responding to the attack called pulled over the vehicle about 2:45 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of West Wilson Avenue, steps from the scene of the attack, after other officers had spotted it.

Because of the influx of pigeons, Uptown Update said in the June 2011 entry, pigeons had taken over the exterior of the shuttered Majestic Store for Men at Broadway and Leland Avenue, and “the awning at neighboring Apartment Vigilantes (4705 N. Broadway) was covered in pigeon poo.”

Ald. James Cappleman (46th) said he saw breadcrumbs on the ground near North Broadway and West Wilson and began to sweep them up. A woman then exited a car and a confrontation occurred.

A three-vehicle police tactical team stopped the car a short time later in the 1100 block of West Wilson, and Kang exited from the passenger’s side and threw rice near a sign warning of a $500 fine for feeding pigeons, police said.

Kang, of the 4900 block of North Winthrop, was charged with misdemeanor battery and issued at least one citation, police said.

Ald. James Cappleman (46th) said he saw breadcrumbs on the ground near North Broadway and West Wilson and began to sweep them up. A woman then exited a car and a confrontation occurred.

A three-vehicle police tactical team stopped the car a short time later in the 1100 block of West Wilson, and Kang exited from the passenger’s side and threw rice near a sign warning of a $500 fine for feeding pigeons, police said.

Kang, of the 4900 block of North Winthrop, was charged with misdemeanor battery and issued at least one citation, police said.

Alderman James Cappleman, who just celebrated one year in office Wednesday, was pelted with breadcrumbs by an Uptown resident, who is known throughout the community as the "Pigeon Lady".  According to the Chicago Tribune story, "A 59-year-old woman is accused of shoving an alderman she thought should have “better things to do’’ than sweeping up breadcrumbs she left for pigeons" in the 800 block of West Wilson around 2:30 yesterday afternoon.