Large, Packed Parties Shown Violating Stay-At-Home Order, Some Busted By Police
Police this weekend busted up rowdy house parties in Chicago this weekend, and said they were aware of video of one party that went viral. The violations of the stay-at-home order to fight the novel coronavirus came as Illinois reported 2,126 new COVID-19 cases and 59 new deaths Sunday. Chicago is at the center of one of the worst outbreaks in the United States. As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli attended Gov. JB Pritzker’s 48th daily news conference on Sunday, and word of the parties did not exactly leave the governor in a festive mood. Tink Purcell shared a video on Facebook live around midnight Saturday night, showing a packed house party at an undisclosed location apparently in Chicago. “You can’t even move in this b***h!” someone was heard saying on the video.
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