Clean up begins on Rockford Police District 1 headquarters after Saturday protests
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Community members, along with the West Gateway Coalition showed up Sunday morning to help the City of Rockford Public Works and Rockford Police officers clean up after
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In a Facebook post (see below), officials say that three people who were on their way home to Iowa even stopped to pitch in. Community members helped get rid of about a dozen bags of trash, broken glass, and hundreds of pounds of rocks that were thrown at officers and the District 1 building.
Two neighbors were also assisting Public Works in painting over graffiti.
The violence and unrest started after the protestors walked through downtown Rockford and moved to Rockford Police District 1 Headquarters at 1045 W. State Street around 7 p.m. Saturday. Videos showed people throwing rocks and water bottles at the station, breaking a few windows on the building and one police car.
In addition, the District 1 sign in front of the head quarters was destroyed, with protestors shown stomping the shield on the ground and ripping the letters off the signage.