Security Heightened at Chinatown's Lunar New Year Parade in Wake of Mass Shooting
Police ramped up security measures in response to the mass shooting at Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, CaliforniaThe annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chicago's Chinatown community kicked off Sunday with additional security precautions in place this year following the recent mass shooting at Lunar New Year celebrations in southern California.
“Looking at so many people of all different cultures, diversity, it’s just good to see," said one paradegoer who visited from Indiana. While the parade is an annual Chicago tradition, this year was different than the past in terms of safety.
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