{"id":783818,"date":"2026-05-09T07:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783818\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:58:20","slug":"questions-raised-after-vehicles-towed-along-chicago-police-funeral-procession-route-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783818\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions raised after vehicles towed along Chicago police funeral procession route \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of frustrated Chicagoans spent part of Friday trying to track down vehicles that were towed ahead of the funeral procession for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/hundreds-honor-fallen-cpd-officer-john-bartholomew\/3933660\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fallen Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But questions remain over whether people received enough warning before towing started.<\/p>\n<p>The major road closure, which impacted traffic and parking across the North Side, stretched along Lawrence Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Signs went up on many lightpoles: &#8220;No Parking, Towing Enforced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles were towed along nearly the entire stretch from Lake Michigan to the Edens Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Got up this morning, the car was gone,&#8221; one resident said.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago police said most cars parked along the procession route were relocated in the neighborhood. However, hundreds ended up at city impound lots, including on the city&#8217;s West Side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lawrence doesn\u2019t require a city sticker to park on, it\u2019s usually free for all parking, we park there every night,&#8221; one resident stated.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated drivers reported hours-long waits and hundreds of dollars in fees.<\/p>\n<p>Many wished they had gotten more of a warning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought it was stolen, it was not stolen, the city of Chicago got it,&#8221; one resident said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I asked them what was going on did they tow, unfortunately they did tow everybody\u2019s car parked on Lawrence,&#8221; another stated. &#8220;There was no signs on Lawrence where I live at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police said warnings were posted along the route, and alderpersons also shared warnings about the parking restrictions online. However, city officials haven&#8217;t released an official statement in response to the towings.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago police said residents who still can&#8217;t find their cars should call 311. Operators can determine a car&#8217;s location by searching the license plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of frustrated Chicagoans spent part of Friday trying to track down vehicles that were towed ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5462,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-783818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-news","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116543560611815943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}