(CBS) CHICAGO Anti-war activists were competing with deep dish pizza and fried catfish at the Taste of Chicago in Grant Park this weekend.
Six people were arrested while trying to pass out leaflets on Sunday near military recruiters.
The flyers were entitled, “Bitter Taste of the Military.”
The activists were part of multiple peace organizations, including Code Pink, the Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism, and the American Friends Service Committee’s Chicago Committee Opposed to the Militarization of Youth and Contra Antimilitaricion, according to a news release.
The activists arrested included one senior citizen and one juvenile. Police arrested them when they refused to leave.
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