Chicago: Surveillance Video of Broad Daylight Robbery and Beatdown in Bucktown Neighborhood Sparks Community Outrage
Surveillance video taken in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago shows two men robbing and beating a man in an alley in broad daylight on Monday afternoon. The robbery was first reported by CWB Chicago which posted the video online. The attack fueled outrage at a community meeting Monday night.
Screen image from surveillance video of Bucktown, Chicago robbery via WFLD-TV/YouTube, September 25, 2023.
The video shows two men loitering on a street near the alley, then walking down the alley. A lone man eating a slice of pizza passes the two and continues walking unaware that he is about to be sucker punched from behind by one of the men and knocked into a fence, then pummeled by both men.