Chicago Cross Burning Was Anti-Trump Protest, Student Says
June 17, 2026·about 3 hours ago·via Breitbart

A University of Illinois Chicago student says he set a cross on fire in Grant Park as an anti-Trump protest, not a racist hate crime. He says the red hat on the cross symbolized MAGA and that he did not grasp how the act would be viewed given the history of cross burnings. Chicago police say a person of interest is in custody as the city reels from the spectacle. Read more about this...