Demonstrators gather at Aurora PD after video shows officers, students clashing at anti-ICE protest

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- Young demonstrators gathered on Tuesday night to call for a west suburban police chief to resign after a protest on Monday ended with three students arrested and an officer injured.

One of the boys arrested and charged told ABC7 that he complied with officers and still was tackled to the ground.

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New video captures the arrests of three East Aurora High School students, on the sidewalk, during Monday's student walkout, which involved around 1,500 people opposing ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

Johnny Alcantar, a 15-year-old freshman, was one of those arrested.

"Both people hop on me, right? And, I couldn't breathe. So, I was like, real scared," Alcantar said. "They told me to go on the sidewalk, so I went on the sidewalk, and what's it called, out of nowhere they're like, 'Yo, y'all two, stay right there. We're going to detain y'all.' And I told him, 'For what?' Right? So, I back up, and he pulls me by my shirt, spins me around, drops me to the ground."

Police claim Alcantar and another boy were doing actions that made for "unsafe conditions," and resisting officers.

While they were being detained, investigators told ABC7, a third student punched an officer in the head.

All three, seen in a video being led into a police vehicle, are now charged with improper walking in the roadway, obstructing, and resisting a peace officer.The third boy is also facing a charge of aggravated battery to a police officer.

Demonstrators, a day later, gathered outside the Aurora Police Department, briefly redirecting their focus from federal officers to local ones.

"We demand the charges against these students be dropped immediately, and that the police officers involved be investigated and held accountable for excessive use of force against minors," said demonstrator Natalie Wakileh.

Aurora police told ABC7 that they were aware of the demonstration outside the department, saying they support the community's right to gather and express their views peacefully, but stopped short of responding to the demonstrators' demands.