The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago's expressways to create a block ICE operations.

The department “deployed salt trucks to support public safety efforts related to a planned protest and the Taste of Chicago. This is a routine practice,” a spokesperson said.

Videos of the salt trucks lining Grant Park popped up on social media over the weekend. Several claimed that Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the trucks to form a roadblock and interfere with ICE operations.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
    41·
    21 hours ago

    A lot of places ice the roads before the snow, as it helps the water not freeze to the road as well. (And lower the freezing point, not much but a little.)

    • Cort@lemmy.world
      12·
      21 hours ago

      A lot of places ice the roads before the snow

      A lot of places salt ice the roads before the snow.

      My town sprays a brine solution before snow, so more salt is on the road when it starts snowing. As opposed to cars flinging rock salt off the road for the few hours before snow starts