The young band members say they are still confused about what caused the officers to approach them.
"We weren't causing any trouble, and there wasn't any like violence there or anything," Marroquin said."There was honestly just people, you know, showing mad love to the music and just dancing."
"They didn't even announce that, oh, like, 'Can you just turn off the sound?' or anything like that, until after like the whole situation went down," said El Malo bandmember Ismael Lopes. Marroquin's brother, the band manager, was injured in the brawl. The band also estimates about $10,000 in damage to their gear. But fans have stepped up top help – raising over $8,000 for them.But beyond the physical damage, Marroquin and his fellow bandmembers say there is emotional damage too.
"I feel sad about the situation, just because, you know, it was like from the cops. We've never had any issue with the cops, and we've always been respectful to like the authority," Marroquin said,"and then for them to just come and without like talking to us first to try to figure out a solution to it - they just came at us with violence."
We reached out to the Chicago Police Department about the incident. They told us they have initiated an internal investigation, and would not provide any further comment.
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