Residents along North Avenue across from the jail were especially angry.
The officers headed across North Avenue and into the dark side streets.
Still another house had been picked up, carried to the corner and spun around to face North Avenue.
The building, a former elementary school on North Avenue, was sold by the city six years ago.
North Avenue would then, they fear, become a "choke point."
North Avenue is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line.
The district is along the 100 Block of North Avenue.
The current building, at 265 North Avenue, was dedicated in 1955.
The 26-story building on North Avenue opened in 1979.
Later that year he bought a house on North Avenue.