Six Olympics protesters charged with mob action

Six people were charged Wednesday for their alleged involvement in damaging a 2016 Olympic banner being put on the Picasso statue in Daley Plaza.

The anti-Olympics group was caught damaging the banner as it was being put on the Picasso Wednesday night, police said. A bike cop also got into a scrape with five of the protesters, who were then arrested, police said.

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Charged with mob action and criminal damage to property are twin brothers Jason (top left to right) and Jeremy Hammond, Johnathan Clark, Brian C. Brown (bottom from left), Anna Stafford and Jeremy Sorkin.

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Charged with mob action and criminal damage to property are: Jeremy Hammond, 24, of Chicago; his twin brother Jason Hammond of Glendale Heights; Jeremy Sorkin, 21, of Chicago; Johnathon Clark, 21, of North Carolina; Anna Stafford, 20, of Wheatfield, Ind., and Brian C. Brown, 22, of Itasca, authorities said.

All but Brown were also charged with resisting and obstructing a peace officer.

They are due in bond court Thursday.