Chicago Protests
Demonstrators dance during the "Cops Out CPS" protest in front of Chicago Board of Education member, Dwayne Truss' home, in the North Austin neighborhood, August 21, 2020.
Jermaine Wright, 19, dances during the "Freedom Square - Anniversary Rally to #DefundCPD," in the Homan Square neighborhood, July 24, 2020.
Adam Hollingsworth, the Dreadhead Cowboy, rides his horse, NuNu, on the Dan Ryan Expressway to raise awareness of #KidsLivesMatter and the alarming number of children who have been shot in Chicago, in the Fuller Park neighborhood, September 21, 2020.
Demonstrators cheer and raise their fists after the "swag surf" dance, one sign reads "I'M HERE SO MY KIDS WONT HAVE TO BE," in the Loop neighborhood, June 19, 2020.
Diners continue eating as demonstrators conclude a twenty minute break to dance and chant "Black people used to live here! Fire! Fire! Gentrifier!" in the Logan Square neighborhood, August 4, 2020.
As rain falls, demonstrators march away from the Michigan Avenue (DuSable) Bridge after being pepper sprayed, in the Loop neighborhood, August 15, 2020.
Demonstrators dance to "Juke Slide - Pimp Walk" by DJ Stak Chip of Chicago, during the "March For US 2020 - Million Man March, Chicago" on Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, in the South Loop neighborhood, June 19, 2020.
Demonstrators stand around the raised Michigan Avenue (DuSable) Bridge during the "Defund CPD & Abolish ICE" action, in the Loop neighborhood, August 15, 2020.
Chicago Police officer uses a wooden baton to push demonstrators on the Wabash Avenue (Irv Kupcinet) bridge, leading to the Trump International Hotel & Tower, in the Loop neighborhood, May 30, 2020.
Demonstrators raise their fists and hold signs that read, "NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO TEACH THEIR KIDS HOW TO NOT GET MURDERED" AND "BLACK LIVES MATTER," in the Noble Square neighborhood, June 06, 2020.
Members of UChicago Bhangra dance with demonstrators, after teaching everyone their Bhangra folk dance routine, during the "Cops Out CPS" protest in front of Chicago Board of Education member, Sendhill Revuluri's home, in the Pilsen neighborhood, August 20, 2020.
Black people hold up signs after they were called to stand in front of white people at the stage during the "Drag March for Change," in the Northalsted neighborhood, June 14, 2020.
Demonstrators march down Adams St., in front of the Art Institute of Chicago, during the "Solidarity Street: Defund CPD Block Party," in the Loop neighborhood, August 1, 2020.
Chicago Police officers stand in a line, with their right arm in a descending position from their duty belt, during the "BIPOC Who Do You Protect Rally" demanding that the two Christopher Columbus statues in Chicago be removed, in the Loop neighborhood, July 20, 2020.
“BIPOC Who Do You Protect Rally” demonstrators are joined by those from a nearby protest denouncing President Donald Trump’s plan to bring federal agents to Chicago, in the Loop neighborhood, July 20, 2020.
Demonstrators hold a "John Catanzara for Mayor 2023" sign, United States of America flag, and a Blue Lives Matter flag, during the "Back the Blue - Rally in Support & Solidarity for the Men & Women of Law Enforcement" at the former Grant Park Christopher Columbus Statue, in the Loop neighborhood, July 25, 2020.
Dom Brown and Kay Buzz of Activate:CHI embrace during the "Chicago March of Justice,” in the Noble Square neighborhood, June 06, 2020.
