Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Graciela Garcia held a stuffed animal as she faced a row of police officers who stood behind their bikes, protecting the Chicago Police Department’s training facility.
“Is there any police officer, that has that love in them to show, that they do have that solidarity to accept this gift,” Garcia said, holding out the stuffed animal in front of her.
Garcia stood next to her 6-year-old daughter and more than a dozen activists in front of the police academy, 1300 W. Jackson, to protest two recent fatal shootings by Chicago police: 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez.