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Photo: Thousands protest police killings in Chicago. Liberation photo
On April 16, thousands gathered in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood to demand justice for the police killings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez. The protest was the largest the city has seen since last summer after the killing of George Floyd. It followed the release of police bodycam video showing the death of Toledo, who was shot and killed by the Chicago Police Department in Little Village, a predominantly Latino neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, March 29. He was only 13 years old.
Toledo’s death was one of four killings by the CPD within a two-week period. Two days later, Alvarez was killed by CPD on Chicago’s Northwest Side. His family is still demanding answers as to why the police killed the 22-year-old father of a 2-year-old child.