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Anguish & Action: North Side
from June 8 - 14, 2020
Chicago Protests
photographs by Kathleen Hinkel
On May 25, George Floyd died after spending 8 minutes and 46 seconds under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. In the haunting video of his death you see him call for his mother and speak his last words, “I can’t breathe.” These were also the last words of Eric Garner, whose similar 2014 death at the hands of a New York City police officer was also captured on video. George Floyd, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Laquan McDonald, Michael Brown, Stephon Clark, Alton Sterling, Freddie Gray, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Fred Hampton and Emmett Till are a few names among the countless African American lives that have been lost to police brutality, systemic racism and injustice. Across Chicago and across America, thousands are rising up in remembrance of George Floyd and the many black lives that have been lost. People are marching in protest of police brutality and white supremacy and in solidarity with the racial justice movement. These photographs were taken at protests here in Chicago.
North side
June 2, 2020
The Tuesday protest marched peacefully from Wrigleyville to the 18th District Station, where protesters took a knee in front of dozens of police officers in riot gear.
A woman leads chanting as peaceful protesters marched from Wrigleyville to the 18th District police station.
Kathleen Hinkel
Peaceful protesters took a knee in front of officers at the 18th District Station after marching from Wrigleyville.
Kathleen Hinkel
Protesters talk with Chicago police officers outside the 18th District Police Station to ask that those arrested in weekend protests be released from police custody.
Kathleen Hinkel
Protesters walk from Wrigleyville to the 18th District Police Station.
Kathleen Hinkel
