The group marched more than a mile and rallied in front of a mural of the Virgin Mary before disbanding with calls for people to get involved with rapid responder groups.
More than 100 people gathered under the Little Village arch Wednesday night for a vigil in solidarity with Minneapolis, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a driver earlier in the day.
“We’re still asking for justice for Silverio,” Baltazar Enriquez, of the Little Village Community Council, told the crowd, referring to Silverio Villegas González, a father originally from Mexico who was shot and killed as he allegedly tried to flee from ICE agents who tried to stop his car Sept. 12 in suburban Franklin Park.
“We have no guns, we are nonviolent, but we will stand up to injustice,” Enriquez said. “It could happen to any one of us.”
Federal officials said Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis was an act of self-defense.
