A protester tearfully confronts Chicago police officers on Nov 24, 2015 after the release of a dash-cam video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being fatally shot 16 times by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke.
A young protester holds out his hand to Chicago police officers as hundreds march in protest of police brutality on July 11, 2016.
A man who suffered a head injury is detained by police as conflicts continue outside the Donald Trump Rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion on March 11, 2016.
A protester inside the Donald Trump rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion holds up a 'We Are Not Rapists' sign soon after the announcement was made that Trump would not be coming due to "safety concerns" on March 11, 2016.
Nortasha Stingley, a mother who lost her daughter to gun violence in Chicago joins hundreds of others for St. Sabina church peace rally to denounce gun violence on June 19, 2015.
John Cusack and Jennifer Hudson joined the peace rally march of St. Sabina Church on Friday, June 19, 2015 to show their support to stop gun violence in Chicago and to film scenes for the upcoming film 'Chiraq'.
Patrice Bishop holds her hands up as hundreds of protesters shout 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' during a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago on July 11, 2016.
Chicago police arrest 5 protesters for blocking traffic in Chicago's Loop during a rally against police brutality on April 14, 2015.
Approximately 200 members of Chicago’s Assyrian community gathered at Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn St., in the Loop on March 13, 2015 to denounce ISIS militants and the killings of Assyrians in their native countries.
A protester tearfully yells at a Chicago police officer while the crowd gathered outside of the police headquarters to hear if there would be any charges in the Michael Brown case.
The protest for justice for Michael Brown remained peaceful and non-violent as demonstrators were guided by the police down the streets of Chicago on Nov. 24, 2014.