Community organizer and violence interrupter Ameena Matthews comforts protestor Kirah Moe during a particularly emotional moment while protesting against police brutality in Chicago. Upwards of 500 hundred people marched throughout downtown Chicago on Tuesday, November 24 to protest the police killing of Laquan McDonald at the hands of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. McDonald was shot sixteen times and the video was withheld from public view until a judge ordred it released. McDonald was holding a small knife but was shot repeatedly in the dashcam video. The family was paid 5 million dollars in a settlement with the City of Chicago, but yesterday officer Van Dyke was also charged with murder after a whistleblower brought the video to the attention of a local journalist who then sued the city to have it released. The City of Chicago's Police Department has a long and difficult history associated with police brutality reaching back decades.

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