Latino leaders in Chicago are calling for unity and non-violence after reports of black Chicagoans being harassed and attacked in some Latino neighborhoods.
According to Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit news organization in Chicago, neighbors in Little Village, a mostly Hispanic neighborhood, joined forced to protect stores Sunday after people began looting shops.
Alderman Michael Rodriguez told Block Club Chicago that as the night went on several Latino men became “antagonistic” and were indiscriminately targeting African Americans driving through the neighborhood.
Rodriguez has called for peace, unity, and understanding in the Latino community when it comes to the protesters.
Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez told Block Club Chicago he’s also received reports of black men and women being harassed and he will not stand for it.
