With the low hum of planes flying overhead, some 40 people wove through Franklin Park Monday night chanting out across the dark, quiet streets.
“Say his name!” they shouted. “Silverio!”
As questions continue to surface over how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents came to fatally shoot a man in Franklin Park on Friday, community members called for justice at a rally and march. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, 38, was shot and killed after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop and struck an ICE officer with his vehicle.
Arely Ocampo attended Monday’s rally with her husband, their two kids and her nephew. They carried a Mexican flag.
“It breaks my heart,” the 29-year-old said of the shooting. Ocampo brought her family out to the protest from neighboring Elmwood Park to say, “Th