The protest was part of a larger set of actions across Chicago—including one in the loop and another on North Michigan Avenue—as well as the country.
At the Taste, the protesters lined themselves across the main entrance of the festival and staged a “die-in.” Protesters marched through the Taste, but left about an hour later without incident.
The citywide protests came after fatal police-involved shootings of Black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. A Black military veteran, apparently angered by the events, killed five Dallas police officers in an ambush July 8; police killed the shooter with a robot bomb.
Photos by Vern Hester