Chicago police said on Thursday, officers were on patrol in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue around 5 p.m. when they received a radio call about a suspicious man wearing police identifiers.

Officers spotted the man with "police identifiers" leaving a parking garage around 5 p.m. in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue, Chicago police said.

Activists march on South Carpenter Street in the Lower West Side neighborhood to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country Sunday June 8, 2025, in Chicago. The protest started at the Plaza Tenochtitlán and ended at Benito Juarez Community Academy. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

At 4 p.m. as protesters were gathering, a counterprotester came to the scene — prompting angry chants to erupt from the main protest.

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in their city and President Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles.

Thousands of people nationwide have shown up at protests and rallies opposing ICE raids as unrest grows in response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

The Chicago Loop is expected to see its third large-scale protest this week against ICE raids and the Trump administration. It comes as ICE tactical teams are supposedly set to begin work in the city,

Chicago police arrested 17 people over the course of the hours-long protest on Tuesday. Multiple city vehicles could be seen with anti-CPD, anti-ICE graffiti.