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PHOTOS: Sights and scenes from Monday’s George Floyd protests in Chicago

Community activist Jedidiah Brown yells as Chicago police officers clash with hundreds of protesters Monday outside a store that had been looted near East 71st Street and South Chappel Avenue in South Shore. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

Business owners and community members started to pick up the pieces from last weekend’s protests as unrest in Chicago over the killing of George Floyd continued Monday.

Volunteers helped clean up neighborhoods throughout the South and West Sides after riots devastated communities. Some people were worried about food insecurity since looters ransacked grocery stores.

“These are our two grocery stores,” said Evita Ali, who lives in Bronzeville.

“It’s only two, but [looters] tore it up, so where are we gonna shop?”

Meanwhile, business owners assessed the damage.

“They took my TV, all of my food, whatever really they could grab on to,” said Asif Raza, the longtime owner of Star Sub in the South Side. “We are going to have to start all over now.”

While some tried to figure out what was next for them, demonstrations against police brutality and racism resumed throughout the city.

During a South Shore rally, some protesters got into a skirmish with Chicago police officers outside a strip of stores that were ravaged by looters.

Protests also happened on the North Side as demonstrators once again defied the city’s 9 p.m. curfew to march through the streets of Uptown and Lakeview. The crowd chanted “I can’t breathe” and “Black lives matter” with cars driving past and honking in support.

In front of Wrigley Field’s iconic marquee, protesters paused and took a knee to honor Floyd, a black man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, who has since been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

This marks the fourth straight day of protests throughout the city and eighth day of national outrage.

Here’s a visual recap of Monday’s Floyd protests and cleanup efforts from this weekend’s demonstrations in Chicago.

Asifraza Raza, left, and Johnny Leland, right, clean up Monday after a night of looting in the South Side of Chicago.
Michael Bike, left, Asifraza Raza, right, assess the damage inside the lobby of Raza’s business in Chicago’s South Side after a weekend of looting and vandalism devastated the city.
Trash bags pile up outside a food and liquor store Monday after business owners and volunteers helped clean up the area in the Chicago’s South Side.
A looter runs under a metal security barrier at Walgreens, 5036 S. Cottage Grove Ave., in Bronzeville Monday afternoon.
A small group of neighbors gather to clean litter outside a Mariano’s at 3857 S. Martin Luther King Dr., on Monday after the grocery store was looted over the weekend.
The owners of Little Wok at 103 E. 51st St. in Washington Park carry a broken window out of the restaurant Monday after it was looted over the weekend.
Marquita Williams (center), 26, of Bronzeville, cleans litter outside a Mariano’s at 3857 S. Martin Luther King Dr. Monday morning after the grocery store was looted over the weekend.
Chicago police officers on Monday investigate at City Sports at 2024 E. 71st St. in South Shore after the store was looted.
A man is taken into custody Monday when Chicago police officers clash with hundreds of protesters outside a store that had been looted near East 71st Street and South Chappel Avenue in South Shore.
A man get in a police officers face near East 71st Street and South Chappel Avenue in South Shore.
Protesters raise their firsts in the air as they march on a street in South Shore Monday.
A man holds up a fist as police officers walk past him in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood Monday.
Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown elbow bumps with a member of the South Shore community Monday after officers clashed with hundreds of protesters outside a store that had been looted near East 71st Street and South Chappel Avenue.
Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown also elbow bumps with Johnnetta Philpotts, who got emotional Monday when officers clashed with hundreds of protesters in South Shore.
A Chicago police officer holds up a baton during a skirmish between police officers and protesters Monday near East 71st Street and South Chappel Avenue in South Shore.
A man is taken into custody Monday as Chicago police officers clashed with hundreds of protesters in South Shore.
Thousands of protesters shutdown part of Lake Shore Drive as they march north.
People are walking through the intersection of the Lawrence Ave. and Marine Dr. during a peaceful rally through North Side neighborhoods Monday evening.
As demonstrators sat at the intersection of Broadway Ave. and Sunnyside St., a protester stands and holds up a sign that reads, “Run with Ahmaud,” a reference to Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white man while on a jog in Georgia.
Protesters carried signs that right, “No justice, no peace,” “White police start caring” and “#BlackLivesMatter” during Monday’s protests throughout Chicago’s North Side.
A resident of the Uptown neighborhood bangs on a pan from her apartment window, in a support of peaceful protest that marched through North Side neighborhoods Monday evening.
As looting and violence spread Monday night, at least 7 police officers involved in detaining a woman near the intersection on Montrose, Broadway, and Sheridan’ on the North side of Chicago.
Police blocking the intersection on Montrose, Broadway, and Sheridan’ on the North side of Chicago not allowing traffic to pass and forcing all pedestrian off the streets as a curfew time starts after 9 p.m Monday.
A police officer directs a car at the intersection in Uptown Monday night as other officers work to block traffic.
Chicago police officers on a site of a looted Pawnshop on Racine Ave. as looting and violence spread later at night on the North side of Chicago Monday.
Owners of the Fashion Showroom on North Broadway cleaning up shattered glass as looting and violence spread later at night on the North side of Chicago on Monday evening.
Thousands of protesters peacefully marched near Wrigley Field and other areas of the North Side neighborhoods on Monday evening protesting against police brutality and gentrification.
A participant of the peaceful protest holds an upside-down US flag with the sign “Wash me” during a rally through North Side neighborhoods Monday.
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