'I wonder for the future of my kids': 9 protesters in Chicago told us why they felt compelled to take to the streets after George Floyd's death

"What brought me out here was a gruesome murder. It brought me to tears. I have two black kids growing up in America today. I wonder for the future of my kids. I worry about [their lives] every day."

"As a black man in America, I know we have an everyday struggle. I wanted to practice what I preach, to be out here, in my community, in Chicago. To show that I stand with my brothers and sisters in America, those who are fallen and those who are still alive. Police brutality has been ruining this nation for God knows how many years."

"I am happy that this movement has come to my neighborhood. I want to participate in holding police accountable for the violence that they do unjustly to people. Especially people of color, especially African-Americans."

"As white people, it is our responsibility more than anybody's to come out and fight against racial injustice. We've been sitting stagnant and quiet for too long and this is our time to really step up."

"I feel overwhelmed. It's really emotional to see people who don't look like me be this interested in anything concerning people that look like me. I guess I'm just shocked because I never knew this could happen. It's overwhelming, scary, and uncomfortable to think that so many people really care."

"I like the feeling of all of the support in the Rogers Park neighborhood, as I have not ventured out lately as a 55-year-old black Chicagoan during COVID-19. I'm very hopeful for the future, especially with the verdicts that came down earlier this afternoon. I feel like this is the beginning of a new movement in our country."

"This is about damn time. It's terrifying, especially being a white woman with a black son in America." (Tears up.) "I'm worried I won't be able to teach him something he needs to know in order to stay alive."

"I don't know how anybody can look at this and not understand that we have a police problem in this country. I've never had a good encounter with the police in Chicago and I've been here since 1968."

"This is a time as bad as any in our history. Not only are Black people being killed for no apparent reason, but Mexicans are being held in cages in immigration jails."