Overview

• The arrest occurred around 5:10 p.m. on June 12 in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue during a protest against recent ICE raids
• Chicago police recovered a loaded firearm and police identifiers from 21-year-old Willie Mathews Jr. at the scene
• Mathews is charged with false personation of a peace officer, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and forgery with intent to deliver
• The impersonation unfolded as demonstrators marched in front of the Art Institute of Chicago to denounce federal immigration enforcement actions
• Mathews was scheduled to appear in Cook County court on June 15 to face the felony counts