On Saturday, after an officer in Chicago fatally shot an anti-violence activist who had just hosted relatives for Christmas and an emotionally disturbed college student home for holiday break, the city was again roiled by what looked like an unnecessary police killing. And Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D), already under fire for his handling of a 17-year-old shot 16 times by police last year, faced more protests — and calls for his resignation.

Now, the already charged debate about police killings has itself turned violent. An Emanuel aide was allegedly assaulted on Sunday — at a vigil for Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier, the two people killed by police over the weekend. And it appears the assailant was a man who criticized law enforcement and the mayor’s police policies during the attack.

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