Photos: DeKalb and NIU leaders ask for unity and solidarity after Minnesota shooting

Vernese Edghill-Walden, chief diversity officer for Northern Illinois University, speaks as DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas looks on Tuesday during a press conference meant to send a message of solidarity to the local community amidst the racial unrest taking place in other locations across the country. The gathering at the Northern Illinois University Center for Black Studies comes on the heels of another death of a Black man during a police officer traffic stop in Minnesota. (Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.com/Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.com)