About a hundred people gathered Wednesday evening in Lakeview to remember a transgender woman found slain last month and "honor her life as well as the lives of other black trans people lost to ... violence."



Some of the 100 or so protesters shouted at police when their procession reached Belmont Avenue and Halsted Street, and one officer threatened they would be "locked up," but overall the demonstration was peaceful and no arrests were made.



The night began with a memorial for T.T. Saffore, a 28-year-old transgender woman whose body was found lying by train tracks on the West Side last month. She had suffered multiple stab wounds and a knife was discovered nearby, according to authorities. No arrests have been made.



"This night will honor her life as well as the lives of other black trans people lost to intra-community and state violence," the TGNC Collective, the group organizing the vigil, posted online.



Mourners gathered at the Broadway Youth Center around 6 p.m., reading poetry and dancing in celebration of Saffore's life.



They then formed a procession, walking on the sidewalk across the Lakeview neighborhood, with several police officers and cars following. The protesters appeared to surprise police by forming a chain in the middle of the street at Belmont and Halsted.



Over the honking of dozens of cars that were blocked, the protesters chanted, "We have nothing to lose but our chains." After about 10 minutes, the vigil returned to the sidewalk and people dispersed peacefully.



"The decision to stop traffic was to bring awareness of our survival and our need for survival in Chicago," said organizer LaSaia Wade. "We stopped business as usual because our lives were stopped."