The Tribune reported that Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and U.S. Reps. “Water Tower Place has a very close working relationship with the Chicago Police Department”.
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There was an element of the surreal throughout the day. They also showed pictures of black people who had been killed by police in recent years and called on people to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
“No justice, no shopping”, some chanted.
At the Harley Davidson store, protesters managed to break through the locked doors, police radio traffic said. Since 2007, the authority has reviewed almost 400 police- involved shootings in Chicago, fatal and non-fatal – an average of about one per week – and judged just one of them to be unjustified.
Outlets such as Neiman Marcus, Victoria’s Secret, Macy’s, the Apple Store, and other well-known retailers were blockaded with protesters standing arm-in-arm and refusing to let customers enter the stores or to allow those already inside to exit. Jallouqa engaged in a heated debate with the protesters until a Zara employee escorted the man and his wife into the store.
When one person tried to get through the front door of Saks Fifth Avenue, protesters screamed at him, shouting, “Shut it down!”
Not everyone was enthusiastic about the tactic.
“Explain to me why Tom Balanoff would be at the front of a march for a dead black child”, Maze Jackson said. And we want change in the way they treat black and brown people.
We’ll keep you updated with the latest on Black Out Friday protests across the nation. She also added that they wanted to make sure they were following all the rules so the indictment would not be dismissed due to tainted evidence. “We’re going to put her in Anita’s position”, Trotter said Thursday. “That’s black self-determination. We’re calling for black community control of the police”.
Two of the arrests were related to traffic, while the third was battery-related, Chicago police tell CBS 2.
A certain amount of shoppers being interviewed had no idea that there were planned protests for Black Friday and wondered why people were crowding Michigan Avenue.
Friday’s demonstrators included a large contingent from the Chicago Teachers Union, which mobilized opposition to Emanuel’s re-election bid early this year. “Justice in Chicago, I believe that”.
“There will be a lot of different kinds of people here”. The mayor said it would be premature to release the video because of the ongoing FBI investigation. The union’s vice president, Jesse Sharkey, did take part.
While at least five other officers were on the scene, Van Dyke is the only one who fired. Gary Nix, of South Chicago, waved an American flag in the middle of the street in support of both the protesters and the police, who he says are not represented by Officer Van Dyke. It shows McDonald jogging down a street and then veering away from Van Dyke and another officer who emerge from a police SUV drawing their guns.
Protesters have called for the firing of McCarthy and for an independent prosecutor to look into Alvarez’s handling of the situation.
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“I have never quit on anything in my life”, McCarthy said. Van Dyke was charged the same day with murder, and is being held without bail in the Cook County Jail.
