He refused police officers’ orders to surrender and ultimately was shot by a policemen who arrived later on the scene. No iPhones today! in front of the Apple store as shoppers tried to enter, only to discover the doors were locked.
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Once protesters reached Water Tower Place, the end of the march’s route, they linked arms to block the entrances of major stores.
The officer is accused of shooting McDonald 16 times, with many of those shots coming after McDonald was on the ground. Targeting commerce, some protesters say, is part of a tradition started by Martin Luther King Jr., who said in his last speech before being assassinated in 1968 that civil rights supporters should “redistribute the pain” by boycotting corporations like Coca-Cola. Chicago police shot an average of 50 people a year in that period, against 31 a year for Los Angeles, 27 in New York City, and 14 in Houston.
“People will not rest”, said Hatch, senior pastor at New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church of West Garfield in Chicago.
It’s not enough for Emanuel and McCarthy to urge calm.
“I’ve never quit on anything in my life”, McCarthy said.
“If you and I were in a fight, man to man, that’s one issue”.
This week’s release of police dash cam video of McDonald’s killing is becoming a political as well as policing controversy.
Angry protesters have taken to the streets in Chicago in the wake of a police video showing a white officer fatally shooting an African American teenager 16 times.
“Our caucus has vowed to work with other caucuses and other of our colleagues to review the FOP contract to make sure there are tougher policies and sanctions against police officers who do egregious or illegal acts”, said Alderman Pat Dowell.
Jackson also called for changes to the police chain of command.
However, protesters have said they specifically targeted the Magnificent Mile because they don’t want it to be business as usual on Black Friday; they want to keep attention on McDonald’s death, and the need for reforms within the Chicago Police Department.
Emanuel, a former top aide to Obama, won re-election.
Dean Vanriper, 38, of Murrieta, Calif., was charged with a felony count of possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a weapon for being in possession of a stun gun, and one misdemeanor count of possession of a deadly weapon for being in possession of a knife, police said.
The problems are not about tactics and training; they’re about a culture of impunity, including a police union that routinely covers for even the dirtiest cops.
“It is imperative that the Department of Justice step in and correct this conduct before there is any more loss of life”.
“The only thing new is that there’s a video of this shooting”, Scott said.
McDonald, the teenager whose death has generated this week’s protests, died on October 20, 2014. “This was strategically covered up”.
Several hundred demonstrators marching elbow-to-elbow shutting down Chicago’s famed Michigan Avenue on Black Friday. “We’re seeing a normal Saturday after Thanksgiving”, said John Chikow, Greater North Michigan Avenue Association. “Police are the most responsible, the most authority, and must accept the most responsibility”. They’ve also harshly criticized the department for its months-long effort to prevent the video from being released and the state’s attorney’s office for taking more than a year to file charges against the officer, despite having footage of the incident.
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But, even as demonstrators took to Chicago’s streets to protest the shooting of McDonald by a white police officer, law enforcement experts around the nation warned that recordings like the one that captured the teen’s death can paint an incomplete picture. Greg Botelho contributed from Atlanta.
