Store employees were directing shoppers to exit from side doors.
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Clinton, who made the comments Wednesday in an emailed statement, added that police officers across the country are doing their duty honorably “without resorting to unnecessary force”. The rally was led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson and other IL leaders in order to protest not only the McDonald murder, but the entire issue of racial bias and profiling that has led to the deaths of almost 800 African-Americans this year alone. Reverent Jesse Jackson Sr, was verbally accosted by street activist Mark Carter because of philosophical differences.
“We’re hoping to discourage shopping and hurt them economically until they hear us”, said Ariana, who declined to give her last name.
Carter and others want the Department of Justice to investigate the Chicago Police Department and its history of covering up bad behavior. The mayor and his police chief must commit to a thorough examination and overhaul of the disciplinary process. “Victims” of police shootings are nearly always high, committing a crime, and/or attacking a police officer.
Several thousand protesters toting signs and yelling slogans began their march before noon on Black Friday and marched northward, the length of Chicago’s lucrative Michigan Avenue shopping district. “Not anymore though”, the protester said.
Demonstrators scheduled the protest march for Black Friday. We’re trying to help them do what they want to do, quite frankly, and we’re going to do it in a professional manner; but we will not allow criminal behavior, quite frankly. They chanted “Justice now” and “If we don’t get it, shut it down”.
Many shoppers on Michigan Ave. told BuzzFeed News that they couldn’t understand why the demonstrators were targeting retailers.
Activists said the intent of the protest was to slow down business on the Magnificent Mile.
Johnny Reed, 24, a Chicago native now living in Washington, D.C., said he was back in town for the holidays and “supporting home”. “I just wish people were out here protesting the conditions we live in sooner”.
It seemed to be pretty peaceful, Howard said. “Department stores have nothing, nothing, nothing to do with this”, he said.
In recent days, there has been talk that marchers taking part in the Black Friday protest would engage in acts of civil disobedience, such as blocking store entrances to prevent shoppers from getting inside. Garry McCarthy to resign over their handling of the case.
“See this lovely black lady?”
“Laquan McDonald’s blood is spilling all over City Hall”, Hardiman said before the group carried the casket and chanted, “How many more must die?” Just one day before the deadline to release it, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced that Van Dyke was being charged with first-degree murder. On the other hand, based on prior incidents, one has to wonder if the officer did in fact place the man in a choke hold from standing behind him. “That is your job”, Foxx xaid. Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder. He’s been ordered held without bond.
“The superintendent needs to be fired, too”, he said. McCarthy said that the police are pursuing several additional defendants.
“I’ve never quit on anything in my life”, McCarthy said. I’m 56 years old.
Emanuel, appealing for calm, now says it is time for “healing” in Chicago.
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What continues to roil the black community is that police and prosecutor Alvarez waited 400 days to release the tape, well after a spring election in which Emanuel faced stiff competition and had to undergo the first runoff election in Chicago history, an eyebrow-raising moment for an incumbent in a city renowned for its “machine”-like politics”.
