What has enraged many leaders, pastors and members of Chicago’s black community was a police dashcam video showing McDonald, 17, being shot on a city street past year by Officer Jason Van Dyke, who last month was charged with first-degree murder. The group held a similar protest on Black Friday.
Advertisement
San Diego Chargers Win What May Be Final Home Game at Qualcomm
On the season opener on September 3, Rich Gannon’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Andre Rison provided the winning points in a 9-6 win. Philip Rivers struggled with his composure and not because the San Diego Chargers snapped a five-game home losing streak.
The protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations in Chicago following the release last month of a police dashboard camera video showing a white officer shooting McDonald 16 times in October 2014.
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Prison Staff for Death of Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland was taken handcuffed to the county jail in Hempstead, where she remained when she was unable to raise 0 for bail. Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, called on authorities to release all footage and information they have surrounding her death.
“Our marches have learned from Baltimore and Ferguson and that’s why they’ve been so wonderfully peaceful and organized and at the same time, impactful and effective”, Livingston noted.
Deron Williams won’t play in Brooklyn with hamstring injury
Young later stripped ball from Barea, leading to Brook Lopez’s hook shot with 36 seconds left for a one-point Nets lead. There is not, however, much of a chance that Hollins will employ the zone defense that Dallas has perfected very much.
While the dashcam recordings released last month have no audio, new audio recordings of radio calls between Chicago police and a dispatcher released Wednesday show at least one officer had requested a Taser before the fatal shooting McDonald.
They were protesting the death of Mario Woods, who was holding a knife when he was shot by several police officers on December 2.
The demonstrators included a Catholic priest from a heavily Latino part of Chicago.
The video’s release led to the ouster of the police superintendent and calls for other top officials to resign, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Through repeated protests, activists – many of whom are calling for Emanuel’s resignation – hope to bring attention to Chicago’s racial and economic inequalities.
Sidewalks remained busy with last-minute Christmas shoppers Thursday afternoon, and protesters blocked only a handful of store entrances – including Apple, H&M, Uniqlo, Columbia and the Water Tower Place mall – and only for a few minutes a time. Shoppers could be seen exiting stores during the protest, and police surrounded the demonstrators.
More than a hundred people took part in the protest, according to the Chicago Tribune.
It is still unclear whether any of the responding officers arrived with a taser or attempted to use one, NBC Chicago reported.
At 19:06 during the second hour of the audio, the dispatcher says, “I need to get some info on the victim’s condition, whatever you can, when you can, OK?” “We heard about the protest, so we’re actually going to head over to the Shedd Aquarium with them and take them over to State Street”, Leslie Borovik said.
Van Dyke is the first officer charged with a crime in an on-duty death in 30 years.
Some protesters objected to the treatment by police compared with past demonstrations.
Advertisement
“Can someone get us a Taser?”
