The criminal complaint says Scarsella fired the shots that left five protesters injured on November 23.
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Prosecutors have until noon charge the men, ages 27, 26, 23 and 21.
Protestors told us their chants are simply cries for change – and calls for justice.
Questions have been raised over whether Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, which police have denied. “There’s a growing resistance by all people from all backgrounds — white, Latino, black, Arab — to the police brutality and to the racism that we see going on”, said Taylor. He says he’s staying.
Hodges said at the news conference that she is “not issuing a deadline right now” for when the protesters have to end their occupation. Ellison also cited domestic terrorists coming to the precinct to start trouble, and said smoke from the fires is impacting the neighborhood, which already has poor air quality.
Seven portable fire pits were burning Monday, and several tents and awnings were still up outside of the police station. The protestors gathered at Westlake Park around 1:30 p.m., before beginning their march along the Downtown streets surrounding the central shopping district. Additional details weren’t immediately available. Three are white and the fourth is Asian.
Chicago police blocked off roads to accommodate the march down Michigan Avenue, and officers in some areas formed a barrier of sorts between protesters and stores and helped shoppers get through the doors.
The protesters who were shot suffered non-life threatening injuries.
“After what happened in Chicago, there have been a response around the country since these shootings have happened, especially the shooting in Minneapolis against the protestors who were occupying”, said chief organizer Brian Taylor. She also said barricades that have closed a portion of the street are impeding access for emergency vehicles and snowplows.
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The footage shows McDonald jogging down a street and then veering away from Officer Jason Van Dyke and another officer who emerge from a police SUV drawing their guns. They are all in their 20s. Police said Jones pulled a replica handgun from his backpack and pointed it at officers, who shot him in the upper body. The incident is being investigated, and one of the officers involved was recently named in a lawsuit for allegedly using excessive force during an arrest four years ago. It was moved to federal court last week.
