Activist Mark Carter called on people to “rise up” and shut down the Magnificent Mile shopping area on Friday.
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He said protesters also planned to target the Board of Trade and other landmarks in the coming days.
Van Dyke was shown pumping 16 bullets into 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in disturbing dash-cam footage released Tuesday.
People gathered on the streets of Chicago Tuesday after the city released an initial video related to the incident. LAWYER SAYS OFFICER FEARED FOR LIFE The Chicago video, recorded from a dashboard-mounted camera in one of the patrol cars arriving on the scene, was made public under court order hours after the officer who fired the fatal volley of gunshots, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with first-degree murder.
Police guarded the parade through Chicago’s downtown business district, which was packed with families and tourists watching high school bands playing instruments and dancing as inflatables hovered above their heads.
The release of the graphic video Tuesday evening inspired protests, during which five people were arrested. They said the department did not have the legal right to withhold the video because other agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation are the ones investigating, not Chicago police.
They expressed anger and dismay toward the department’s leadership, and some demanded the resignation of the police superintendent.
There were also calls aimed at Chicago leaders.
McDonald’s killing and the 13-month delay in charging Van Dyke and releasing the video led to demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/1IhGV0f ) that parents have received a letter from Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson assuring them the video won’t be shown in schools. He served on the Chicago police force for 14 years.
Clinton made the comments in an emailed statement Wednesday, a day after the officer was charged with first-degree murder and the city released a squad-car video of the 2014 shooting. The officers are seen emerging from their vehicle in the center of the road, and drawing their weapons while advancing toward McDonald, who continues to move away.
Braverman said the fact that other officers were at the scene but did not use their guns could undermine the argument that Van Dyke acted reasonably.
The video shows McDonald jogging down the middle of a street. McDonald spins around and crumples to the pavement.
Judge Peggy Chiampas said the state’s attorney’s office recommended dropping the charge against 22-year-old Malcolm London and told London he was free to go.
Protesters will assemble Friday morning at Chicago’s historic Water Tower on Michigan Avenue, according to the website of the activist group Stop Mass Incarceration, which condemns racial profiling by police. Then McDonald can be seen lying on the ground, moving occasionally.
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When teenager Laquan McDonald was killed in a police encounter, police accounts indicated that the youth was acting strangely and lunged at police with a knife, forcing the officer to fire. A 3-inch folded knife was found at the scene. As McDonald walks away, he pulled his trousers down a bit so perhaps, Van Dyke felt disrespected by a partial mooning or showing of underpants?
