Black Friday Protests Shutdown the Magnificent Mile Shopping District

He didn’t give details.

Energizing the ongoing protests are a growing number of black community leaders and groups, including the City Council Black Caucus, which says it will seek a vote of no confidence against police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

Dozens of protesters also blocked doors at Neiman Marcus, Saks and Tiffany & Co.

After nearly an hour of holding the intersection, the marchers reversed course and moved southbound, taking to the sidewalks as they barricaded entrances to stores like Victoria’s Secret, Nordstrom, the Apple Store and Disney, not allowing shoppers inside and, in some cases, not allowing shoppers out. Some even snapped photos of the crowd.

Shihab-Eldin said he was in from NY for about three days, covering the protests.

After announcing that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis would attend the Friday event, CTU officials later said she was not on hand. Bobby Rush and Danny Davis walked with the throng.

Earlier this week, Van Dyke, who had been placed on administrative duty as an investigation continued, was charged with murder in McDonald’s death. The demonstration was one of the largest that Chicago has ever seen. The officers are not responding. Protesters linked arms in front of store entrances and shut down the streets while chanting “No justice, no profit!” and “Justice for Laquan, which side are you on!” “16 shots!” are stopping traffic as a march begins in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district. The handling of this video, in fact, is a textbook example of how to bungle a volatile incident of critical importance and spread distrust of how cities handle officer-involved shootings, particularly those caught on film. “Nobody at 17 years old should be killed. It is chilling”, she said.

The man kept leading chants as the local protesters took off, leaving only those with Anonymous masks and revcom.us shirts remaining outside the station. We’re going to fight back until we get justice for Laquan and all Black people!

Several hundred demonstrators have gathered in the drizzling rain, many with umbrellas and plastic-wrapped signs. To be sure, though, Chicago’s murder rate – at 17 per 100,000 people – is significantly higher than the other cities over the same period. “We’re seeing a normal Saturday after Thanksgiving”, said John Chikow, Greater North Michigan Avenue Association.

Some 20 million people visit each year. Black Friday on Michigan Avenue was one of those times.

A recording of a New York City police officer placing Eric Garner in an apparent chokehold during a fatal 2014 clash also sparked nationwide protests, but a grand jury declined to indict the officer on a manslaughter charge.

CTU President Karen Lewis issued a statement urging members to express their “outrage and dignity” by participating in Friday’s march on Michigan Avenue on a stretch called the Magnificent Mile.

That stain will be with us for a long, long time. The protest, which was largely peaceful, disrupted businesses on the biggest shopping day of the year.

“Don’t shop on Black Friday, and go down to Michigan Avenue and sit down in the street and block the street on Michigan Avenue with civil disobedience peacefully, and say, ‘Business as usual can’t go on while our children are dying, ‘” Rev. Michael Pfleger said during his sermon November 22, according to DNAInfo Chicago. In the video, taken from a police cruiser, Officer Van Dyke is seen shooting Mr. McDonald 16 times.