Slain Teen’s Family Calls for ‘Federal Summit on

But protests have continued, and more were planned for Friday.

While a police review board found the officers’ actions justified, Emanuel said Monday that he didn’t see how the treatment of Coleman “could possibly be acceptable”.

Not long after his killing, city officials negotiated a $5 million settlement with McDonald’s family. But at the time of her son’s death, McDonald’s mother was making efforts to regain custody of him. The county’s top public prosecutor announced charges against the officer just hours before the video was made public.

About 80 people carrying banners and signs marched around Chicago’s City Hall this afternoon.

Several religious leaders, who demanded greater transparency with events involving the cops, said they want to collect petition signatures to help pressure the mayor’s ouster.

This comes after the mayor fired Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and created a task force on police accountability last week.

The country’s third-largest city has experienced more than two weeks of protests since the release of the video of the shooting in which McDonald was shot 16 times. “Jason Van Dyke”, he sang.

The uncle of a Black teenager killed by Chicago police in 2014 called on Friday for a federal summit on violence, poverty and police brutality.

“We’re here today because there’s a problem in the city of Chicago when an officer who has sworn to serve and protect can gun down a citizen for no other reason than he was black”, added Hunter, who said McDonald was a “big boy, but he was a teddy bear”.

For days, hundreds of protesters have shut down the streets of Chicago to rally for the resignations of Emanuel and Alvarez in response to the shooting video.

The 22-year-old Chicago native also debuted his new song “Somewhere in Paradise” in Saturday’s episode, which was hosted by “In the Heart of the Sea” star Chris Hemsworth and featured a cameo by former “SNL” cast member Will Ferrell as ex-President George W. Bush.

Hunter says the teen always greeted friends and family with a hug and was a “jokester”. Hunter downplayed that Friday, saying the money that really matters should come in the form of government resources to foster economic development and keep such deaths from happening. City attorneys are employing arguments similar to the ones they used in opposing the McDonald video’s release: that it could prejudice would-be jurors if the case goes to trial.