Chicago Police Release Video of Laquan McDonald Shooting

He said he was irate that it took 13 months and the impending release of the videotape to charge Van Dyke and remove him from the force. The video shows Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times.

Samantha Vazquez, 18, joined those locking their arms in front of stores to block shoppers from the high-end shops on Michigan Avenue. There have been isolated clashes between police and protesters, with about 10 arrests and only a few minor reports of property damage.

Months after McDonald’s death, the city agreed to a $5 million settlement with his family, even before relatives filed a lawsuit, a move that also drew deep skepticism from the community.

“The world is watching the struggles by poor people and people of color in Chicago, and many are taking inspiration from the courage and determination of Chicago activists”, Barbara Ransby, a history professor at the University of IL at Chicago, tells the Chicago Tribune.

“We value our lives more than money in our pockets”, he said. The officer is no longer being paid by the Chicago Police Department.

“The police department is corrupted. That has to end”, he said.

Chanting “Stop the cover up, 16 shots” and “Black power”, demonstrators marched through rain and mist along Michigan Avenue, shutting down the avenue’s northbound lanes and partially blocking the southbound lane as shoppers stood in the sidewalks.

McCarthy says he’s not quitting and won’t let protests escalate to the level of Ferguson or Baltimore.

Violence Interrupters is organizing a march on City Hall. And the demonstrations continue, despite calls from Clark’s family to go home after a shooting near the protest site injured five people.

“We are aware of the various protests happening here in Chicago and across the country”, said Mitchell Feldman, senior general manager of Water Tower Place shopping center. “It’s just not going to happen”.

Twenty more protesters blocked the doors of the Apple Store, 679 N. MI.

“I used to want to grow up and be a police officer”.

“Walking down Michigan Avenue with no traffic on the street is kind of eerie”, said Lane Barnett, 70.

“The state’s attorney has no credibility”, Jackson said.

“It seemed to be pretty peaceful”, Howard said.

He says his organization, the Chicago Alliance Against Racism and Political Oppression, is pushing for an elected, civilian police accountability council. “Department stores have nothing, nothing, nothing to do with this”, he said.

Hundreds of protesters blocked the Magnificent Mile late Friday morning to protest the disturbing shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer and other examples of police misconduct.

Protesters also called for the resignation of the police superintendent and a top prosecutor for what they see as foot-dragging and stonewalling in the case. Garry McCarthy to step down.

Van Dyke is being held without bond. “See this attractive black lady?” “Without some disruption, there is not going to be any change”, he said.

Dennis trained uniformed police officers who were armed with pistols and who regularly encountered violent suspects armed with impact weapons, particularly knives. “That is your job”, Foxx xaid.

Donna More, also former prosecutor who is looking to take Alvarez’ seat, also posted a statement to Facebook after Van Dyke was charged questioning why the charges didn’t come earlier.