Black Friday on Magnificent Mile disrupted by protests
By Patrick Martin, Max Greenwood and Aryn Braun About 1,000 demonstrators protesting the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald at the hands of police officer Jason Van Dyke took over Chicago’s storied Magnificent Mile Friday, barring patrons from storefronts and forcing some businesses to close early on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. […]
Protesters block Mag Mile stores – ‘No justice, no shopping’ (Video)
By Jasmine Cen Additional reporting by Max Greenwood. Thousands of people packed Chicago’s Magnificent Mile on Black Friday to voice their outrage and mourning over for the death of Laquan McDonald. “We come down here to shut it down and you ain’t gonna shop today,” protesters sang. Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old black teenager, was shot 16 times […]
Protesters take to streets after release of video depicting teen’s death
By Misha Euceph, Max Greenwood, Patrick Martin and Raquel Zaldivar More than 100 protesters took to the streets of Chicago on Tuesday, after the release of a video that shows a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, ushering in the first of many expected demonstrations across the city. The protest started at […]
The Laquan McDonald case: A timeline of the past year
By Aryn Braun and Max Greenwood THE STORY BREAKS — Oct. 20, 2014 Laquan McDonald, 17, was shot and killed by Chicago Police near 41st Street and Pulaski Road around 9:45 p.m. in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side, after a 911 call reported suspicious activity. When responding officers arrived at the scene, […]
Six South Side teens spark activism using social media
By Haley Velasco Angered by police violence against the black community, six young black women decided to found a group in 2016 to make their voices heard and to take action. The four original members, who are high school students, Natalie Braye from Francis W. Parker School, Sophia Byrd from Whitney M. Young Magnet High […]
