{"id":30391,"date":"2016-02-18T11:02:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=30391"},"modified":"2016-03-01T11:04:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:04:17","slug":"protesters-force-anita-alvarez-out-of-university-of-chicago-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/protesters-force-anita-alvarez-out-of-university-of-chicago-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters force Anita Alvarez out of University of Chicago event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Misha Euceph<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Protesters interrupted Anita Alvarez at a discussion Wednesday at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP), where the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney planned to talk about her work and her re-election.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation with Alvarez followed similar exchanges that featured challengers Kim Foxx and Donna More. Although those events went according to plan, attendees at the Alvarez event began protesting less than 12 minutes after the start of the program.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMic check!\u201d yelled a protester from the back of the room at 57th and Woodlawn. \u201cAnita Alvarez does not believe black lives matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several young members of the audience then held up paper signs that said, \u201c#ByeAnita,\u201d \u201c16 shots,\u201d and \u201cfire Anita.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve Edwards, Executive Director of the IOP, made repeated attempts to talk to the protesters, suggesting that they had had their opportunity to speak. Eventually, Edwards announced that the State\u2019s Attorney had left the building. He later confirmed that Alvarez waited for the protest to finish and wanted to continue the conversation, but chose to leave when IOP staff struggled to calm the attendees. The State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s office did not confirm this despite attempts to get a comment.<\/p>\n<p>As protesters and several audience members walked out of the building to show their support, University of Chicago police entered and guarded the doors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we certainly have had other candidates here in this race, we also wanted to have Anita Alvarez because we think it\u2019s important for all of you, including the students who\u2019ve had and continue to have deep, deep concerns about her office and her office\u2019s handling specifically of the Laquan McDonald case,\u201d Edwards told the remaining audience members.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters\u2019 affiliations are unknown, although Edwards suggested they might have been associated with Black Youth Project 100.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Attendees at the University of Chicago event protested Anita Alvarez with paper signs (Misha Euceph\/MedillReports).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Misha Euceph Protesters interrupted Anita Alvarez at a discussion Wednesday at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP), where the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney planned to talk about her work and her re-election. 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