{"id":90848,"date":"2020-06-02T15:08:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=90848"},"modified":"2020-06-05T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:38:40","slug":"weekend-scenes-police-killing-of-george-floyd-ignites-day-of-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/weekend-scenes-police-killing-of-george-floyd-ignites-day-of-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend scenes: Police killing of George Floyd ignites ‘Day of Protest’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Anika Exum<\/a>, <\/span>Hannah Farrow<\/a>, Briana Garrett<\/a>, <\/span>Nicole Girten<\/a> and Yilin Xie<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week’s police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota resulted in widespread outrage and calls for protest nationwide \u2014 a protest that turned into days. Here’s what Medill reporters documented over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Public Schools teacher Amreen Khadeer holds a sign that reads \u201cI am an educator who wants to teach oppression from history books.\u201d (Nicole Girten\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago’s Loop on Friday: The first sparks of protest in Chicago<\/h1>\n

By Nicole Girten<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHICAGO \u2014 The omnipresent whirring sound of police helicopters echoed through the canyons in Chicago\u2019s downtown Loop on Friday evening. Protesters marched north on State Street, accompanied by a heavy police presence, until they were blocked by a wall of officers on Ohio Street, preventing them from moving east.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The crowd yelled \u201cSay his name, George Floyd!\u201d as they confronted the line of officers, before resuming their march up State Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChicago police should walk with us,” Chicago Public Schools teacher Amreen Khadeer said after the confrontation. “Chicago\u2019s teachers strike all the time, why can\u2019t you strike against the system?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Protesters marched south after a speech from organizers at <\/span>Clark and Superior Street<\/span>, when a demonstrator spotted Chicago Police Director Glen Brooks walking in a blue suit in the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re going to watch very closely,\u201d a protester tells CPD Director Glen Brooks walking south on Clark Street. \u201cWe know that your police are not going to keep us safe.\u201d <\/p>\n

Brooks declined to comment. #GeorgeFloydprotest<\/a> #chicagoprotest<\/a> #CPD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/iYBwFY8bBY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nicole Girten (@NicoleGirten) May 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n