Chicago's Michigan Avenue, calling for Mayor
Rahm Emanuel to step down and aiming to
disrupt Christmas Eve shopping in a glittering,
upscale commercial area.
The demonstration was peaceful, but after the
main march concluded, police scuffled with a few
dozen protesters who were trying to block the
entrance to an H&M store and to obstruct traffic
both ways on Michigan Avenue, a major
thoroughfare.
During the march, demonstrators chanted "Sixteen
shots and a cover-up," protesting the year-long
delay in bringing murder charges against police
officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed
Laquan McDonald in October 2014 as the black
teenager walked away from police, according to
footage of the incident.
Shoppers and tourists mostly took in their stride
Thursday's protest, which was not as big as a
2,000-person march on "Black Friday" Nov. 27,
which blocked traffic into several Michigan
Avenue stores.
"I think it's a good reminder, especially on
Christmas Eve, that it's not all about gifts
and the commercialization of Christmas,"
said Barbara Hutchinson, 64, from St.
Louis.
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