Posted on 12/10/2015 5:47:01 AM PST by simpson96
Hundreds of protesters demanding an investigation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration flooded downtown Chicago streets Wednesday afternoon as part of a citywide walkout just hours after Emanuel publicly apologized for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald and vowed to fix broken Chicago police practices.
The group chanted "Whose city? Our city," "Who's got to go? Rahm's got to go," and "No more killer cops."
Demonstrators gathered at Daley Plaza at noon and started marching on North Dearborn. Police briefly detained two people during the protest near Dearborn and Washington as several other activists gathered around the vehicle chanting "Hell no, we won't go." The two demonstrators were later released.
"It's bigger than the shooting of Laquan MCDonald, the murder of Percy Coleman's son, it's bigger than Ronnie man, Ronald Johnson," said Willie J.R. Fleming with the Anti-Eviction Campaign. "It's a cultural corruption. It's the daily practice and procedures of the Chicago Police Department, the City Council of Chicago and the mayor's office."
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He’ll probably be appointed a czar of something next week....by you know who....
Is this even being covered in the media at all?
My local stations arent even talking about this.
I have no issue with the cops taking out the Dindu trash, but Rahm needs to go too.
Why is this protest being called a walkout? That seems odd.
Rahm helped create the monster that is now turning on him...can’t help but enjoy the spectacle, especially since he thought sacrificing his police chief to the howling #SJW mob would satisfy its bloodlust.
OH MY....you mean the ‘godfather’ got his tail in a wringer???
He’s one of obuma’s finest, how could this be? All that time and all that money that obuma spent on this man and now look, he could be thrown out on his rear end in the street...oh the glory of it all!!!
From what I saw of it, it looked like 100 or so people but it made national news. I saw the crowd from an overhead camera shot and thought, that’s it, that’s the WHOLE protest? A hundred people or so? Just another example of the media making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Pardon me—but pass the popcorn.
This is fascinating, how Rahm is being thrown under the bus, in Chicago, with the seeming cooperation of the Obama Administration.
Why is such a loyal soldier to the Left being put in the hot seat?
Usually that happens to those who won’t tow the company line.
Yeah but these people are like weeds, even if he goes, he’ll pop up somewhere. Look what it took to get rid of anthony weiner....and he STILL tried to make a comeback. These types of people don’t seem to have any shame.
The BLM protesters are as delusional as they were when they voted for this commie Demonicrat in thinkingfeeling that he gives a crap about them.
Either Chicago is a lot smaller than I thought it was, or this wasn't much of a "flood".
The chickens have come home to roost.
Who knew that when the Alinsky types started stirring up the racial pot it would boil over onto them? Sweet.
The slaves are turning on their masters.
They may take out one of the leading left wing socialist demonrats using the tactic's that were designed to hammer conservatives.
This is only going to get better as more welfareians may actually be seeing the light. Perhaps they can free themselves from the bondage of liberalism.
What good is an EBT card and other welfare benefits if your gunned down in the street or blowed up by terrorists your masters let into your cities?
Grey Popoun anybody...?
“The chickens have come home to roost” Rev. Wright
The thousands of protestors could effectively form a watch group that could literally shut down the need for cops in their neighborhoods.
But that wouldnt be as glamorous.
Let them suffer their demands.
A hundred people in a city of three million is hardly “flooding the streets.” It’s two-for-one sliders day at White Castle.
Orville Redenbacher ping.
I just cannot imagine this going on when Daley was in charge in Chi Town. I love those images of the 1968 Dem Convention there. The best result is it virtually guaranteed a GOP win in the coming election as the lefty scum was on full public view. Not much different then the lefty crowd today albeit the issues are somewhat different. Their methods demonstrate, no pun, their ideals: our way or the highway.
Buckwheat you say,did ja hear?,
Buckwheat converted to ISLAM.He is now called Kareem of Wheat
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