Chicago police crackdown on protests over police murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
On Friday night, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Logan Square Park on Chicago’s Northwest Side to protest the killing of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Chicago cop Eric Stillman in the working class neighborhood of Little Village on the city’s Southwest Side early in the morning on March 29.
Demonstrators marched en route to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s residence in the Logan Square neighborhood, which swelled to thousands. Police barricades set up near the mayor’s home prevented the crowd from getting close and police made preparations to suppress demonstrations throughout the weekend and coming days.
Violent Clashes Break Out in Chicago, NYC and Minnesota
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Hundreds protest Chicago police killing of 13-year-old boy Adam Toledo
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There was a fatal police shooting at a park in Portland Friday morning. It started when a call was placed to police reporting a white man pointing a gun in the park. Police arrived and, according to a witness who filmed the encounter, the man became irate. He was shirtless and didn’t appear to be armed at that point, though the witness said he’d seen him with a gun earlier. Police attempted to issue orders and locate then gun but when the man bent down to pick something off the ground, one of the officers shot him. The man died at the scene. As many as 250 protesters showed up at the park Friday morning while police created a line of officers to keep people out of the scene.