Christmas is less than two weeks away, and shoppers in New York City can be forgiven for thinking retail is a little slow this year, judging by all the dead bodies on the floor. It’s #PeoplesMonday in the city, and tonight protesters are honoring the memory of Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times by a police officer in Chicago more than a year ago.
Dash-cam video of the McDonald shooting was only recently released, however, inspiring marches in Chicago and demands that Mayor Rahm Emanuel resign over the alleged cover-up.
Last Monday, sympathizers in New York shut down a Whole Foods in memory of Jamar Clark, and they are doing their part tonight for McDonald by pretending to be dead in Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue.
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#NYC: #PeoplesMonday in GrandCentral telling people about #LaquanMcDonald! #BlackLivesMatter #RahmResign pic.twitter.com/O8a2tcL77r
— Ash J (@AshAgony) December 15, 2015
#NYC: #PeoplesMonday doing a 16-min die-in inside Macy's for #LaquanMcDonald! #BlackLivesMatter #ResignRahm pic.twitter.com/xZWyr65aPG
— Ash J (@AshAgony) December 15, 2015
We’re guessing the woman in the Assata Taught Me shirt, honoring cop-killing fugitive Assata Shakur, didn’t find it on Macy’s clearance rack.
Next stop on the shop ’til you drop tour was Saks Fifth Avenue.
#PeoplesMonday for #LaquanMcDonald dying in at Saks Fifth Avenue #NYC pic.twitter.com/7K3L8O0dMC
— ?ALWAYS ANTIFASCIST (@ResistFascista) December 15, 2015
Everyone in this photo is a hero. Tense standoff near Lincoln Tunnel btw #PeoplesMonday & #NYPD! #LaquanMcDonald pic.twitter.com/hUuTfAJTMi”
— Ann Lewis (@annjlewis) December 15, 2015
Lincoln Tunnel traffic is flowing again now as #PeoplesMonday leaves & prepares to go do #JailSupport! #LaquanMcDonald #BlackLivesMatter
— Ash J (@AshAgony) December 15, 2015
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