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- Sharing ServiPosted: Dec 05, 2014 6:24 PM CST
By Alexa Helms, FOX 32 News Reporter
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
Protesters continue to march around Chicago voicing displeasure at the failure of grand juries to indict white police officers in the death of unarmed black men.
“We need justice, we need truth. The system is flawed. We are doing this to fix the system, our country, our home,” one protester said.
Dozens of protesters gathered Friday afternoon at a downtown intersection before meandering through the area. They headed to Federal Plaza and stopped near Chicago Public Schools headquarters before holding a brief rally at the city's official Christmas Tree.
Demonstrations continue across the country in the wake of the refusal of a grand jury to indict an officer in the chokehold death of 43-year-old Eric Garner. They're also protesting the failure to indict a police officer in the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Friday's group of protesters started at 1:30 p.m. on Jackson and State Street. They marched for hours into the night seeking justice. Some even lied down on the sidewalk in protest.
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Why Always meeting at Jakson and State?
The Offices of the HAMAS-LINKED COUNCIL on AMERICAN/ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR) Is at 28 E Jackson.
The Downtown Islamic Terror (Er, Prayer) Center is at 231 S. State (at Jackson)
The Muslim Student Association has a Terror (re, Prayer) Room at De Paul U, Lewis Ctr, 25 E. Jackson
The Muslim Student Association has another Center at Roosevelt U, 341 S. Michigan
Just a Coincidence, eh?