# Anger Over Killing by Police Halts Shopping in Chicago

By MONICA DAVEY and MITCH SMITH

CHICAGO — Hundreds of demonstrators on Friday marched down the middle of North Michigan Avenue, the city's premier downtown shopping district, forcing the police to close the six-lane thoroughfare to vehicles and prompting some businesses to lock their doors for at least part of one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

A mix of ages and races, the protesters marched up and down the avenue, known here as the Magnificent Mile, for several hours, calling for justice in the

all for Chicagoans — including those who shop at high-end stores like Burundi, Tiffany & Company and Coach along Michigan Avenue — to think deeply about the death of Mr. McDonald, 17, who was shot on a neighborhood street, even after he lay on the ground.

"A police officer is supposed to protect us," said Deborah Lindsey, 66, a resident of the city's South Side, as she stood in the middle of Michigan Avenue. "This was just shooting a child and 16 times? That's just wrong."

On Tuesday prosecutors charged Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer,