Taste of Chicago: Black Lives Matter Activists Stage Protest at Food Festival

With the country still sore from the late killings of two African-American men by police, and also the dangerous assault on Dallas officers, activists in Chicago growled movement downtown on Saturday and effectively took their challenges inside the yearly Taste of Chicago celebration, into the Loop and up North Michigan Avenue.

Activists associated with the neighborhood Black Lives Matter development and their supporters likewise called for sightseers to withhold spending on the Magnificent Mile to rebuff City Hall for neglecting to punish officers who kill normal people.

Soon after 4 p.m., around 100 protestors accumulated amidst the Taste — on Columbus Drive, close Jackson Boulevard — after prior challenges in Daley Plaza and The Bean in Millennium Park and walks through the Loop where nonconformists discontinuously sat down amidst the street, blocking activity. In a show of solidarity, a few drivers honked in backing.

Steverson, who distinguished himself as a battle veteran, cried as he talked about the demise of Sterling and the tears of the young fellow's child at a broadcast news gathering.
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