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| Hundreds protest near Homan Square after Chicago teen killed by police | Hundreds protest near Homan Square after Chicago teen killed by police |
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| Less than 24 hours after a 16-year-old boy was killed by Chicago police, hundreds of protesters gathered in the Homan Square neighborhood to protest about the latest police killing in the city. | Less than 24 hours after a 16-year-old boy was killed by Chicago police, hundreds of protesters gathered in the Homan Square neighborhood to protest about the latest police killing in the city. |
| Protesters assembled on Tuesday evening near where Pierre Loury was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer. Police said Pierre was killed in an “armed confrontation” with officers. During a vigil for the teenager, community members and activists mourned the latest black resident to be killed by the city’s police. | Protesters assembled on Tuesday evening near where Pierre Loury was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer. Police said Pierre was killed in an “armed confrontation” with officers. During a vigil for the teenager, community members and activists mourned the latest black resident to be killed by the city’s police. |
| “He should be here right now,” said Aislinn Sol, a leader of the local Black Lives Matter chapter, which helped organized Tuesday’s vigil. “What happened was unconscionable. There is no excuse – there is no excuse for taking his life.” | “He should be here right now,” said Aislinn Sol, a leader of the local Black Lives Matter chapter, which helped organized Tuesday’s vigil. “What happened was unconscionable. There is no excuse – there is no excuse for taking his life.” |
| Police said Pierre was shot on Monday after officers stopped a car they believed was connected to an earlier shooting. Pierre jumped out of the car and was killed when he turned and pointed a gun at an officer, authorities said. Investigators said they had recovered a gun from the scene. | Police said Pierre was shot on Monday after officers stopped a car they believed was connected to an earlier shooting. Pierre jumped out of the car and was killed when he turned and pointed a gun at an officer, authorities said. Investigators said they had recovered a gun from the scene. |
| Related: The hidden: how Chicago police kept thousands isolated at Homan Square | Related: The hidden: how Chicago police kept thousands isolated at Homan Square |
| A woman who witnessed the shooting told the Chicago Tribune that Pierre was shot as he was scaling a fence. | A woman who witnessed the shooting told the Chicago Tribune that Pierre was shot as he was scaling a fence. |
| “They shot him in the air,” said the woman, whom the paper did not identify. “His pants leg got caught on the fence and he hit the ground. If he hadn’t gotten shot, he would have cleared the fence.” | “They shot him in the air,” said the woman, whom the paper did not identify. “His pants leg got caught on the fence and he hit the ground. If he hadn’t gotten shot, he would have cleared the fence.” |
| The woman, who told the Tribune she had seen the shooting through her window, said she had not seen a gun but that it had been dark out. | The woman, who told the Tribune she had seen the shooting through her window, said she had not seen a gun but that it had been dark out. |
| An anonymous law enforcement source confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that the teenager was killed while climbing a fence when his clothing became tangled. | An anonymous law enforcement source confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that the teenager was killed while climbing a fence when his clothing became tangled. |
| The officer who shot Pierre has been placed on administrative leave for 30 days in accordance with a new policy. | The officer who shot Pierre has been placed on administrative leave for 30 days in accordance with a new policy. |
| Pierre’s death is the only the latest flashpoint in a long string of increasingly publicized killings by Chicago police. | Pierre’s death is the only the latest flashpoint in a long string of increasingly publicized killings by Chicago police. |
| Last year, officer Robert Rialmo shot and killed 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier while the teen was apparently in the midst of a mental health crisis. Rialmo said LeGrier swung a baseball bat at him before he opened fire in the teenager’s apartment building. LeGrier’s neighbor Bettie Jones was standing near LeGrier when he was killed. | |
| LeGrier’s mother attended Tuesday’s vigil more than three months after her son’s death. | LeGrier’s mother attended Tuesday’s vigil more than three months after her son’s death. |
| “The one thing I asked the mayor to do for me is to not let another mother go through what I am going through,” Janet Cooksey said. “This child, my child, we want some justice.” | “The one thing I asked the mayor to do for me is to not let another mother go through what I am going through,” Janet Cooksey said. “This child, my child, we want some justice.” |
| Pierre was shot only a few blocks from the Homan Square police facility, where police documentation obtained by the Guardian has shown more than 7,300 people have been detained for interrogation, with fewer than 1% receiving a lawyer. Those internal records also show at least two people dying in police custody at Homan Square and at least 14 being punched, struck with batons and Tasered. | Pierre was shot only a few blocks from the Homan Square police facility, where police documentation obtained by the Guardian has shown more than 7,300 people have been detained for interrogation, with fewer than 1% receiving a lawyer. Those internal records also show at least two people dying in police custody at Homan Square and at least 14 being punched, struck with batons and Tasered. |
| During the vigil, angered community members took over the mic and began yelling: “Let’s go to the black site!” | During the vigil, angered community members took over the mic and began yelling: “Let’s go to the black site!” |
| The crowd slowly made its way down the alley where Pierre was shot and around the corner to the front of the police warehouse. | The crowd slowly made its way down the alley where Pierre was shot and around the corner to the front of the police warehouse. |
| The group of community members and citywide activists blocked traffic for approximately 10 minutes while standing in a circle, fists raised towards the sky and chanting in unison for the end of police violence in Chicago. | The group of community members and citywide activists blocked traffic for approximately 10 minutes while standing in a circle, fists raised towards the sky and chanting in unison for the end of police violence in Chicago. |
| Related: Chicago policing taskforce calls black distrust of department 'justified' | Related: Chicago policing taskforce calls black distrust of department 'justified' |
| “We want you all to know what this black site is all about,” one man who helped lead the group on the vigil march yelled to the group largely made up of young people in the area that knew Pierre. | “We want you all to know what this black site is all about,” one man who helped lead the group on the vigil march yelled to the group largely made up of young people in the area that knew Pierre. |
| One man and one 17-year-old girl were arrested in connection with Tuesday evening’s protests, police said. | One man and one 17-year-old girl were arrested in connection with Tuesday evening’s protests, police said. |
| Pierre is the third person to be killed by Chicago police so far this year, according to The Counted, the Guardian’s ongoing database of police killings in the US. | Pierre is the third person to be killed by Chicago police so far this year, according to The Counted, the Guardian’s ongoing database of police killings in the US. |