Latest: Groups want Chicago Police Department investigated

Chicago police scuffle with protesters in Chicago, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. White Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times last year, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Chicago police scuffle with protesters in Chicago, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. White Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times last year, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a Black teenager by a White Chicago police officer (all times local):
2:15 p.m.
Advocacy groups and community leaders are calling for more investigations of the Chicago Police Department and authorities after the release of a video that shows a White police officer shooting a Black teen.

The video was released Tuesday hours after the officer was charged with first-degree murder.
The Urban League of Chicago on Wednesday called for a federal Department of Justice investigation, alleging a pattern of “discriminatory harassment” against Black people.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says officers involved should be fired or at least suspended. He also wants a special prosecutor on the case, saying Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez took too long to bring a murder charge in the 2014 shooting.
A group of activists is expected to meet Wednesday to call for an independent investigation of police conduct.
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1:50 p.m.
A Cook County judge has dismissed a charge against a protester accused of hitting a police officer in Chicago.
Twenty-two-year-old Malcolm London was among five protesters arrested during demonstrations sparked by a video of a Black teenager being fatally shot last year by a White police officer.
London was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer. Police said he struck an officer during one protest Tuesday night in downtown Chicago.
Judge Peggy Chiampas said during a hearing Wednesday afternoon that the state’s attorney’s office recommended the charge be dismissed and told London he was free to go.
London, who was wearing a T-shirt with the phrase “Unapologetically black” on it, walked outside the courthouse to loud cheers. A crowd gathered outside chanted, “We’re going to be all right” and “Set our people free.”
Prosecutors did not say why their office recommended dropping the charge.
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1:45 p.m.
A group of activists is calling for people to protest the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager and shut down a major retail corridor in downtown Chicago on Black Friday.
About two dozen protesters spoke Wednesday outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s City Hall office.
The gathering followed the Tuesday release of a squad-car video showing a white police officer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times. Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder.
Several protesters said they were parents of Black men who also had been shot and killed by Chicago police.
The group wants people to shut down Michigan Avenue, known as Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” on Friday. They also want the Department of Justice to investigate.
Protester Quovadis Green says: “You cannot kill our children and expect us to be quiet any longer.”
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8:15 a.m.
Chicago police say they arrested five protesters during overnight demonstrations sparked by a video of a 2014 police shooting.
The five people were charged with offenses including hitting a police officer, weapons possession and resisting arrest.
One of those arrested was 38-year-old Dean M. Vanriper of Murrieta, California. Police say he had a stun gun and a knife.
A 22-year-old Chicago man, Malcolm London, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery of a police officer. Police say he struck an officer during one protest Tuesday night in downtown Chicago.
The officer was treated for injuries that weren’t life-threatening and released.
London and Vanriper were scheduled to appear in bond court later Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether either man already had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
Police say protests were largely peaceful and there was no damage to private property.
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2:30 a.m.
Most protesters in Chicago seemed to honor pleas for restraint in the hours after the release of a dash-cam video showing the shooting death of a black teen by a white police officer.
Demonstrators took to the streets Tuesday night, at times numbering in the hundreds. There were a few tense moments, and at least two people were arrested. But the demonstrations dissipated in the early morning hours Wednesday without any reports of damage or injuries.
Protest groups are expected to stage more demonstrations in the days ahead, including one at City Hall scheduled for Wednesday and another seeking to block Michigan Avenue during Friday’s holiday shopping bonanza.
The protests came after the release of the dash-cam video in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times. Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer, was charged with first-degree murder in McDonald’s death earlier Tuesday.

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