Demonstrators Shut Down Lake Shore Drive Near NFL Draft Town

CHICAGO, IL - Protesters shut down part of Lake Shore Drive near NFL Draft Town on Saturday.

Organizers from Black Lives Matter: Chicago, Assata's Daughters and the fierce femmes of F.L.Y. marched down Lake Shore Drive to demand the firing of Chicago police detective Dante Servin and protest the recent layoffs at Chicago State University.

"Our continued resistance serves as the penalty for destroying Black Lives. There will be no uninterrupted NFL Draft Town when Black women die without justice. There will be no silence while Mayor Emanuel and the city council are cutting a $302,000 deal for an event worth $3.2 million at the same time that we cannot afford to fund Black education," a statement from organizers said. "We choose to #RememberRekia by demanding that Dante Servin is fired without a pension and instead that decision makers commit full, permanent funding to Chicago State University."

Servin was found not guilty of killing 22-year-old Rekia Boyd in April 2015. The detective was off-duty when he opened fire in a confrontation with three people in 2012.

On Friday, a third of the staff at Chicago State University was laid off. The college serves mostly minority and low-income students.

The Chicago Tribune reported traffic was being allowed through Lake Shore Drive near Jackson Drive as of about 1:05 p.m. and about 20 demonstrators have been arrested.

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