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		</div><p>Demonstrators gathered in Chicago to protest against the death of a black teenager shot by a white police officer, an incident captured on video that President Barack Obama called &#8220;deeply disturbing&#8221;.</p>
<p>About two dozen people gathered outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel&#8217;s City Hall office, a day after the release of a graphic squad-car video showing the officer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times.</p>
<p>The officer, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with first-degree murder.</p>
<p>The group held banners showing photos of other black people fatally shot by police in Chicago and elsewhere.</p>
<p>Several protesters said they were parents of black men who were killed by Chicago officers.</p>
<p>&#8220;You cannot kill our children and expect us to be quiet any longer,&#8221; Quovadis Green said. &#8220;It is unacceptable.&#8221;</p>
<p>A number of police killings of black men over the past year have given rise to the nationwide &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; movement, pushing the issue to prominence during the 2016 presidential campaign.</p>
<p>Mr Obama said he is asking Americans to &#8220;keep those who&#8217;ve suffered tragic loss in our thoughts and prayers&#8221; this Thanksgiving &#8220;and to be thankful for the overwhelming majority of men and women in uniform who protect our communities with honour&#8221;.</p>
<p>The president said he is personally grateful to the people of his home town &#8211; Chicago &#8211; for keeping protests peaceful.</p>
<p>Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton weighed in, saying the McDonald family and Chicago residents &#8220;deserve justice and accountability&#8221;.</p>
<p>One of her rivals, Senator Bernie Sanders, said all Americans &#8220;should be sickened&#8221; by the video.</p>
<p>Activist Mark Carter called on supporters to &#8220;rise up&#8221; and shut down the Magnificent Mile shopping area on Friday &#8211; the day after the Thanksgiving holiday when people traditionally flock to stores to take advantage of discounts.</p>
<p>He said protesters also planned to target the Board of Trade and other landmarks in the coming days.</p>
<p>Mr Carter and others want the Department of Justice to investigate the Chicago Police Department and its history of covering up bad behaviour.</p>
<p>The Urban League of Chicago joined in the call for an investigation, alleging a pattern of &#8220;discriminatory harassment&#8221; against black people.</p>
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