CHICAGO, Illinois (WNB) - Racial tensions are high in Chicago as hundreds of angry residents took to the streets Tuesday night holding photos of a Chicago youth (below, left) that was gunned down by police for no apparent reason.
16-year-old Pierre Loury died at an area hospital on Monday after police say he pointed what appears to be the same gun he's pictured holding (below, right) at officers during a foot chase after bailing from a vehicle that had been involved in an earlier shooting. Relatives and friends say that is impossible, claiming Loury was an upstanding youth who loved sports and would never own a gun. "He was a good boy - he didn't do nothing," said a relative.
Local resident LaQuashanté Walker said she witnessed the shooting, claiming Loury was peacefully walking on the sidewalk reading the Bible when a police officer suddenly ran up behind him screaming, "Die, you dirty n*gger!" then shot him. Another witness said he saw several police officers laughing while they urinated on the dying youth before he was transported to the hospital.
Authorities expect more protests as Michael Moore, "Rev." Al Sharpton, and other activists likely converge on the Windy City over the next several days.
Pierre Loury: "Good boy who loved sports"