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Activists plan Black Friday shopping boycott in Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) - Activists are calling for a shopping boycott on Chicago's Magnificent Mile on the busiest shopping day of the year. 
The boycott of the city's famed shopping district on Friday is being organized by a group called the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. 

 
The group is protesting the city's refusal to establish an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council in the year since a video was released showing a white police officer fatally shooting black teen Laquan McDonald. 

The group also shut down much of Chicago's Michigan Avenue on Black Friday last year.

The city has implemented a number of reforms but critics complain the city has not done enough. City officials say they plan to create a non-elected citizen oversight board next year. 

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