Hundreds of protesters shut down central Chicago yesterday while calling on mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign over the shooting of unarmed teenager Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke. But while you might have assumed the march was organized by local activists or McDonald's grieving family - it was in fact instigated by an NYU freshman from her dorm room 800 miles away. Rachel Brown, who grew up in Chicago but now lives in New York, said she created the Facebook event which led to yesterday's demonstration as 'a joke' and was actually asleep as it took place. Brown, whose Twitter page is emblazoned with the message 'oh hey b******, just here to f*** s*** up! ', added today that she was 'super stoked' at the turnout.Rachel Brown, 18, created Facebook event asking Chicago mayor to resignBrown is from Chicago, but created the page from her dorm room at NYUShe says the event was meant as 'a joke', but soon turned into a real marchWhile Brown slept through the demonstration which closed down streets in Chicago yesterday, she said that she was 'super stoked' at the turnoutMayor Rahm Emanuel has been facing calls to step down over shooting of unarmed teenager Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van DykeDespite Emanuel issuing an apology yesterday, protests continued today
'I'm very very happy but i don't think it's fair for me to take an amount of credit where people think that somehow one girl at _ managed to spark a protest of hundreds in an entirely different city.' Hundreds of mostly young demonstrators eventually turned out, temporarily shutting down some streets and chanting 'no more killer cops' and '_ must go.' Speaking to Dailymail.com, _ criticized mayor Emanuel, saying: 'He is not being held accountable for his actions regarding not only Laquan McDonald's case, but many other similar cases as well.