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About 100 people took to one of Omaha’s busiest intersections Friday to protest a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a police officer who shot and killed a teenager.

Chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “This is what democracy looks like,” the group at 72nd and Dodge Streets erupted in cheers when passing motorists honked in support of the cause.

Albert Bryan Blanco, a University of Nebraska at Omaha student and one of the organizers, said he hoped a message was being sent.

“This is not just an injustice to Ferguson but to the entirety of the United States,” said Blanco, 21.

Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri.

This week, a grand jury chose not to indict Wilson in the death.

People across the country have been rallying against the decision.

An earlier, smaller protest was held in Omaha on Thursday at the Holiday Lights Festival downtown.