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"It's a little scary, but at least it's keeping us safe," Kim Miller, of Boston, said of the heavy security. "We're having fun." City officials have said there are no known, cred- ible threats against New York following the deadly attacks in Paris and a video purportedly produced by the Islamic State group that contained footage of Times Square. But Police Com- missioner William Bratton said more than 2,500 offi- cers would nevertheless be stationed along the parade route for the Thanksgiv- ing festivities — the largest number of officers the de- partment has ever assigned to the event. The parade, in its 89th year, included marching bands and floats along with Hello Kitty, Snoopy, Sponge- Bob SquarePants and other giant balloons. Pamela and Tom Popp of Ridgefield, New Jersey, said they've come to the parade every year for at least 20 years. "It's just a very special part of our holiday," Pa- mela Popp said. "We're very proud of New York City and this wonderful tradition." Her husband noted the right security. "I see the cops on top of Radio City," Tom Popp said. "Never saw that before." Paradereturns in St. Louis In St. Louis, a modest- sized crowd gathered on an unseasonably warm morn- ing for the annual Thanks- giving Day parade that was canceled last year amid protests and widespread arrests over the death of Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, and other po- lice shootings. The 2014 parade was supposed to be held sev- eral days after a St. Louis County grand jury decided to not indict former Fergu- son police Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, in Brown's death. Chicago protesters pause After two days of demon- strations following the re- lease of a video that shows a white Chicago police of- ficer shooting and killing black teenager Laquan Mc- Donald in 2014, protest or- ganizers said there were no marches planned for Thanksgiving. Instead, they said they were prepar- ing for a march through the city's famed shopping dis- trict, the Magnificent Mile, on Friday. At the White House, kale two ways Obama says Thanksgiv- ing is a day for food, foot- ball and hoping "the turkey didn't turn out too dry." Even if the White House's thyme-roasted bird didn't turn out to be the moist- est, the first family's menu boasted more than enough other choices to fill the stomach. There was honey-baked ham with apricot-mustard glaze, and prime rib and creamed horseradish, ac- cording to the White House. And two kinds of stuffing: cornbread with chorizo and "roasted peppers oyster." As for the veggies, the Obamas could enjoy some braised winter greens — collards, kale, and turnip greens — in addition to kale Caesar salad. Green bean casserole, too. Plus, the macaroni and cheese, sweet potato gratin and Yukon Gold mashed po- tatoes As for dessert, it seemed Pie Day came early: banana cream, coconut cream, pumpkin, apple, pecan and cherry. A parade tradition in Detroit For Arthur Galea, get- ting to Detroit on Thanks- giving for the city's annual parade has been a 65-year tradition. He has missed only three over that time, Galea told the Detroit Free Press from the parade route. "I sleep overnight here," said Galea, 90, of West Branch. "We all have Thanksgiving dinner here." The family was among tens of thousands of spec- tators who lined Wood- ward Avenue for America's Thanksgiving Parade. The lineup included 180 clowns, 150 papier-mache Big Heads, 25 floats and 13 marching bands. Actor Tim Allen served as grand mar- shal. Holiday shopping Retailers that started opening on Thanksgiving in recent years have settled into times that don't inter- fere with the turkey feast. Most of the more than a dozen major retailers like Macy's, Target and Kohl's are sticking with their 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. openings. One big exception: J.C. Pen- ney, which is opening two hours earlier at 3 p.m. Sta- ples has reversed course and will close on the hol- iday. And sporting goods chain REI, which was al- ways closed on Thanksgiv- ing, is bowing out of Black Friday, too. NYC FROMPAGE1 older and will be decorated with the Christmas theme, according to the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce website. The Downtown Red Bluff Business Association and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce are the sponsors of the parade. For more information, visit redbluffchamber.com or call 527-6220. Parade FROM PAGE 1 JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS The California Highway Patrol float turns onto Main Street from Walnut Street in the 2013Downtown Red Bluff Christmas Parade. ANDRES KUDACKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The balloon Angry Bird is moved through Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday. BOB OWEN — SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Gabriel Vera, 5, places slices of pumpkin pie on a long table to be served at the Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner, where San Antonians gather for dinner, Thursday at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. By Michael Tarm and Sara Burnett The Associated Press CHICAGO A black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer was a ward of the state when he died, having spent years being shuttled between dif- ferent relatives' homes and foster care from the time he was 3. Laquan McDonald, whose name demonstrators have shouted for two days and will shout again during a planned rally to disrupt the city's famed Magnifi- cent Mile shopping corri- dor Friday, lived a troubled, disadvantaged life and had at least one previous brush with the law. School officials and the McDonald family law- yer say there were signs Laquan was trying to get his life in order, though prosecutors say he had drugs in his system and was burglarizing cars on Oct. 20, 2014 — the night a squad-car video captured officer Jason Van Dyke shooting him. "It takes a while to get a life back on track," said Thomas Gattuso, the prin- cipal at the alternative high school that McDonald was attending. "With Laquan, we unfortunately never got to finish his story." Protesters and civil rights activists are de- manding more investiga- tions and police reform af- ter Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder this week. There have been two nights of small, peace- ful demonstrations, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson and oth- ers have called for a "mas- sive" march on Black Fri- day along Michigan Ave- nue, a swank downtown boulevard that's normally packed with post-Thanks- giving shoppers. McDonald's family has appealed for calm, and his mother at least initially op- posed the public release of the graphic dashcam video showing his death, attorney Michael Robbins said. "Don't resort to violence in Laquan's name," a fam- ily statement said Monday. The family, who received a $5 million settlement from the city months be- fore Van Dyke was charged even without filing a law- suit, has declined to speak with the media. Robbins would not comment on the family's history other than acknowledging it was bro- ken up. He said McDonald grew up without his father involved in his life. McDonald's mother had been making efforts to re- gain custody of her son be- fore he was killed and had been granted permission to take a younger sister back into her home, Rob- bins said. CHICAGO Te en k il le d by o ffic er ha d br ok en , tr ou bl ed f am il y NUCCIO DINUZZO — CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago police scuffle with protesters in Chicago on Tuesday. White Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16times last year, was charged with first-degree murder, hours before the city released a video of the killing. By Jonathan Drew The Associated Press RALEIGH,N.C. State troop- ers suing North Carolina for millions of dollars in back pay say the state's broken promises have forced them into tough spots: working second jobs, moving in with par- ents, even going on food stamps. About 800 troopers — equivalent to half the force — have joined a class-ac- tion lawsuit arguing that the state promised a sched- ule of regular pay increases when they were hired, but reneged because of budget problems. Many took pay cuts when they were re- cruited from other agen- cies, expecting to catch up quickly because of raises traditionally given about once a year. "I don't think people un- derstand the hard times we're going through," said Master Trooper Rick Qui- nones, who lives with his wife and two young daugh- ters in a spare bedroom at his parents' house. His wife and children are covered by Medicaid, he said, and they use WIC government food assis- tance. "That's a hit on your pride, especially when you're supposed to be the best that the state has to offer," he said. The group, which in- cludes some former troop- ers, is appealing after a trial court judge ruled against them in the nearly 2-year-old case. "We took an oath to pro- tect the public, and that's what we do. We are in harm's way every day," said Robbie Terry, a 47-year- old master trooper who's based in Columbus County. "It's all about what's right and wrong, and we have been wronged. We've not been paid the money that we were promised." When Terry became a trooper about eight years ago, he took a pay cut of several thousand dollars from his job as an 8-year veteran of the Lumberton Police Department. He fig- ured the move would pay off because of the raises — 5 percent about once a year — described by recruiters and listed in a pamphlet. Then pay freezes started in 2009. Traditionally, troop- ers received the raises for about six years until they became master troop- ers, commanding a sal- ary around $60,000. But troopers who had yet to reach top pay before the freeze are way behind, said Fred Barbour, a lawyer for the troopers. For example, Terry and Quinones are each mak- ing around $45,000 de- spite both reaching mas- ter trooper rank. Lawmakers agreed last year to an increase of around 5 percent for troop- ers who hadn't reached top-pay status. Another such raise is due next year, and a separate boost of 3 percent was given to all troopers, regardless of pay status, in 2015. Still, troopers argue damage has already been done: Terry says he's be- hind by tens of thousands of dollars. And if his pay doesn't catch up before retires in a few years, the pain will be compounded by lower retirement bene- fits based on his salary. During warm-weather months, he works eight hours each day off cutting grass to supplement his income. The worst part has been losing time with his two sons during their teenage years while work- ing two jobs: "That's years you can't get back." Others have faced deeper hardship. Sgt. Dan- iel Jenkins, president of the North Carolina Troop- ers Association, said the group has given finan- cial help to several troop- ers behind on house pay- ments or swamped with medical bills. He's heard of as many as a dozen using food stamps or other gov- ernment assistance, but he suspects others keep the problems to themselves. "They are very proud. They're ashamed that they can't make ends meet. The real number could be much higher," he said. The recession caused budget problems for de- partments around the country. A Police Execu- tive Research Forum sur- vey of more than 600 agen- cies in 2010 found more than half curtailed salaries among other belt-tighten- ing measures. The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Chuck Canterbury, said there have been fights at the bargaining table by state police unions else- where since the Great Re- cession, but North Caro- lina is the only place where he's aware of troopers su- ing over pay. Canterbury said he's heard of officers elsewhere — usually at small-town police departments — who qualify for food stamps or are making close to mini- mum wage. Quinones, who patrols Moore and Hoke counties southwest of Raleigh, said his parents offered to let him move in around the time he got married three years ago because he was having trouble keeping his head above water finan- cially. NORTH CAROLINA Tr oo pe rs o n fo od stamps taking second jobs amid pay fight The Associated Press WASHINGTON A man draped in an American flag climbed over the fence at the White House on Thurs- day, prompting a lockdown as the first family cele- brated Thanksgiving. The man was imme- diately apprehended and taken into custody pend- ing criminal charges, the Secret Service said in a statement. The incident took place about 2:45 p.m. EST. An image of a man atop a section of fence in front of the North Lawn was posted on the website of television station WJLA. Another image showed the man standing on the lawn with his arms raised in vic- tory. The north and south fence lines at the White House were temporar- ily closed, Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said. In the hours after the incident, numerous armed security personnel were seen along the streets and sidewalks outside the exec- utive mansion. President Barack Obama and his wife and daughters were spending the holiday at the White House. INTRUDER White House undergoes holiday lockdown a er man jumps over fence FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A