- @prisonculture So true! This 1994 @NLGnews poster, which hangs on the wall at the @NAARPR office, is perhaps fitting. http://t.co/iYPJiuLJbZ
- Horrible. RT @marymad Killer Anaheim cop still patrols, harasses victim's mother. Police vandalize memorial. Wow. http://t.co/8m27fzTBFs
- "My school is a great school, it's an exceptional school. It has everything #CPS says it wants us to have." https://t.co/VUeYS3q6QA #Chicago
- @banditelli Yeah! Here's another video of Asean speaking about his school, which is slated for closing. https://t.co/VUeYS3q6QA
- CTU President Karen Lewis speech against #CPSClosings in downtown #Chicago http://t.co/6KtInSPO6L
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Mothers of Chicago Police Torture Victims Demand the Return of their Disappeared Sons
CHICAGO – For an entire Saturday afternoon on February 23, 2013, the Mothers of Chicago Police torture victims addressed an audience of 200 people at the University of Chicago. Speakers took to the podium one after another to communicate the … Continue reading
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Wrongful Conviction and Poverty is like Peanut Butter and Jelly
By Mark A. Clements I had the opportunity of meeting Bryan Stevenson at Northwestern University School of Law as he explained his possible hearing before the United States Supreme Court in the Graham case, which rendered sentencing kids to natural … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Alvarez, Anthony Lewis, Area 2, Bill Moyers, Bryan Stevenson, California, Chicago police, CPD, criminal justice, Daniel Taylor Illinois, Gideon, inequality, Jon Burge, Louis Taylor, Mark Clements, Martin Clancy, mass incarceration, Mississippi pathologist, Oily Thomas, poverty, prison sentencing, prison-industrial complex, public defenders, Rampart Scandal, right to council, Rodney Reed, Rodney Reed Texas, Sara Kruzan, SCOTUS, Stanley Wrice, Steven Hayne, Supreme Court, Tim O’Brien, Tyrone Hood, War on Drugs
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One year on, 1 a.m. Vigil Marks the Struggle for Justice, Celebrates the Life of Rekia Boyd
CHICAGO—Undeterred by subfreezing temperatures, 25 family members, friends, and activists held a candlelight vigil at 1 a.m. this morning to commemorate the life of twenty-two year old Rekia Boyd and demand that her murderer be brought to justice. The Nite … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonio Cross, Antonio Cross Chicago, Chicago Crime, Chicago News, Chicago police, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Involved Shootings, Chicago Shootings, Chicago Street Violence, Independent Police Review Authority, IPRA, Michael Chandler, police accountability, Police Brutality, Police Crime, Rekia Boyd, Rekia Boyd Chicago, Rekia Boyd Shot
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Silencing the Chicago “Code of Silence”
CHICAGO—In an unanticipated move, the City of Chicago took tangible legal steps in federal court this week to silence the Chicago Police Department’s “code of silence.” The city announced it had struck a macabre deal with Karolina Obrycka, a bartender … Continue reading
Video is the New Reality: One Year after Flint Farmer was Senselessly Killed by Chicago Police
CHICAGO, Illinois – There was a time when civilian witness and police accounts represented the most definitive source of information when trying to assess right versus wrong, particularly with something as emotionally charged as a homicide. Those times are gone. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago police, Emmett Farmer, Flint Farmer, police accountability, Police Brutality, video evidence
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