Archive for April, 2016

State Law Protects Police Contract Provisions Blasted by Task Force

Wednesday, April 27th, 2016

This is how the .00001% turned the police from local control, “serve and protect,” into their own private jack-booted militia.

http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2016/State-Law-Protects-Police-Contract-Provisions-Blasted-by-Task-Force/

Chicago approves $6.45m payout to families of police violence victims

Monday, April 25th, 2016

Taxpayers continue to shell out millions as a result of the actions of their racist police department.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/13/chicago-to-pay-millions-police-killings-taskforce-report

Among Cook County’s Juvenile Delinquents, Whites Are Most Likely to Have Drug Problems

Monday, April 25th, 2016

Once again, the higher shooting rates of black teenagers by the CPD are based on racism, not criminal activities.

http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2016/Study-Incarcerated-White-Juveniles-in-Cook-County-Are-the-Most-Likely-to-Have-Drug-and-Alcohol-Problems/

Cleveland will pay $6 million to family of Tamir Rice

Monday, April 25th, 2016

The City of Cleveland and its racist mayor and police department have not learned their lesson. They’re whining over having to pay $6 million for gunning down an innocent child. The murderer should be in jail.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/04/25/1519892/-Cleveland-will-pay-6-million-to-family-of-Tamir-Rice

When Chicago cops shoot

Sunday, April 24th, 2016

Since 1986 more than 1,600 people have been shot by Chicago police officers—an average of more than one person a week. In the 208 cases closed over the last two years, not a single shooting has been found to be unjustified. Should we be reassured?

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-police-department-shooting-kevin-fry-cops-cedrick-chatman/Content?oid=17767928

Chicago’s Police Accountability Problem

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

While racism in the CPD is rampant, the root cause of problem is much more systematic, involving political, economic, social, and ethnic persecution.

http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2016/By-the-Numbers-Chicagos-Police-Accountability-Problem/

The Most Interesting Recommendations from Chicago’s Police Accountability Task Force

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

The history of reform within the Chicago Police Department has always been a ruse.

http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2016/The-Most-Interesting-Recommendations-From-Chicagos-Police-Accountability-Task-Force/

Black veteran tormented by police with out-of-reach water as he died in Tulsa cell

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Basically,the police departments in the U.S. need to be shut down and reconceived with a new set of people and a new philosophy.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/04/20/1517474/-Black-veteran-suffering-from-mental-illness-was-tormented-and-tortured-as-he-lay-dying-in-Tulsa-cell

Ex-NYPD officer gets no jail time in shooting death

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

License to kill. NYPD,CPD. All the same.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/us/nypd-officer-shooting-sentence/index.html

An international disgrace’: Jesse Jackson calls for Chicago to close Homan Square

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Now that the Cook County Board of Supervisors has asked the U.S. Justice Department to expand its investigation to include the Homan site, which hopefully results in its immediate closure, it’s time that both these organizations look into the CPD’s protection of drug trafficking in the Austin District.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/18/jesse-jackson-homan-square-chicago-police-department