Winning Justice for Rekia Boyd!
Originally published July 31, 2015 SAY HER NAME: Chicago Stands With Rekia!
Category Archives: Police
How Can We Stop the Violence?
Originally published July 14, 2015 In June, Chicago’s “Open University of the Left” kindly invited the Gay Liberation Network‘s co-founder Andy Thayer to speak about the devastating level of violence in Chicago Continue Reading →
Protest for Reparations
Originally published March 20, 2015 Activists Take Their Demand for Justice for Jon Burge Torture Victims to City Hall March 16 & 18, 2015 “We don’t want anyone else to say, ‘I Continue Reading →
Reparations, Not Black Sites
Originally published March 17, 2015 March 2nd – Daley Plaza Rally called for passage of Chicago’s Reparations Ordinance and an investigation of the Homan Square police lock-up scandal. Watch Flint Continue Reading →
Shut Down Homan Square!
Originally published March 17, 2015 West Side Interrogation Site Under Fire February 28, 2015 Photos from the first protest against the alleged abuse of arrestees at Homan Square — denial of Continue Reading →
Vigil for 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice — Gunned Down by Cleveland Police
On the 3-month anniversary of the Cleveland Police killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Chicagoans joined people from around the nation to remember the slain youth and to speak out about Continue Reading →
Secretive Chicago Police Facility Abuses Rights of the Accused
Originally published February 27, 2015 Activists Demand Shut Down of “Black Site” in Chicago CHICAGO – After a recent ground-breaking report in The Guardiannewspaper exposed an apparent “black site” on the city’s West Continue Reading →
Rally for Reparations for Police Torture Survivors
Originally published 2/21/15 Darryl Canon, survivor of torture by Chicago Police, leads the call for passage of the Chicago Reparations Ordinance, which would provide counseling, educational support and other aid for victims Continue Reading →
Youth-Led MLK Day Event on the West Side
Reclaim MLK Day!
On January 15, 2015 an inter-generational coalition of activists and community members, led by youth of color, held a march and rally aimed at reclaiming the radical legacy of Dr. Continue Reading →