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The same department that the Mayor gave $281 million of federal COVID relief money when the public health department got peanuts.
The same department that can't get its officers to wear masks. https://twitter.com/BlockClubCHI/status/1362427960935014402
The same department that can't get its officers to wear masks. https://twitter.com/BlockClubCHI/status/1362427960935014402
The same department that still can't get its officers equiped with body cams...nevermind getting them to actually turn them on. https://www.google.com/amp/s/southsideweekly.com/without-video-evidence-facts-englewood-shooting-remain-dispute/amp/
The same department that had 78 complaints of officers removing or hiding their badges and stars during protests this summer. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-police-investigating-78-complaints-of-officers-removing-or-covering-badges-during-protests/?amp&__twitter_impression=true
The same department that knocked out Miracle Boyd's teeth for protesting a racist statue that the city went ahead and removed weeks later. https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/2020/7/20/21331394/activitst-miracle-boyd-punched-face-chicago-police-officer-protest-columbus-statue
The same department that was being led by this guy...who used his badge to try and cover up his drunk driving https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1094301
The same department that voted for this guy to lead their union. https://www.google.com/amp/s/wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-police-dept-strips-fop-president-john-catanzara-of-pay-pushes-forward-with-firing/amp/
The same department that regularly raids the wrong places, often over petty drug crimes.
This time they raided a social workers home and left her naked and terrified. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/12/17/you-have-the-wrong-place-body-camera-video-shows-moments-police-handcuff-innocent-naked-woman-during-wrong-raid/
This time they raided a social workers home and left her naked and terrified. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/12/17/you-have-the-wrong-place-body-camera-video-shows-moments-police-handcuff-innocent-naked-woman-during-wrong-raid/
I'm fucking tired. And I'm fucking pissed.
I hope you are too.
I hope you are too.
Not even the Police Board President is safe from CPD.
He was beaten just hours after he finished praising CPD for having great restraint during the protests. https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/06/05/officers-hit-police-board-president-with-their-batons-during-protest-he-says/
He was beaten just hours after he finished praising CPD for having great restraint during the protests. https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/06/05/officers-hit-police-board-president-with-their-batons-during-protest-he-says/
Federal oversight from the DOJ hasn't worked either.
CPD met only 13 of the 50 deadlines for the consent decree.
These aren't suggestions or guidelines...they were requirements. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/cpd-failed-to-meet-consent-decree-reform-deadlines-report-says-/5700223
CPD met only 13 of the 50 deadlines for the consent decree.
These aren't suggestions or guidelines...they were requirements. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/cpd-failed-to-meet-consent-decree-reform-deadlines-report-says-/5700223
And we should never forget the 16 shots in the back of teenager Laquan McDonald...then a coordinated cover up.
Or Jon Burge, who tortured false confessions out of Chicagoans for years.
Or Jon Burge, who tortured false confessions out of Chicagoans for years.
It isn't biased to say this department needs to be gutted.
Murders and car jackings are still skyrocketing, despite the city continuing to throw $$$ at CPD.
We need that money to fix decades of intentional disinvestment from our city.
We have no mental health centers FFS!
Murders and car jackings are still skyrocketing, despite the city continuing to throw $$$ at CPD.
We need that money to fix decades of intentional disinvestment from our city.
We have no mental health centers FFS!
Stop being afraid to say Defund the Police...
As though we don't Defund eduction, community resources and mental health care all the time.
As though we don't Defund eduction, community resources and mental health care all the time.
I forgot about this horrible atrocity committed by CPD. There are too many too remember.
Chicago Police Ran Over Woman, Didn’t Move SUV As It Crushed Victim’s Leg For More Than 8 Minutes, Video Shows https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/01/05/chicago-police-ran-over-woman-didnt-move-squad-car-as-it-crushed-victims-leg-for-more-than-8-minutes-video-shows/
Chicago Police Ran Over Woman, Didn’t Move SUV As It Crushed Victim’s Leg For More Than 8 Minutes, Video Shows https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/01/05/chicago-police-ran-over-woman-didnt-move-squad-car-as-it-crushed-victims-leg-for-more-than-8-minutes-video-shows/
If you feel the same way as I do...but you aren't speaking up...
Your silence contributes to the continuing suffering in our city.
We have the funds to actually help our fellow Chicagoans.
We simply choose to spend them on this police department instead.
Your silence contributes to the continuing suffering in our city.
We have the funds to actually help our fellow Chicagoans.
We simply choose to spend them on this police department instead.
How are the police supposed to stop a car jacking anyway?
Fix systemic issues that cause car jackings in the first place.
Community investmemt in resources, education, mental health...those are the avenues to solving our crime problem.
We cannot police our way out of it.
Fix systemic issues that cause car jackings in the first place.
Community investmemt in resources, education, mental health...those are the avenues to solving our crime problem.
We cannot police our way out of it.
We can't even get CPD to agree they should give arrested folks their legally mandated phone call. https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/12/15/police-say-cops-need-longer-than-an-hour-to-give-detained-people-a-phone-call-but-aldermen-say-its-time-for-accountability/
But what would we do with the money from police?
Community organizers know exactly how to spend money effectively. We just need to listen to them.
They are doing incredible things with actual impact on shoestring budgets.
Give communities $$$ and let them thrive.
Community organizers know exactly how to spend money effectively. We just need to listen to them.
They are doing incredible things with actual impact on shoestring budgets.
Give communities $$$ and let them thrive.
Naperville, a suburb, is constantly touting itself as "safe"
They have approximately 1 officer for every 850 residents.
Chicago has approximately 1 officer for every 225 residents.
Chicago is nearly 4X as policed...almost like increasing police presence doesn't decrease crime?
They have approximately 1 officer for every 850 residents.
Chicago has approximately 1 officer for every 225 residents.
Chicago is nearly 4X as policed...almost like increasing police presence doesn't decrease crime?
