Press Release on the Englewood Police Shooting
Chicago, IL — Yesterday, August 9, 2020, Chicago police shot another Black person in Englewood. Chicago police allege that they stopped someone who they suspected of possessing a gun. Next,...
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10 Demands of BLMCHI
Download these demands on a poster (JPG or PDF) 1. CLOSE HOMAN SQUARE We demand the immediate closing of Homan Square (and all other unknown “black sites”) where over 7,000...
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BAN Defund CPD Demands
Chicago spends nearly 40% of its annual budget, over $1.8 billion, on the Chicago Police Department. For years, young Black people and the movements behind them have called for taking...
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Justice For Families
We honor your lives. We speak your names. We refuse to allow you to be erased. Justice for Families (JFF) is a working group of Black Lives Matter: Chicago. We are...
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About Us
Black Lives Matter Chicago is an intersectional vehicle that values Black people and our right to self-determination. We fight for justice with families most impacted, while working to create just and equitable systems.
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Know Your Rights
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN PROTESTING Given the increased criminalization of protesters as well as many events including ones that occurred in Oakland on December 10, 2014, with the...
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Donate
Make a donation to help us continue this important organizing work. All contributions are cherished and appreciated!
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Chicago Movement Leaders Respond to Mayor Lightfoot’s Removal of the Columbus Statues
In the early morning hours Friday, the City of Chicago finally removed two statues of the colonizer Christopher Columbus. As stated by Chi-Nations Youth Council, “the people got this statue...
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Free Stanley Howard! Free all Torture Survivors!
On November 1, 1984 Stanley Howard was arrested and subjected to torture by Chicago Police detectives James Lotito, Ronald Boffo, John Byrne and Robert Dwyer under the command of...
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Video: 40,000 Chicagoans Demand #DefundCPD
Video by Sensitive Visuals Photos by Love & Struggle Photos Music by Rebel Diaz
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Talk to an Attorney to Report Brutality Experienced During Protests
Over 2,000 people have been arrested since the May 30th Day of Action on Saturday and so many have been beaten, slammed to the ground, had guns pulled on us...