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,...
In The Media
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Chicago Police Accountability Activists Score Temporary Victory as City Council Postpones Vote on Cop Academy
https://visu.news/2018/05/23/chicagonocopacademywin/ The Chicago City Council postponed a planned vote on building a new $95 million police academy on the City’s West Side on Tuesday amid a contentious City Council meeting that saw hundreds of protesters in and outside the building.
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Community Groups Finalize Consent Decree Demands for Chicago Police Department
https://www.theroot.com/community-groups-finalize-consent-decree-demands-for-ch-1826058090 The 125-page “Recommendations for the Consent Decree in State of Illinois v. City of Chicago” was made public Tuesday by community groups involved in the Campbell v. City of Chicago class action lawsuit.
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Personal Stories Shared at Black Lives Matter, STOP Event on Mental Health
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/4/10/personal-stories-shared-black-lives-matter-stop-ev/ The Chicago branch of Black Lives Matter and local activist group Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP) cohosted an event on Friday titled “Stories Against Stigma.”
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Activists repurpose newspaper box into food depository in Bronzeville
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by Marissa Page
The red-and-white newspaper box once held editions of the Frederick News-Post, a local newspaper for a northern Maryland county of the same name. Now 650 miles away, the box resides in a garden on the southeast corner of Calumet Avenue and 51st Street. It bears a fresh coat of paint, and inside its contents range from Bulls T-shirts to applesauce cups.