PPL's Response Team @ChiCopWatch
The People's Response Team rapidly responds to police shootings in Chicago. We aim to respond, document & connect families & loved ones affected with resources. Chicago, IL Joined July 2014-
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So if you want to come see some badass attorneys argue about decisions and cop academies, come through tomorrow morning. I’ll be there. Again. 9:30 in Room 2301 at the Daley Center. #NoCopAcademy #Fuck12 #FOIA
So our attorneys are back in court tomorrow to see if the Mayor’s Office has figured itself out yet. Since March of 2018 we’ve been fighting for over 400 pages of hidden emails and documents regarding the cop academy. A THREAD: #NoCopAcademy #NoCopFOIA #FOIA
If you are voting for her because you think she's going to do anything for police accountability, the joke is definitely on you. But it's costing Black & Brown communities. Remember that. #StopLightfoot
Reading the complaints that are publicly available on cpdp.co literally made me sick to my stomach. (Like this one - CW, racial slurs & mysogeny) assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4762…) LIGHTFOOT DIDN'T SUSTAIN A SINGLE COMPLAINT AGAINST PIWNICKI. #StopLightfoot
And then there are the extra nasty officers who repeatedly abuse their authority, like officer Raymond Piwnicki. In just 21 years on the force he's racked up over 100 misconduct complaints. Over 1/3 of them were during the years that Lightfoot ran OPS... #StopLightfoot
And then when we add in complaints for excessive use of force, she was even WEAKER in disciplining officers accused of misconduct. This is Lori Lightfoot There's a reason her supporters were out protesting WITH the FOP today. #StopLightfoot | stoplightfoot.com
We are talking about single digits of officers being fired. The definition of "SERIOUS DISCIPLINE" is actually just a suspension of 7 days or more. And even there, her ability to hold officers "accountable" was pathetic at best. #StopLightfoot
Read this thread ⤵️
Join FTP artists Ruby Pinto (@ChiBondFund), Danbee Kim (@GrassrootsChi) & Melisa Stephen (@NoCopAcademy) on 3/29 for a workshop on utilizing art & stories to shift narratives & build power! Moderated by Monica Trinidad, artist-in-residence at @BuildCoffee. facebook.com/events/1217649…
All right, y’all. New resource to share widely. Especially with your friends & family that say #BlackLivesMatter & love the gays, but are considering electing a prosecutor to run Chicago. StopLightfoot.com #StopLightfoot #NoCopAcademy
Please share this website put together by grassroots organizers about why we have to #StopLightfoot. | stoplightfoot.com
Hate voting and being told that the only way to make a difference is by voting? You’re not alone. That’s why we tell you who to vote OUT, not who to vote FOR. citycouncilcleanup.com #CityCouncilCleanUp
Unfamiliar with why to give a shit about these races? Well remind you on here with hot takes from @chancetherapper & @eveewing citycouncilcleanup.com/about #CityCouncilCleanUp
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With council elections just days away, we offer this site with some quick takes on who MUST GO. citycouncilcleanup.com #CityCouncilCleanUp
Must read thread and new resource. #CityCouncilCleanUp
Must read thread and new resource. #CityCouncilCleanUp
AECOM is trash, and yet another reason to say #NoCopAcademy READ & SHARE chicagoreporter.com/to-build-cop-a…
Can you believe 2018 is basically over?! We've had a great year funding the mvmt for gender & repro justice AND seeing magical donor activism our community has taken on! There are many ways to help us finish 2018 strong, yet little time! Give a gift today! thirdwavefund.giv.sh/96cd
I didn’t know Tara until she busted in to our @TeachForJustice workshop in 2017 to show her support for young Black people organizing. Couldn’t be more excited that she’s decided to run again for 37th ward alderman. Follow her if u don’t yet cause this race is gonna be epic!
I didn’t know Tara until she busted in to our @TeachForJustice workshop in 2017 to show her support for young Black people organizing. Couldn’t be more excited that she’s decided to run again for 37th ward alderman. Follow her if u don’t yet cause this race is gonna be epic!
It’s Friday & we’re super proud to announce that we’ve surpassed 100 endorsing organizations of the #NoCopAcademy campaign! Thanks to everyone who has shown up in so many ways! If you are part of an org that would like to endorse, you can still do it. The fight continues!
Puff the Magic Hater @MsKellyMHayes
70K Followers 4K Following Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: https://t.co/reEPh5xqgd | More: https://t.co/mS8uBZRaHR
Eve L. Ewing used to .. @eveewing
211K Followers 4K Following i'm not here! // i mostly use IG: eve.ewing // and there's a substack situation happening too, at https://t.co/4uXsT8UGVB - take care y'all, it's been real
GoodKidsMadCity @GKMC18
34K Followers 5K Following Black and Brown youth united in fighting to end violence in our cities. We call for more resources for our communities and to abolish police! #GoodKidsMadCity
Andrea Ritchie also @.. @dreanyc123
25K Followers 1K Following Black. Lesbian. Immigrant. Author @InvisibleNMBook. Co-author #NoMorePolice https://t.co/OGcDfnEpJv. Cofounder @interruptcrim & @inournames. https://t.co/QDUWvNqsCc
Rossana Rodriguez �.. @RossanaFor33
18K Followers 3K Following THIS IS MY POLITICAL ACCOUNT: It doesn’t represent the views of the city & city resources not used to maintain it. #TreatmentNotTrauma
Charles Preston @_CharlesPreston
32K Followers 2K Following Community Engagement for @InjusticeWatch. Co-Host of @hoodoisie. Member of TEMBO. #SaveCSU. I collect things.
Interrupting Criminal.. @interruptcrim
24K Followers 434 Following IC is an initiative led by @dreanyc123 and @prisonculture to end the criminalization and incarceration of women, LGBTQ, and GNC people of color.
Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas
14K Followers 1K Following Senior reporter at @injusticewatch. Mothman. Co-host #FirstTuesdays. @Chicago_Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
Project NIA @projectnia
36K Followers 747 Following Project NIA's mission is to dramatically reduce the reliance on arrest, detention, and incarceration for addressing youth crime and violence.
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel
32K Followers 16K Following Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur.
MUAVI @MomsUnitedChi
5K Followers 398 Following Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration is committed 2 abolition + organizing resources 4 incarcerated moms. https://t.co/Q84TwcJZ8j
Chicago Teachers Unio.. @CTULocal1
72K Followers 6K Following AFT-IFT Local 1. 25,000+ educators dedicated to the schools Chicago students deserve. Living rent-free in education reform minds since 2010. RT ≠ endorsement.
Dan Berger @dnbrgr
18K Followers 6K Following All of our heroes had criminal records || Writer of words, hater of prisons || Out now: STAYED ON FREEDOM https://t.co/BSs7HK8bdO…
Your Tiny Journalist .. @thewayoftheid
43K Followers 2K Following @BlockClubChi’s Award-winning Bronzeville Reporter. @HeadlineClub board. @NerdgasmNoire’s Low End Kid. Dorothy Parker enthusiast. @HoodFeminism 4eva. FTN.
Eric Allix Rogers @EricAllixRogers
18K Followers 3K Following Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
⭐️ SDG ⭐️AKA .. @stacydavisgates
12K Followers 2K Following 🎶 Y'all been played by the plagiaristic, ain't gonna give no clout addiction my attention 🎶
Lynda Lopez @Lyndab08
7K Followers 6K Following Chicagoan I she/her I former transportation reporter I previously @activetrans | 🇲🇽
VictoriaLaw @LVikkiml
15K Followers 306 Following Freelance journo. Books: Resistance Behind Bars, Prison by Any Other Name, & "Prisons Make Us Safer" & 20 Other Myths. On Post: @victorialaw
Stephanie Skora @Stephanie_Skora
5K Followers 628 Following Trans Jewish Lesbian. Virgo, organizer, speaker, #GirlIGuess writer! Oy gevalt. She/her #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine
Phooloym @phooloym36204
0 Followers 71 Following
Press Pass @Press__Pass
5 Followers 420 Following Rights must be exercised, lest they be taken away. Freedom of the press!
CorruptCopsX @corruptcopsx
1 Followers 105 Following Corrupt Cops eXposed Our X feed features videos and articles on cops worldwide fuckin' up.
Anna Miss @a_miss29799
2 Followers 336 Following
Mister Duquesne @MakEightyeight
595 Followers 874 Following
Carelessly Inattentiv.. @adhdmindfulmess
164 Followers 932 Following (They/Them) Neurospicy Rambler | Housing Justice | Community Over Cops
William McClendon @Krazyboo423
256 Followers 1K Following
Al Bundy Jazeera @KayleeSunshine7
0 Followers 361 Following
WhoCares❔ @JockomoCares
292 Followers 578 Following "ɬɧɛ ɛʄʄɛƈɬ ყơų ɧą۷ɛ ơŋ ơɬɧɛཞʂ ıʂ ɬɧɛ ɱơʂɬ ۷ąƖųąცƖɛ ƈųཞཞɛŋƈყ ɬɧɛཞɛ ıʂ." - ʝıɱ ƈąཞཞɛყ
Thomas @Thomas564664241
0 Followers 3 Following
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0 Followers 3K Following
Nedeso @nedeso57050
62 Followers 1K Following Cho dù bạn có hậu đài ,Có cây to để dựa ,Có người yêu , Thanh xưân , Sắc đẹp , xuất sắc , hoàn hảo
Dr. Dave Nayak @drdavenayak
1K Followers 5K Following Husband | Dad | Physician | Farmer | Deacon | Running for IL State Senate 20th District
Jackson halela @Sleezd15
65 Followers 213 Following Washington ,5,11, 140 , East valley highschool , WR/CB, Jackson halela class of 2025, 4.91 40 yard ash
Katya @Fireandhoneybb
17 Followers 128 Following Astrology, plants and abolition Dancer, artist, energy worker, bee mama Ella/ellx, they/she
Baka Luna @BakaLunaFae
613 Followers 2K Following Neuroqueer non-binary Princes Catboy(undetermined pronoms)! If you can help with my transition or living costs my paypal is below ;)
Sonita Preston @PrestonSon61324
8 Followers 4 Following
Andy Williams Jr. @hoodcandidate
484 Followers 2K Following 2024 applicant for President of the United States for America seeking to abolish legalized slavery and involuntary servitude
Whistleblower Cop @CopTellsAll
125 Followers 462 Following I am retired cop who has 30 years worth of knowledge and experience. I am here to tell all the secrets, both good and bad, of the law enforcement profession.
Tony Hardy (he/him) @Tony_Hardy1
66 Followers 858 Following My Ancestors Wildest Dreams. Free Em All. We Will Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇭🇹
AllCopsAreBastards @BastardCopWatch
0 Followers 45 Following
Dash @Dashdoobie
34 Followers 129 Following
Dr. Jenae Thompson @drjthomp
175 Followers 435 Following Associate Professor @AdlerUniversity • Tweets are mine • Mental health professional • Astrologer • Olorisha 🌊 🌪️ 🍯 • Espiritista • 🏳️🌈 • she/her/Dr.
Linda Hannah @LindaHanna98338
0 Followers 268 Following
Brooke Darrah Shuman @brookedarrah
513 Followers 4K Following Video at @MorePerfectUS/ archiving at @InterferenceArc (she/her) [email protected]
Norrin Raddman @Norrin_Raddman
172 Followers 2K Following
He𝕏o Artichoke!�.. @Colorofthelaw
1K Followers 406 Following I pity the fool who takes this platform seriously!!! 🤣 Also, the existence or nonexistent of this platform will have zero effect on your life.
The Fire These Times .. @FireTheseTimes
4K Followers 2K Following A multimedia project working to uplift internationalist dialogues on human rights, climate change, and visions of bold futures. founded by @eliajayoub
Mickey Roberts @ChicagoDonutMan
665 Followers 2K Following Leftist and Man of Chicago. ✝️ The Donut Man. 🍩 White Sox survivor.
Kelly Voluntary @Torahistheway
917 Followers 391 Following An old man on a long journey, without enough time. Knowing I will never reach my destination I still get up everyday and walk on. Praise God!
SBWU Greektown Chicag.. @GreektownUnited
555 Followers 1K Following the official @SBWorkersUnited workers in Greektown, Chicago, part of @SBWUChicago & @CMRJB 💀🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
ONE People's Campaign @onepplscampaign
424 Followers 274 Following ONE People's Campaign is an independent organization committed to winning racial, gender and economic justice.
Tommy Duecey @duecey_tommy
82 Followers 147 Following married with 3 wonderful daughters, college and grad school grad, chess hound, enjoy fishing love catching
Liz McCauley @LaborLoverLizM
97 Followers 1K Following Unionist, mother, community organizer, & civic activist. #AWomansPlaceIsInHerUnion #UnionsForAll #UnionThug #Solidarity
Bjzys @Bjays5
244 Followers 2K Following JUSTICE: Guarantees NO person is mistreated and the person who needs help the most gets it ... N.F.
Orisanmi Burton @orisanmi
5K Followers 2K Following Author of Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression and the Long Attica Revolt | Asst Prof of Anthropology at American University
Kennie @PARstudent
104 Followers 1K Following just a guy...follows and retweets not endorsements. Our Nation Needs Good Cops. End Homelessness
BHAC @bhacpaz
397 Followers 3K Following Anarchist intentional community , EcoVillage & Permanent Autonomous Zone to be based in Northern Maine. #stopcopcity #freepalestine 🇵🇸❤️
Grace Ortez @grace4thepeople
860 Followers 2K Following 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝟒 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | Indigenous BX organizer, advocate, friend 🌻 @FreedomAgendaNY @FixThe13thNY @IDHA_NYC #CLOSERIKERS
assia boundaoui @assuss
7K Followers 4K Following Algerian American journalist & filmmaker, directed @BeingWatchedDOC | MIT @OpenDocLab, @USAforArt, @UMich Knight-Wallace fellowships | co-creating in community
Jen Jenkins @Sniknej123
564 Followers 3K Following Building towards abolition. pronouns: they, them, theirs🔻 https://t.co/JgU0xxNGEb
Puff the Magic Hater @MsKellyMHayes
70K Followers 4K Following Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: https://t.co/reEPh5xqgd | More: https://t.co/mS8uBZRaHR
Eve L. Ewing used to .. @eveewing
211K Followers 4K Following i'm not here! // i mostly use IG: eve.ewing // and there's a substack situation happening too, at https://t.co/4uXsT8UGVB - take care y'all, it's been real
Andrea Ritchie also @.. @dreanyc123
25K Followers 1K Following Black. Lesbian. Immigrant. Author @InvisibleNMBook. Co-author #NoMorePolice https://t.co/OGcDfnEpJv. Cofounder @interruptcrim & @inournames. https://t.co/QDUWvNqsCc
Charles Preston @_CharlesPreston
32K Followers 2K Following Community Engagement for @InjusticeWatch. Co-Host of @hoodoisie. Member of TEMBO. #SaveCSU. I collect things.
Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas
14K Followers 1K Following Senior reporter at @injusticewatch. Mothman. Co-host #FirstTuesdays. @Chicago_Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
Project NIA @projectnia
36K Followers 747 Following Project NIA's mission is to dramatically reduce the reliance on arrest, detention, and incarceration for addressing youth crime and violence.
The TRiiBE @TheTRiiBE
24K Followers 2K Following Reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago and giving ownership back to the people. Music ➡️ [email protected]. General questions ➡️ [email protected].
MUAVI @MomsUnitedChi
5K Followers 398 Following Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration is committed 2 abolition + organizing resources 4 incarcerated moms. https://t.co/Q84TwcJZ8j
Chicago Teachers Unio.. @CTULocal1
72K Followers 6K Following AFT-IFT Local 1. 25,000+ educators dedicated to the schools Chicago students deserve. Living rent-free in education reform minds since 2010. RT ≠ endorsement.
Your Tiny Journalist .. @thewayoftheid
43K Followers 2K Following @BlockClubChi’s Award-winning Bronzeville Reporter. @HeadlineClub board. @NerdgasmNoire’s Low End Kid. Dorothy Parker enthusiast. @HoodFeminism 4eva. FTN.
Lynda Lopez @Lyndab08
7K Followers 6K Following Chicagoan I she/her I former transportation reporter I previously @activetrans | 🇲🇽
VictoriaLaw @LVikkiml
15K Followers 306 Following Freelance journo. Books: Resistance Behind Bars, Prison by Any Other Name, & "Prisons Make Us Safer" & 20 Other Myths. On Post: @victorialaw
Old Man Perez @IolaElla
7K Followers 6K Following I have done words, things, stuff, and actions. This is why you should care about me.
Maya Schenwar @MayaSchenwar
15K Followers 3K Following Director, Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism. Coauthor, "Prison by Any Other Name." Author, "Locked Down, Locked Out."
eric.stanley @stillhere_415
9K Followers 659 Following Atmospheres of Violence @DukePress, Trap Door @MITpress, Captive Genders @AKPressDistro
The Chicago Alliance @CAARPRNow
21K Followers 439 Following Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, democratic civilian control of Chicago Police #ECPSNow! CFIST, #FreeThemAll - prison torture survivors
Natalie Y Moore @natalieymoore
25K Followers 11K Following WBEZ's south side lois lane. author. playwright.
#SurvivedAndPunished @survivepunish
33K Followers 742 Following nat'l volunteer organization working to end the criminalization of all survivors of domestic & sexual violence. #FreeThemAll
Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU
6K Followers 4K Following Teacher and Union enthusiast, attended Chicago Public Schools.
TaraStamps37 @TStamps37
71 Followers 98 Following Candidate for 37th ward alderman, 20 year CPS teacher,proud CTU member, co-founder of the Greater Austin IPO✊🏾 https://t.co/ZqFsAUcLq6
Imogen Kimber @ImogenKimber
923 Followers 2K Following Telling stories, reporting the news - in Doha & Lebanon 🇱🇧 From Cornwall 〓〓 With @AJEnglish @AJENews
Nader Issa @NaderDIssa
16K Followers 1K Following Covering Chicago schools @Suntimes. Eating Takis at home. Leading @CSTGuild. Schooled @LoyolaChicago. Tips, insults, threats: [email protected] 🇱🇧
NoCopAcademy @NoCopAcademy
6K Followers 156 Following An effort led by Black youth in Chicago to demand $95 Million for youth & communities, not a new facility for Chicago Police. #NoCopAcademy #NoCopDoc
PBS NewsHour @NewsHour
1.2M Followers 84K Following PBS NewsHour is one of the most trusted news programs on TV and online.
Save SIU @NoCopAcademySIU
159 Followers 14 Following Push-back from the community saved Africana Studies from elimination. Together we can resist the proposed Cop Academy!!! #NoCopAcademy #RestructureFromBelow
Third Wave Fund @3Wave
17K Followers 2K Following Third Wave Fund resources youth-led, intersectional gender justice movements to advance the community power, well-being, and self-determination of young BIPOC.
#AUCShutItDown @AUCShutItDown
2K Followers 795 Following A movement mobilizing AUC students for justice | Spelman College. Morehouse College. Clark Atlanta University | [email protected]
Clarissa Brooks @ClarissaMBrooks
32K Followers 7K Following Queer| writer/editor | abolitionist l (they/she) | inqs: [email protected]
Mia Birdsong @miabirdsong
8K Followers 2K Following Founder and ED: @nextriverorg Author, abolitionist, futurist. @miabirdsong on IG
Jacob Woocher @jacobwooch
3K Followers 2K Following Tenant lawyer. communist :) Organizing with @LATenantsUnion. Anti-imperialist. He/him. LA's War on Public Housing: https://t.co/r9yT8TxZ47
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357 Followers 277 Following
SOUL @SOULInChicago
4K Followers 1K Following Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation is a multi-issue organization from Chicago's South Side and South Suburbs fighting for racial & economic justice.
Invisible Institute @invinst
8K Followers 560 Following A journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home of @cpdpbot & @jamiekalven
Young Activists ✊�.. @SCA_Activists
431 Followers 92 Following This is the official page of Simeon’s Young Activists, #NoCopAcademy. The group has 8️⃣ teens and a lovely teacher 👩🏽🏫
Caullen Hudson @CaulHudson
895 Followers 1K Following Filmmaker-Activist-Founder @SoapBoxPO • Fitness IG @/CaullenFit • Scholar-Producer @ChiDrillandAct • Co-host @BourbonnBrwnTwn Podcast • #StopCopCity
SoapBox Productions &.. @SoapBoxPO
847 Followers 822 Following SoapBox creates impact storytelling for liberation | Film🔸Podcast🔸Editorial via #NoCopDoc #SeguimosAquíDoc @ChiDrillandAct @BourbonnBrwnTwn #SoapBoxEditorial
redacted tonight @RedactedTonight
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Exoneration Project @ExonerationProj
7K Followers 651 Following We fight to free the wrongfully convicted, exonerate the innocent, and bring justice to the justice system.
Cop Crisis @copcrisis
20K Followers 9K Following #PoliceBrutality Statistics, Data and Visualizations. Working to expose #PoliceMisconduct and #abuse.
InvisibleNoMoreBook @InvisibleNMBook
3K Followers 1K Following Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by @dreanyc123. COMING 8/30 - No More Police: A Case For Abolition w/ @prisonculture
BLM NWI-Gary @BLMGary
1K Followers 583 Following Black Lives Matter NWI - Gary stands in solidarity with national efforts against police brutality and racism, ensuring that human rights are protected
It’s Jen Ash @jscismash
693 Followers 1K Following Executive Director @ctjmfoundation historian, foodie and somebody’s mama. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
#DamoDay @DamoDayMay20th
107 Followers 27 Following Join us May 20th, 2017 to celebrate Dominique Franklin Jr. life who was murdered by the Chicago Police Department. #RestInPowerDominiqueJr. #DamoDay
R3 Coalition Chicago @R3CoalitionChi
794 Followers 86 Following A network of 32 Chicago area community & labor organizations working to build unity and resistance in this urgent political moment. #BeyondtheMoment
BTGNC Collective @BTGNCCollective
1K Followers 189 Following Building Black, trans and gender-nonconforming power in Chicago | logo by @d_wrcg | header image by @sarahdashji | #BlackTransPower
Black Movement Law Pr.. @black_mlp
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About Face: Veterans .. @VetsAboutFace
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ProtectRP @ProtectRP
115 Followers 100 Following Rogers Park neighbors committed to protecting our community members targeted due to race, immigration status, national origin, religion, or gender expression
Alicia Garza @aliciagarza
154K Followers 948 Following HBIC: Black Futures Lab. Host: Lady Don’t Take No podcast. co-creator #BlackLivesMatter. Author: The Purpose Of Power. views mine. IG: @chasinggarza
bria royal @fknroyal
842 Followers 116 Following
GetEQUAL @GetEQUAL
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The Lit Review Podcas.. @LitReviewChi
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CLAW @CLAWabolition
215 Followers 203 Following CLAW Chicago League of Abolitionist Whites. Mobilizing white people to abolish white supremacy through education, solidarity fundraising and turnout to actions.
Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare
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Hoda Katebi هدی ک.. @hodakatebi
57K Followers 1K Following community organizer, writer, & lawyer / building at 63rd House @bluetinstudio @believerbailout etc / writing on labor, policing, middle east, liberation, etc
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Proton @ProtonPrivacy
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marcella raymond @MarcellaWGN
3K Followers 800 Following WGNTV reporter. Mom. No topic is taboo. Lake lover, 🍷 lover, loves to laugh. Eats dark chocolate daily. Budding author.
UMedics @UMedicsChi
2K Followers 183 Following Black Collective teaching first response for gunshot wounds and asthma and fighting for health justice in communities that need it
Sassmaster Deane @sassmasterdeane
2K Followers 4K FollowingSo if you want to come see some badass attorneys argue about decisions and cop academies, come through tomorrow morning. I’ll be there. Again. 9:30 in Room 2301 at the Daley Center. #NoCopAcademy #Fuck12 #FOIA
HOW DOES A MAYOR MAKE DECISIONS? IF A JUDGE CANT EVEN TELL, AND THE MAYOR’S ATTORNEYS CAN’T EITHER, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SAY IN ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS CITY? #NoCopAcademy
Either way, the stakes have changed since March 2018. At first it was so we could read a few more of the city’s e-mails to help inform a campaign to stop the cop academy. Now it’s the principle of the thing.
So now we’re back in court, after 20 months of this, and maybe this will be the day that the Mayor’s Office tells us when or how they made the decision to build the cop academy. Or maybe the judge will rule since the Mayor's Office hasn't done what she's asked #NoCopAcademy
My favorite part of the last hearing though was how the judge fit marshmallows, horses, and water sources into a discussion of FOIA law. Impressive:
And then when the judge asks the attorney for the Mayor's Office for that, again, after 19 months of this, this happens:
And the judge is literally like, “...I have been searching for something called a decision date all this time so that I could back up the conversations to see that they were predecisional.” 😳
‘Here are a bunch of finalization and implementation dates that have nothing to do with decisions, your honor. And we put them into a confusing, overwhelming chart for you. But trust us, you shouldn’t give the public these documents.’
But the Mayor’s Office is out here saying they disagree. So the Judge is like, okay, when did you make decisions and who made them? And then they’re like…
In this case, we’ve been arguing that clearly decisions were made before July 3, 2017 - since everything was announced publicly then. So, according to FOIA laws, we should get any e-mails and discussions after the still hidden decision date that came before that presser.
The way FOIA laws work, the gov doesn’t have to give you things that are “pre-decisional” & “deliberative.” The theory is that doing so would affect gov employees' ability to do their jobs. (honestly that seems like a stretch, but #OkBoomer)
So clearly he had made some decisions before then in order to be able to announce it to the press and public. You with me?
@erinsco and I filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in the fall of 2017, after Rahm had announced that he was going to build the cop academy. He said when he’d build it, where he’d build it, how he’d pay for it and more - all at a press conference on July 3, 2017.
So our attorneys are back in court tomorrow to see if the Mayor’s Office has figured itself out yet. Since March of 2018 we’ve been fighting for over 400 pages of hidden emails and documents regarding the cop academy. A THREAD: #NoCopAcademy #NoCopFOIA #FOIA
Reading the complaints that are publicly available on cpdp.co literally made me sick to my stomach. (Like this one - CW, racial slurs & mysogeny) assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4762…) LIGHTFOOT DIDN'T SUSTAIN A SINGLE COMPLAINT AGAINST PIWNICKI. #StopLightfoot
If you are voting for her because you think she's going to do anything for police accountability, the joke is definitely on you. But it's costing Black & Brown communities. Remember that. #StopLightfoot
Reading the complaints that are publicly available on cpdp.co literally made me sick to my stomach. (Like this one - CW, racial slurs & mysogeny) assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4762…) LIGHTFOOT DIDN'T SUSTAIN A SINGLE COMPLAINT AGAINST PIWNICKI. #StopLightfoot
And then there are the extra nasty officers who repeatedly abuse their authority, like officer Raymond Piwnicki. In just 21 years on the force he's racked up over 100 misconduct complaints. Over 1/3 of them were during the years that Lightfoot ran OPS... #StopLightfoot
And then when we add in complaints for excessive use of force, she was even WEAKER in disciplining officers accused of misconduct. This is Lori Lightfoot There's a reason her supporters were out protesting WITH the FOP today. #StopLightfoot | stoplightfoot.com
We are talking about single digits of officers being fired. The definition of "SERIOUS DISCIPLINE" is actually just a suspension of 7 days or more. And even there, her ability to hold officers "accountable" was pathetic at best. #StopLightfoot
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