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This is a TERRIBLE article. Stop trying to rehabilitate Lightfoot. She was always awful and Chicagoās grassroots community, including queer people, tried to warn you. She is a god awful mayor who oversaw the most extreme police violence against protesters here in my lifetime.
She raised the bridges downtown to trap and gas people. The Chicago Freedom School had cops trying to force their way in to arrest wounded teenagers and the city threatened to shut them down for offering shelter to battered protesters. Teenagers. Who were gassed and bleeding.
You can read about that incident in my upcoming book with @prisonculture, Let This Radicalize You. Youāll also hear about the time Lightfoot signed off on a demolition that left an entire neighborhood enveloped in toxic smoke, as though they had been bombed early in the pandemic.
Today Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) and other city officials unveiled the new multi-million dollar public safety training center (cop academy) for first responders, including police, fire, and paramedics in West Humboldt Park.
Wednesdayās ribbon-cutting ceremony comes just days after an as-yet-unnamed officer or officers shot and killed activist Manuel Esteban Paez TerĆ”n.
TerĆ”n and other activists were protesting Georgiaās cop city, a training facility being built near Atlanta.
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jā¦
TerĆ”n and other activists were protesting Georgiaās cop city, a training facility being built near Atlanta.
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jā¦
The training facility is five years in the making.
In 2019, Black youth organizers with the #NoCopAcademy campaign pushed back against mayor Emanuelās proposal for the multi-million project.
They demanded that the city fund and provide resources for schools and youth.
In 2019, Black youth organizers with the #NoCopAcademy campaign pushed back against mayor Emanuelās proposal for the multi-million project.
They demanded that the city fund and provide resources for schools and youth.
BREAKING: Alderman Anthony Beale and Alderman Lopez proposes an order to immediately cease all no knock warrants. #EndRaids
City Council is breaking for five minutes while the chairman researchers procedure.
Alderwoman @RossanaFor33 is questioning the legitimacy of asking the law department for process clarity since they are directly implicated in the cover up of the attack in #AnjanetteYoung .
City council live thread š§µ. Watch here: chicityclerk.com/virtual-city-cā¦
Meeting called to order.
We are starting, as always, with a role call of members to determine if a quorum is present.
Tune into instagram RIGHT NOW to hear @Damon_AF and @BellaBahhs talk about the fight to #TakeBacktheBudget, and more about abolitionist campaign to #DefundCPD. We'll be live tweeting it here.
instagram.com/defundCPD
instagram.com/defundCPD
"Even the Declaration of Independence states that if a government is destructive of your right as a citizen.. it's your duty to abolish it." @BellaBahhs #DefundCPD #TakeBacktheBudget 
Damon talks about the history of chattel slavery in the system, "Ground yourself in the 13th amendment. Whenever the CPD does its job, you are legally living under slavery." #TakeBacktheBudget #DefundCPD
1/ Throwback to early 2019: Mayor Emanuelās tenure was winding down, plans for the $95 million cop academy rammed thru City Council & officials promised to put Peachās & @culvers in the parking lot. Update on that last thing + lots more happening in public meetings this week š
2/ City Councilās Committee on Workforce Development had a brief, 13 min meeting to update the collective bargaining agreement the Teamsters Local Union No. 700 / Mon, Oct 19, 10am š¤ @ecullnan š @KailCohen chicago.documenters.org/meetings/commiā¦
3/ Eleven months later... the county boardās Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee has signed off on a new Cook County Health CEO: Israel J. Rocha, current VP of NYC Health + Hospitals / Mon, Oct 19, 2pm š¤ @MikeTish4 š Isabella Eliopulos
A Suntimes reporter quoted our tweet, where we basically called CPD a state sponsored & protected gang. CPD has shot & jailed #LatrellAllen & shot & killed #MiguelVega!
Yesterday a Sheriff & a off duty cop shot people in 2 separate incidents!
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Yesterday a Sheriff & a off duty cop shot people in 2 separate incidents!
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#LatrellAllen fortunately survived being shot in the back by CPD & like #JacobBlake he was handcuffed to his bed in the hospital while getting treatment for his injuries. They criminalized him & sent him straight to jail!
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#MiguelVegaās family says that he was running away from the gunfire when he got killed by CPD! He wonāt be able to share his story & like Latrell he has also been criminalized by CPD & the media! Please donate what you can.
gofundme.com/f/7sycy-justicā¦
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āA Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United Statesā @hrw paper on policing, recommendations for structural reform: Divest from policing, invest in communities, strengthen accountability hrw.org/news/2020/08/1ā¦
This paper builds on @hrw 2019 case-study of policing in Tulsa, detailing connections between abusive policing, poverty and structural racism, recommending divestment from police/investment in community/accountability for harmful police hrw.org/sites/default/ā¦
We must: 1) reduce role of police in addressing societal problems; 2) invest in communities to advance public safety/rights/well-being; 3) develop independent accountability mechanisms @hrw recs on policing hrw.org/news/2020/08/1ā¦
Welcome back to #Fuck12Friday!! Itās 1pm (CP time) and we hope everybody is hype for the Black, Indigenous Solidarity Rally today at Buckingham Founta! facebook.com/events/5806116ā¦
Wondering what Black, Indigenous solidarity has to do with the police? We got you...follow this thread! #Fuck12Friday
From the moment the colonizers set foot on the shores of Turtle Island, the struggles of Black and Native people have been linked. #Fuck12Friday
Notice if you search the #HellNoHilco tag you'll also see videos tagged #NoCopAcademy.
This is because the SAME DAY in 2019 City Council approved a $95mil police academy they also approved a $20mil tax break for @HilcoGlobal to demolish the coal plant. blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/13/conā¦
This is because the SAME DAY in 2019 City Council approved a $95mil police academy they also approved a $20mil tax break for @HilcoGlobal to demolish the coal plant. blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/13/conā¦
It's no coincidence these battles were tied in 2019, nor that they're tied under #COVID19. Both corporations and police/prisons are taking advantage of the virus to undermine the health of Black/brown/poor/working communities #HellNoHilco #NoCopAcademy chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/20ā¦
It makes NO SENSE for the city to give millions of $$$ to private polluters and the militarized police that protect them while we are in the midst of pandemic, struggling to meet the most basic healthcare needs of poor/working communities #COVID19 #HellNoHilco #NoCopAcademy
Have some issues with this piece, but particularly its use of an image of Black youth organizers from #NoCopAcademy Lori Lightfoot has given hollow shoutouts to movements when it looks good, but not when it matters michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2019/03/some-uā¦
Anyone who suggests that the closed schools of Black youth should be turned into training facilities for the police who kill them has already tossed off their progressive facade #NoCopAcademy
As a Black queer person I can safely say that just because someone is Black and queer doesn't mean they're progressive/worth supporting. It's dangerous to keep measuring progress through the identities of candidates. White liberals in particular need to let that go #NoCopAcademy
Morning! Iāll be live-tweeting todayās Chicago Board of Election Commissioners meeting for @CHIdocumenters. Thereās a lot going on down the streetāat City Council #NoCopAcademy #DelayTheTIF & #HellNoHilco press conference is in progress. Final votes on all 3 today #ChiDocumenters
Hereās a link to the agenda for the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners meeting app.chicagoelections.com/documents/geneā¦
And, for good measure, hereās a @BlockClubCHI article on todayās City Council meeting blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/13/rahā¦
A thread: In my four years on the Chicago City Council Iāve faced anti-immigrant, anti-Latinx, and homophobic harassment from some of my colleagues.
Until now Iāve remained quiet about the harassment Iāve received because itās not about me, itās about us, and I've felt there are much bigger systemic issues that require our energy and attention.
I also know that much of the ire Iāve received is a direct result of my progressive stances & my siding with our grassroots social movements, whether it be #NoCopAcademy, #CPACNow, #EraseTheDatabase, & that the youth at the frontlines of these movements have received much worse.
#BernieInChicago is šØLIVE šØ pscp.tv/w/1lPKqdLYyNbxb
Destiny Harris explains the #nocopacademy campaign "The fight against the cop academy is the fight against many issues in America"
#BernieInChicago
#BernieInChicago
"I've learned that when *we build movements* that make bold and visionary calls there are there are politicians such as Bernie who will be willing to stand on the side of justice no matter the cost" Destiny Harris #BernieInChicago
At #BernieInChicago kickoff event because this journalist isnāt about to take word of some former Clinton campaign official or surrogate who may go on MSNBC or CNN to make claims about rally, even though they werenāt there
.@tommiesreunion gospel choir warming up crowd at Bernie Sandersā 2020 campaign kickoff event in Chicago #BernieInChicago
Destiny Harris, 18 year-old black queer woman from west side of Chicago, who speaks about #NoCopAcademy, gentrification, housing discrimination, killing of Laquan McDonald by CPD officer, her school being shut down by Rahm Emanuel #BernieInChicago
Let's remember this cop academy has NOTHING TO DO with bringing jobs or economic investment to the west side, nor to Black communities #NoCopAcademy
The contractor AECOM and the city's own records show the building of the academy will bring 110 temporary construction jobs to Garfield Park, and only 15% of those are required to be "local resident" hires #NoCopAcademy
That's less than 20 temporary jobs for a community with massive unemployment and 40% of residents living below the poverty line #NoCopAcademy
I didn't think I was going to need to do this but......
Y'all, we need to talk about Lori Lightfoot. She has spent the last several months pretending she was the most progressive candidate for mayor and just picked up an Sun-Times endorsement but:
LIGHTFOOT IS NOT A PROGRESSIVE
Y'all, we need to talk about Lori Lightfoot. She has spent the last several months pretending she was the most progressive candidate for mayor and just picked up an Sun-Times endorsement but:
LIGHTFOOT IS NOT A PROGRESSIVE
Lori Lightfoot served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in the criminal division from 1996ā2002.
This was before this current wave of "progressive prosecutors" (which is bullshit but we'll save that for another day), meaning she used to send people to prison, which is.....SUPER PROGRESSIVE. š§
Ald. Moore's campaign used @sarahdashji's photo for their campaign materials WITHOUT permission. This is particularly heinous because the image is from a rally for police accountability--an area on which the alderman has an awful record! #NoMoreJoeMoore!
While Moore was an early supporter of the reparations ordinance for survivors of police torture, he has increased measures for policing and criminalization in his own ward, like the recent "smart policing" effort her heralded #NoMoreJoeMoore
He's also consistently backed the mayor's efforts to increase policing while gutting public ed. and social services. A real supporter of grassroots struggles would have voted against the new cop academy, which Moore never has #NoCopAcademy #NoMoreJoeMoore
