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@CAARPRNow
Apr 29, 2020 • 13 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
Some updates from last night's Stop Police Crimes committee meeting. Read through to stay updated and see what work you can plug into.
Some of Gerald's symptoms have subsided but someone he knows, "Spanky" Wells, recently passed away due to covid-19 inside Stateville. Every person in there and in every prison, jail, and detention center is at risk of losing their life and we must fight to #FreeThemAll.
For that reason we are keeping the pressure up on @GovPritzker. Tomorrow's action of the day is to call the governor and demand that he #FreeGeraldReed and enact a #MassReleaseNow.
If the inbox is full, you can use this link to write to the governor: www2.illinois.gov/sites/gov/cont… ImageImage
Also be sure to sign this petition from our Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of police Torture (CFIST). caarpr.org/cfistpetitiont…
Tamon Russell is finally in line to get a lawyer from the state's appellate public defender's office. Regina, Tamon's mother, will be writing an article for @truthout about Tamon. Check out this article written by Armanda Shackelford, Gerald Reed's mother: truthout.org/articles/priso…
We'll be creating a #FreeThemAll protest video collage soon. Stay tuned for the submissions link to see how you can be a part of it. We appreciate the support offered by @BLMChi and @chitorture on this project, and we look forward to endorsements from other organizations as well.
SAVE THE DATE
On May 16th we will be hosting a #FreeThemAll forum to explain the work that CFIST has been doing and the work the campaign continues to do to free torture survivors and fight for #MassReleaseNow. Find more information here: facebook.com/events/6505700… Image
Many wonderful, dedicated, talented people are putting work into this event and it will be powerful. Family members of survivors will be speaking alongside community and union organizers, including @stacydavisgates of CTU.
@SEIU73 has also endorsed the event.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
We are continuing to ramp up our phone banking in order to mobilize as many people as possible behind the campaign to #FreeThemAll. If you would like to get involved with phone banking, email fchapman@naarpr.org or shastaj0880@gmail.com
Good & welfare:
@frso_chicago is hosting an International Worker's Day forum featuring speakers from us, @CTULocal1, @BLMChi, and @SEIU73.
Find more details here: facebook.com/events/2504911…
@ParoleIllinois is organizing a funeral procession to Stateville on May Day afternoon to mourn the lives of incarcerated people taken by covid-19 and push the demand to #FreeThemAll.
The Rogers Park Solidarity Network is having a day of action, also on Friday at 3pm, together with @jvplive, @NeverAgainActn, @OCAD_CHI, @TenantsUnitedHP, @blackandpinkchi, and other organizations.
Details here: facebook.com/events/1069349…
Lastly, don't forget to drop some cash in our virtual bucket! Venmo: @/The-CAARPR
PayPal: contact@naarpr.org
We hate capitalism but we do need money to keep functioning, so give what you can!

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Apr 8
We’re here at the @CCPSA_Chicago hearing with Superintendent Snelling to raise our demands on CPD.

First up for public comment is Kofi from @GKMC18 speaking on the need for immediate action following police crimes, including firing of officers, and an end to traffic stops. Image
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Sep 24, 2020
THREAD: Gerald Reed has been incarcerated for 29 years after being tortured into confessing to a crime he did not commit. His incarceration exposes the illegitimacy of the prison system. W/ the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to #FreeGeraldReed and #FreeThemAll
Gerald was kidnapped by CPD on October 3rd, 1990. Detectives Michael Kill and Victor Breska, members of Jon Burge’s notorious “midnight crew”, proceeded to torture Gerald until he confessed to a double homicide.
During the “interrogation” the detectives broke a metal rod that had been placed in Gerald’s leg to repair his thigh bone from a gunshot wound. This injury has still not been adequately treated and Gerald cannot walk because of it.
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Sep 22, 2020
🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨

Gerald Reed has been incarcerated for almost 30 Years for a crime he did not commit! This is injustice in it's truest form. Gerald's life is in danger.

It is our duty to fight to #FreeGeraldReed

Every call counts.
CFIST continues to demand @GovPritzker immediately pardon Gerald Reed & ALL those tortured and wrongfully convicted. When we say #FreeGeraldReed, we also mean #FreeThemAll! We will continue to fight until Gerald & all those tortured are free!
Get involved: bit.ly/cfistinterest
Sign the CFIST petition pressure @GovPritzker to pardon all torture survivors! The Governor is the ONLY person who has the power to free torture survivors with the STROKE OF A PEN.

caarpr.org/cfistpetition
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Jul 29, 2020
What is #CPACNow?
How will it enable us to #DefundThePolice?
What else will CPAC empower us to do?
A thread on how exactly CPAC will overturn the power dynamic between police and our communities. Image
The #CPACNow ordinance was first written in 2012 after the police murder of Rekia Boyd. It would establish community control of the police, a goal first fought for by the Black Panther Party, by putting elected community members in charge of decisions around policing. Image
The word "community" is important here. The communities who need to be empowered are the ones most harmed by police violence, so #CPACNow council members will need at least 2 years of experience organizing in oppressed and marginalized communities. Image
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Jul 28, 2020
❗️Action Calendar❗️

Join the phone zap this week and next week.

We are keeping the pressure and demanding #CPACnow until we have community control of the police and the community can control how we #DefundThePolice. Join us. Image
Sign up for the phone zap to pressure your alderperson docs.google.com/forms/d/1DiQXy…
Even if you don't live in a ward with a alderperson who sits on the Public Safety Committee of City Council you can still pressure your alderperson.

Don't know your ward/alderperson? Check it here: chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…
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Jun 16, 2020
Tomorrow at 9:30 we're demanding #CPACNow outside of City Hall. You can help from wherever you are using our at home toolkit: bit.ly/GoodMorningLori and taking part in our social media blast starting at 8am.
Let's get #GoodMorningLori trending again! Image
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