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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

May 12, 2020 • 11 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X

THREAD: Updates from the Stop Police Crimes meeting this week.

Gerald Reed is staying strong but remains incarcerated. He continues to ask us for help in demanding better sanitary conditions in the prisons. People are still not wearing masks in Stateville NRC and in many correctional facilities across the country #FreeGeraldReed #FreeThemAll

Robert Milan - a crooked SP who worked hard to keep Gerald Reed locked up - has been trying to get a Northwestern professor fired for filing the emergency petition for mass release. read more of the petition here: law.northwestern.edu/about/news/new…

Regina Russell, mother of Tamon Russel who remains incarcerated wrote a powerful piece on her experience of having her child locked away during this crisis. Read here: truthout.org/articles/with-…

Clayborn Smith has COVID-19 and continues to be incarcerated at Cook County Jail. He is a Burge torture survivor and an innocent man. He needs to be freed. See Graphics for more information. #FreeClaybornSmith

Clayborn Smith should be going to court on June 2 for a reconsideration after a judge denied his freedom. If courts do not open up in June then he will face even more time incarcerated as an innocent man. #FreeClaybornSmith #MassReleaseNow

Last week we participated in the Right the Recovery car caravan demanding that all people be supported in recovering from this crisis. You can read more about the Right to Recovery car caravan here: fightbacknews.org/2020/5/8/500-c…

Labor Committee: SEIU Local 73 has formally endorsed CFIST (caarpr.org/cfist) this campaign in growing in power and numbers. Many union members have had their children taken from them, tortured and wrongfully convicted. Attend the Free Them All Forum to learn more.

Media Committee: We got a treat for y'all! We have a trailer available for the Free Them All film that will be premiering on Saturday for the Free Them All Forum! See Trailer & share!

The Free Them All Forum is THIS SATURDAY MAY 16TH! Join us to get educated and called to action by our panelists: Darell Canon, Nadine Naber, Stacy Davis Gates, Frank Chapman and Armanda Shackelford. Event page: facebook.com/events/6505700…

@uspcn

This Friday May 15th will be the 72nd anniversary of Al Nakba. @uspcn Chicago is organizing a Palestine Car Caravan to commemorate Nakba Day 2020. #NakbaDay #عائدون

We will have some of our members joining and you should too! #FreePalestine

facebook.com/events/5899422…

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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

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.

In response, Snelling dodges the concrete demands and speaks about the need for training and partnering with violence prevention groups

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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

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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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

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.

@GovPritzker

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

@GovPritzker

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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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

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.

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.

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.

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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

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.

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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The Chicago Alliance

@CAARPRNow

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!