Thread by @BLMChi

This is just getting started!!

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We are now hearing a recording from incarcerated torture survivor, Stanley Howard, who was tortured by Jon Burge and has been incarcerated for over 37years.

Stanley was a part of the Death Row Ten and was exonerated but yet remains behind bars.

#FreeStanley #FreeThemAll

Mustafa Bimel, incarcerated from 1986 to 2018

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Anthony Holmes, torture survivor was incarcerated for over 30 years.

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Gregory Banks, torture survivor, incarcerated from 1983 to 1990. The first to get his case overturned which opened the flood gates for hundreds (thousands) of other survivors to come forward.

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James Gibson, torture survivor, incarcerated for over 30 years, served from 1989 and exonerated in 2019.

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Lavert Jones, torture survivor, incarcerated from 1989 to 2013.

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Sean Tyler, incarcerated for 29 years. Hunted by CPD as a child. Released 2019.

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@jaybeware #TortureArchive

LaTanya Jennifor Sublett

Incarcerated for 21 years. Tortured at Area 2 Police Station. LaTanya, representing the under-represented women torture survivors.

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Reginald Henderson, torture survivor who was targeted, hunted and tortured at 18 and released in 2020, after doing 26.5 years.

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Kilroy Watkins, torture survivor, incarcerated from 1992 to 2019.

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Ronald Kitchen, torture survivor, incarcerated for 21 years, 13 on death row. We will hear from him later in the program but go and purchase his book, "My Midnight Years.

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#FreeThemAll
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Anthony Holmes was tortured in 1973 by Jon Burge for over 24 hours. He was electrocuted, cattle prods were placed on his body. His heart has so much dead tissue that a cardiologist asked him how many heart attacks he had. He has had none.

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Anthony was released in 2004. He was able to give testimony in many other incarcerated torture survivor cases, including testifying at the United Nations.

We still have torture survivors incarcerated that need to be freed. Torture continues to this day.

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Sign the petition to force the City to honor their obligation to build the public memorial as written into the Reparations Ordinance.

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Gregory Banks was suffocated with a plastic bag by CPD in Area 2 Police Station. He was forced to confess through torture. One of the cops told him "This is what they have for niggers."

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#EndTorture

Greg's case is a monumental case legally because it was used to reveal a pattern and practice of torture within CPD.

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Greg continues to provide testimony to assist other torture survivors who remain incarcerated and who are continuing to fight to have their convictions overturned. and fighting to be freed.

He says it is his life's work.

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#EndTorture
#AbolitionNow

Do you know that the fight to abolish the death penalty in is directly connected to CPD torture, Jon Burge?

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#EndTorture

The Deathrow Ten were torture survivors and their exoneration and hundreds of others, led to the gov issuing a moratorium on the death penalty which led to complete abolition.

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#EndTorture

The Deathrow Ten creation was a consequence of the Clinton crime bill, which our current president Biden helped issue in.

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Ronnie Kitchen is now talking about when the Deathrow Ten were inside (some have been released) first tried to reach out to all the so-called Black leaders and none of them joined the fight.

The fight was largely, and continues to be, led by moms & loved ones.

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A lot the original Deathrow Ten have been freed, but the founder, Stanley Howard, remains inside after 37 years.

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#EndTorture
#FreeThemAll
#FreeStanley

The mothers are now being centered in the presentation including Armanda Shackleford, mother of Gerald Reed, and mom Mary L. Johnson, mother of Michael Johnson. Both sons remain incarcerated now.

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#EndTorture
#FreeThemAll
#FreeStanley

Mary L. Johnson says that she started out in the struggle when King was marching. She says she had internalized the system and thought she was free. But when her sons grew up, she began to see differently when CPD began harassment.

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#EndTorture
#FreeThemAll

Mama Mary L. Johnson shares with us that she has had three breakdowns since her son was tortured and incarcerated. She has been fighting for decades. She tries to encourage other people to join the fight.

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#FreeThemAll

Ms. Mary L. Johnson shared that she saw a need for her to keep fighting and showing up every month to fight to free not just her son, but all incarcerated.

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Mary L. Johnson, "Whatever you want from this system, you better fight."

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Mother of Gerald Reed, Armanda Shackleford, is now speaking.

Gerald has been incarcerated for 30 years. One year ago yesterday, Judge Hennelly reversed the former Judge's decision to throw out Gerald's conviction. Hennelly did this illegally.

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#FreeGeraldReed

Armanda shared how yesterday was a hard for her because of this one year anniversary of this illegal move by Judge Hennelly.

Hennelly knows that the now this has to go to the appellate court which can take 5 years. This is the system.

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We are now closing. There are so many people still incarcerated. We need u to fight. Join and support @chitorture @invinst @ChicagoTorture @UChiHumanRights and all the torture survivors, mamas and loved ones that show up in this fight.

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#FreeThemAll

We will need court support on March 23rd for torture survivors Reginald Henderson and Sean Tyler's next court dates.

Follow @chitorture for updates.

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