Thread by @nwsidecoalition

Hey @chicagotribune & @TedSlowik1, the "Ten Shared Principles", like Mitchell Davis alludes to, is window dressing. We’ve seen how it plays out in our communities.
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@DailySouthtown @MuckRock

https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1506572513937088512

When @Nilespdil were menacing the community with their thin blue line face masks they were also signing onto the Ten Shared Principles. We objected and met with @ilpolicechiefs in good faith. They seemed amenable to helping but ultimately ghosted us.
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In #FOIA we saw how @VNilesIL was positioning themselves to escape accountability. @edwojcicki of the @ilpolicechiefs even referenced @MountProspect saying “the blue line remains”. Thanks Ed, we joined that struggle & the blue line is now GONE.
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(p. 310)

Black people were telling Ed the thin blue line wasn’t cool. Heck, even white Niles cop Nick Beyer could see how the thin blue line went against the Ten Shared Principles. (Nick later blew the whistle on Niles cops and lost his job)
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(p. 423)

Over in @MountProspectPD, Ed admits NAACP partners don’t agree with him yet it’s not a “direct violation”.
Welp, he must know better.
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(p. 19)

The @FPDCC was like “well if we sign this we gotta follow it with action right? (even though we all know its performative garbage)”. Shrugs.

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(RE_ Resolution in Support of NAACP_IACP Ten Principles-5.pdf, p. 2)

The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police’s “Ten Shared Principles” can’t even deal with the most basic challenge of a simple symbol. What hope does it have to “replace mistrust with mutual trust wherever, whenever and however possible” in any community? It won't.

This along with schemes like the “Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program” act to perpetuate the obsolete and archaic system of oppression that is policing and prisons.



You would think @chicagosmayor would be all over it.

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#DefundPolice #BlackLivesMatter