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Police Crime Updates 

Related Struggles - Chicago and Beyond 

Upcoming & Recent Events 



POLICE CRIMES UPDATE 
 
CPD Area 2, known as 
Jon Burge's 'House of Screams'

 

 

    UPCOMING 2014 Chicago Police Torture Cases 

     

 

      To learn more about all these cases please go here 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Keith Walker

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 704 When: Friday Feb 21st @ 9:30 
Judge Joseph M Claps

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Miguel Morales

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 203 When: Mon March 3rd@ 9.30 am 

Judge Carol M Howard 

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Anthony Jakes

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 506 When: Wed March 5th@ 9.30am

Judge Diane Gordon Cannon

Chicago Police Torture victim Andre Brown

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 400 When: Thurs March 6th @ 9:30am

Judge Joseph Kazmierski JR

 

Chicago Police Torture victim George Anderson

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California RM 506 When: Frid March 7th@ 9.30am

Judge Diane Gordon Cannon

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Gerald Reed

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 302 When: Thurs March [email protected] 

 Judge Thomas Gainer  

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Jerome Johnson

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 704 When: Thurs March 13 @ 9:30am

Judge has not yet been assigned. Please check, Court House smartKiosk in lobby, on day of hearing 

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Clayborn Smith 

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 602 When: Wed March 19 @9.30

Judge Stanley Sacks

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Kilroy Watkins

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California RM 101 When: Thurs April 24 @ 9.30am 

Judge Paul B Biebel Jr

     

 RECENT 2014 Chicago Police Torture Cases 

  

 

Chicago Police Torture victim Shawn Whirl

Location: Cook County Court House, 26th & California, RM 207 When: Feb 13 @ 9.30am

Judge Jorge Alonso 

 

Illinois Chester Mental Health Center Torture Victim David Poole

Location: 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Court RM 1241 When: Tues Feb18 @ 8:30AM

  

 

To learn more about all these cases please go here 



RECENT Chicago Police Murder Cases
              
Rekia Boyd- shot and killed by CPD Officer Dante Servin
Rekia Boyd, shot and killed by CPD Officer Dante Servin 
   
   Police officer Dante Servin, killer of Rekia Boyd, was arraigned in Cook County        Court on Wed, Feb 5th, 9:30am.    On November 25, 2013, the State's Attorney's    office announced it would charge Servin with manslaughter in the March 21,            2012, shooting of 22-year-old Boyd. "For the first time in 15 years a Chicago            police officer has been charged with shooting a civilian and that is truly                    incredible," said Frank Chapman, Field Organizer, CAARPR. (Read the
   full statement on the Stop Police Crimes website)
 
 
 
 
 


RELATED STRUGGLES - CHICAGO AND BEYOND 
 

Stop Police Crimes Movement Advances Nationally

 

In the last month, there have been important developments in the locations throughout the country, advancing the national movement to stop police crimes. The most important is probably the final defeat of "Stop and Frisk" in New York City, but important prosecutions against police killers are proceeding in Charlotte, NC, and Pittsburgh, PA, and a Chicago trial that led to the broad exposure of illegitimate police tactics. Read full story

 

 
UPCOMING EVENTS

The Free Howard Morgan Campaign "The 9th Inning Against Injustice" Rally and Press Conference 

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Noon - 1pm

Location: James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph Chicago, IL

Main speaker: Atty Benjamin Crump, representing Howard Morgan, and family

attorney for Trayvon Martin.

 

The Free Howard Morgan Campaign will be holding a rally and press conference recognizing 9 years of injustice against Officer Howard Morgan. For more info  

go to freehowardmorgan.com plus rally FB event

 
 
 
Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Meeting
The "black box" the electrical torturing device used by Jon Burge

The Fight for the Torture Victims Must Continue!
Save the date: Wed March 19, 2014 @ 3pm
Location: Illinois State Building, 100 W Randolph, RM 9-040

This is an urgent call to everyone to support the fight for justice for all 

torture victims. We need your presence in the room on this date to counter

increasing pressure from organizing crime victims, who are demanding the

Commission reexamines it's procedures and limit its review of torture cases. Details

 

Contact: Mark Clements, Chicago Alliance Against Racist 

and Political Repression

 

   

                                                          

National Forum on Police Crimes with Angela Davis 

and Others. SAVE THE DATE MAY 16 - 18, 2014 

Location: The University of Chicago's International House

 

On May 16 - 18, 2014 the Chicago Alliance will host a national 

forum on "Stop Police Crimes - Defend Human Rights" 

We are celebrating the 41st anniversary of the National Alliance 
Against Racist and Political Repression. More details

   

RECENT EVENTS

 

Rally Justice for Stephon Edward Watts

When: Sat Feb 1, 2014 @ 2:00 PM

Location: Cal-City Police Station, 1200 Pulaski Road, Calumet City

'Justice For Stephon Watts' Rally &
Press Conference, Feb 2014
 

On Saturday Feb 1st, family members, friends and community supporters, braving the frigid weather, gathered for a rally and press conference for the 2nd Anniversary of the shooting death of Stephon Watts. They were demanding justice for Stephon, an autistic 15 year

old boy who was brutally shot and killed in his home by 

Calumet City police officers, William Coffey and

Robert Hynek. More details 

 

 

 

 

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