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Organizer Richard Wallace says the police department is using force to make black residents follow stay-at-home orders, “regardless of the circumstance.”
This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadtheWord poetry event on April 22.
This poem was performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadTheWord poetry event on April 22. Artists were asked to write a poem inspired by one of Injustice Watch’s stories.
This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadtheWord poetry event on April 22.
This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadTheWord poetry event on April 22. Artists were asked to write a poem inspired by one of Injustice Watch’s stories. This piece was inspired by our ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the criminal justice system. What is the world you want to achieve? Can you show me the blueprint?
This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadtheWord poetry event on April 22.
The federal judge’s order didn’t go as far as some civil rights advocates had hoped. The ongoing work of pushing for structural change to the criminal justice system must continue.
Advocates for incarcerated people are calling on Illinois correctional officials to protect the state’s older prison population from COVID-19 disease.
Civil rights lawyer Flint Taylor questions why the Lightfoot administration has hired lawyers who aggressively challenge in court the credibility of defendants’ contentions they were tortured into confessing by members of the crew of former Chicago police commander Jon Burge.
The City of Chicago is spending heavily to oppose Stanley Wrice’s claim for damages based on evidence he was tortured by members of the crew of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. Attorney Flint Taylor questions what Mayor Lori Lighfoot’s administration is up to.