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STOP POLICE BRUTALITY AND RACIAL PROFILING - Chicago Neighborhoods Speak Out!

Chicago police have a long history of brutality and corruption. For years, acts of torture and abuse against poor African Americans and Latinos have gone unchallanged, but today the tide is beginning to shift...
Chicago police have a long history of brutality and corruption. For years, acts of torture and abuse against poor African Americans and Latinos have gone unchallanged, but today the tide is beginning to shift. The recent riots in Cincinnati against the murder of an unarmed Black man have put a spotlight on police abuse and racial profiling. Come to this panel speakout, listen to these stories, share your own and then help us do something to end these crimes.

PANELISTS WILL INCLUDE:

VERA LOVE
mother of Robby Russ, unarmed Black motorist and Northwestern football player murdered by Chicago police.

LOUVA BELL
mother of Ronald Kitchen, police torture victim on Illinois Death Row

ROBIN HOBLEY
sister of Madison Hobley, police torture victim on Illinois Death Row

LYDIA TAYLOR
representative of the Justice Coalition of Chicago

JOEY MOGUL
attorney, People's Law Office

LEE SUSTAR
writer for Socialist Worker newspaper and eyewitness to the Cincinnati riots

HECTOR REYES
member of the International Socialist Organization

REPRESENTATIVE
Comite Exigimos Justicia

(not all panelists will appear on every panel. Call 773 583 5069 for details)

HYDE PARK - Thursday, May 24, 7pm, First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn.

WICKER PARK - Wednesday, May 30, 7pm Wicker Park Fieldhouse, 1425 N. Damen

ROGERS PARK - Thursday, May 31, 7pm United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse

Join the panelists and co-sponsoring organizations on the June 2 march against police brutality in Rogers Park. Call the Campaign to End the Death Penalty for details at 773 995 4841.

Co-sponsored by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Comite Exigimos Justicia, the International Socialist Organization and the Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago.

Check out these web sites:

www.internationalsocialist.org

www.nodeathpenalty.org
 
 

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