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Oct 30, 2018 · Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and his crew tortured false confessions out of hundreds of black men. Decades later, the survivors fought for reparations.
- Natalie Y. Moore
- What Is The Reparations Legislation (Includes An Ordinance and A resolution)?
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- The Work Is Not Over
The Reparations Ordinance and Resolution provides concrete redress to the torture survivors and their family members. Chicago is the first municipality in the history of the United States to ever provide reparations for racially motivated law enforcement violence. In doing so, the City of Chicago is agreeing to acknowledge the City’s responsibility...
Amnesty International - USA, CTJM, Project NIA, and We Charge Genocide This historic legislation is the product of decades of activism, litigation and journalism and the culmination of a concerted six-month inspirational, intergenerational and interracial campaign co-led by Amnesty International - USA, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, Project NIA...
We take this moment to cherish this hard fought victory, but we must recognize that this work is not over. While the legislation has passed, we still need to work hard to make sure it gets properly implemented. We continue to ask for you to get involved in the campaign and support the work of the Chicago Torture Justice Centeron the Southside of Ch...
Jan 6, 2016 · Police were accused of beating false confessions out of accused black men, starting in the 1970s. Activists say reparations aren't the end in the city's dark history around racial police...
After being forced to give false confessions, the survivors of torture spent years, some decades incarcerated. Public officials at the City, County, and Federal level refused to take action to stop the torture although concrete evidence documents the torture.
Sep 19, 2018 · A federal lawsuit filed by Andrew Wilson alleges his confession in the slaying of two police officers in 1982 was coerced under torture by investigators. The defendants named in the $10 million...
Feb 22, 2015 · The notoriously abusive Chicago police officer Jon Burge (top) was released on Friday. When Dana Feitler was found dead in 1989, Richard Zuley (top left) went looking for answers - with money to offer, and then a confession.
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January 14, 2010: Michael Tillman, who had been convicted of rape and murder in 1986, is freed after 23 years in prison, as prosecutors drop charges and agree that his confession was coerced by detectives working under Jon Burge.
