Thurs 3/5: Justice Not Homan! Shut the Torture House Down!

Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression
1325 S. Wabash Ave. Suite 105, Chicago, Illinois 60605
www.naarpr.org

 MEDIA ADVISORY
 For release Tuesday March 3, 2015

	What:	Rally

	When:	12pm Noon, Thursday March 5th, 2015

	Where:	3379 W Fillmore St. Chicago, IL

 	Why:	CPD Homan Square Facility Should be Shut Down AND Chicago Police
               	illegally holding civilians, torturing and denying due process
		'business as usual'

	RSVP on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1428944444065229


                         **********    Justice not Homan, Shut the Torture House Down    **********


We are outraged by the existence of the notorious Homan Square facility, where  Chicago police illegally hold civilians, torture, intimidate and deny them their rights!  We clearly understand that the Homan Square facility would not exist without the complicity and protection of Mayor Emanuel and Anita Alvarez, Illinois Cook Co  District Attorney.

However, this is 'business as usual' in Chicago Police Stations, where it is  predominantly members of African American and Latino communities who are  tortured, abused, who never get access to a phone call or legal representation, emphasizing yet again, the urgent need for community control of the police, through  an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC).

Community members, police crime survivors, victims and family members and  concerned  civilians will be rallying for justice and demanding that:

	Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

	1. Close down Homan Square Warehouse immediately

 	2. Fire Chicago Police Superintendent, Gary McCarthy

 	3. Pass the Torture Reparations Ordinance

 	4. Order the permanent display in ALL Chicago Police Stations, accessible to ALL  detainees upon
	arrest, the services & PH# 1-800-LAW-REP4 for First Defense  Legal Aid, who offer free legal
	representation for anyone, in the first 48hrs from the  moment of arrest. Cook County would save
	"between $12.7 and $43.9 million  annually if arrestees had access to a defense attorney within
	24 hours after  arrest"* Funds that could be used towards Torture Reparations.
	Source: http://first-defense.org/images/photos/Cost_savings_optimized.pdf

 ...Then issue an apology to the people of Chicago and all those who have been  abused & tortured by CPD, for allowing Homan Square Police Warehouse to be  used as a Chicago police torture chamber

 	We also demand:

 	The immediate resignation of Illinois State Cook County District Anita Alvarez.

 	The new US Attorney General Loretta Lynch must immediately launch a full scale  federal civil rights
	investigation of the Homan facility, AND of the Chicago Alliance's  2014 complaint to her predecessor,
	Eric Holder, that documented murder, torture, abuse by Chicago/Chicagoland police officers.
	More: http://naarpr.org/complaint-to-eric-holder-us-dept-of-justice/


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