Petition Calls For Transparent Chicago Police Oversight Committee After Study Finds Institutionalized Racism
A comprehensive study of Chicago PD found a biased and corrupt oversight committee meant to investigate officer offenses like police brutality – http://www.thepetitionsite.com/406/083/463/
CHICAGO, IL — A Care2 petition is calling for the removal of the Chicago Police Department’s inadequate police oversight committee, the Independent Police Review Authority. A 190-page report from the city’s Police Accountability Task Force found the committee, which oversees use of excessive force and police shootings, is biased in favor of police and does not evaluate all complaints. The task force recommended the implementation of a transparent, citizen-led committee to oversee police misconduct cases.
The Care2 petition calling for this new transparent oversight committee has gathered nearly 20,000 signatures.
VIEW THE CARE2 PETITION HERE: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/406/083/463/
“I live in Chicago and I can’t believe that this kind of police misconduct is going on without any consequences,” says Care2 petition author Kelsey Bourgeois.
The study, which was ordered by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, found institutionalized racism at all levels of police work in Chicago, and gave 76 recommendations for changes. Mayor Emanuel announced some changes, but ignored two-thirds of the recommendations and announced no changes to the oversight committee.
The Independent Police Review Authority was implemented following widespread outrage over the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald.
“CPD’s own data gives validity to the widely held belief the police have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color,” the report read.
Just two weeks ago, 16-year-old African American Pierre Loury was shot and killed by police in Chicago.
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