[Iabs-talk] FW: CALL TO ACTION on Police Reform

[David Meyer]

From: Barry Taylor [mailto:BarryT at equipforequality.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 11:43 AM
To: Barry Taylor
Cc: Amanda Antholt
Subject: CALL TO ACTION on Police Reform

 

Colleagues,

 

Public comments are needed this week to the City of Chicago and the Illinois
Attorney General (AG) to include comprehensive reforms in the Chicago police
consent decree to address the excessive use of force against people with
disabilities. 

 

As many of you know, last year Equip for Equality joined the ACLU of
Illinois to bring a lawsuit on behalf of a number of community
organizations, Communities United, et al., v. City of Chicago, to demand
that disability be included in the reform of the Chicago Police Department
(CPD).

 

On July 27, 2018, the AG and the City of Chicago unveiled a draft consent
decree
<http://chicagopoliceconsentdecree.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Illinois-v
.-Chicago-Consent-Decree-Draft-for-Public-Review-2018-7-27.pdf>  to guide
reform of the CPD. The decree is a set of promises that the City makes to
change the department. If the City does not follow through on its promises,
the Attorney General or a coalition of the organizations, including the
Communities United plaintiffs and others, can go to court to enforce the
decree.

 

The draft decree is not complete and lacks essential reforms, especially
when it comes to disability and policing. 

 

.        Our response to the draft decree, in a document called, "A
Commitment to Real Reform," can be read here
<https://www.aclu-il.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/a_commitment_to
_real_reform_-_final.pdf> , and is also attached. 

 

.        The full redlined-edits of our proposed changes to the draft decree
can be read here
<https://www.aclu-il.org/sites/default/files/chart_of_cu_redlines_for_draft_
decree_-_final.pdf> .  

 

.        Also attached is a more detailed document specific to our push to
improve Crisis Intervention and diversion programs. 

 

The public has until August 17 to comment. We hope that you will add your
voice to demand that disability be fully addressed in the reforms and to
support the Communities United proposals. The AG and the City need to hear
from people with disabilities that comprehensive disability training,
programs and policies must be included in the police reforms.


You can send your comments by Friday, August 17 directly to the Attorney
General and City by emailing policereform at atg.state.il.us or calling (833)
243-1498.


If you have questions about Equip for Equality's work on police reform or
any of the Communities United proposals, please email Amanda Antholt,
amanda at equipforequality.org

 

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