Friends,
We have very exciting news! On
October 16, 2013, Aldermen Howard Brookins and Proco Joe Moreno introduced an
Ordinance seeking Reparations
for the
Chicago Police Torture
Survivors drafted by the Chicago Torture Justice
Memorials Project (CTJM) and the People's Law Office. The ordinance
has now been sent to the finance committee of Chicago's City
Council.
To get a hearing on the ordinance and
to get it passed, we must show
Chicago 's political leaders that the public
strongly supports it.
We are asking people to
sign a petition urging Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago City Council to pass the
ordinance. Please sign the petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/pass-the-ordinance-seeking-reparations-for-the-chicago-police-torture-survivors.
The Ordinance serves as a formal
apology to the survivors; creates a Commission to administer financial
compensation to the survivors; creates a medical, psychological and vocational
center on the south side of Chicago for the survivors and their family members;
provides free enrollment in City Colleges for the survivors and family
members; requires Chicago Public schools to teach a history lesson about the
cases; requires the City to fund public memorials about the cases; and sets
aside $20 million to finance this redress, the same amount of money the City has
spent to defend Burge, other detectives and former Mayor Richard M. Daley in the
Chicago Police torture cases.
You can read the entire
ordinance at www.chicagotorture.org or www.peopleslawoffice.com.
The torture survivors continue to
suffer from the psychological effects of the torture they endured without any
compensation, assistance, and they have no legal recourse for any redress.
The City of
Chicago is responsible for
these human rights violations and it must make amends. This is an important way for it to
do so.
Thanks for your support,
Joey
Mogul
People's Law Office and
CTJM member