PETITION FOR ACTION, HELP US KEEP SUPPORT STRONG

WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT ON YESTERDAY , THREE VETERAN CITY OF CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICERS WERE INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY, OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT,
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES FOR THE KILLING OF TEENAGER LAQUAN MCDONALD.
THESE ARE THE THE SAME POLICE OFFICERS WHO OUTRIGHT LIED FOR OFFICER JASON
DYKE WHO SHOT LAQUAN MCDONALD MULTIPLE TIMES, KILLING HIM.
THIS IS A HUGE TURNING POINT IN A LONG BATTLE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND WHY ITS TIME TO BREAK UP HIS "CODE OF SILENCE"
BETWEEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND POLICE UNIONS THAT KEEP PROTECTING BAD COPS WHO GET AWAY WITH OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

IN TWO DAYS , FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE (FOP) CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL EXPIRE .
THE NEW CONTRACT WILL ONLY KEEP POLICE HIDDEN BEHIND THEIR DIRTY ACTIONS
BY KEEPING THEIR NAMES HIDDEN WHILE THEY COLLECT ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PAY.
LETS STOP FRATERNAL ORDER POLICE (FOP),
P.S. (A FREE WORLD AND ITS ALL OF THE PEOPLE) CHECK OUT THE FACTS OF THE IDEA .

*BADGES DO NOT GRANT ANY EXTRA POWER.
*COPS THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO COUNCIL AND THEIR MEMBERS NUST END POLICE CONTRACTS THAT PROTECT BAD COPS.

LAST WEEK WAS A DEVASTING MOMENT FOR MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WITH
\THREE PAINFUL NOT GUILTY VERDICTS IN THE MURDERS OF PHILANDO CASTLE,
SAMUAL DUBOSE AND SYLVILLE SMITH.

THE HORRIBLE REALITY IS THAT POLICE OFFICERS CAN KILL IN AMERICANAND NOTHING
BE SAID OR DONE IN THE REALITY OF THE FACTS.
ONE MAJOR WAY TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABILITY ,TO FIGHT AGAINST THE FACT ALSO
APPROACH AND STOP THE STRONGHOLD OF POLICE UNIONS.

IN FOUR OR MORE DAYS , THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SET TO EXPIRE.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IS EVER PRESENT AND NOW IS THE TIME.
POLICE UNIONS LIKE CHICAGOS FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE(FOP) USE THEIR CONTRACTS TO PREVENT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR POLICE OFFICERSWHO PREY ON OUR COMMUNITES, AS WE SAW WITH THE KILLING OF LAQUAN MCDONALD AND THE
CONSPIRACY AND THE COVERUP THAT FOLLOWED, AND IN SIMILAR CASES IN CHICAGO AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BUT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DEMAND BETTER, AND IF ENOUGH OF US SPEAK OUT,
WE'LL WIN.

WHY DO COPS KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER?
ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY ARE THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED BY THE POLICE UNIONS THAT HELP POLICE OFFICERS LIE AND COVER UP.
THEIR CRIMES, ESSENTIALLY PUTTING THEM "ABOVE THE LAW".


THESE CONTRACTS REQUIRE A "COOLING OFF" PERIOD BEFORE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO GIVE A STATEMENT TO INVESTIGATORS, GIVING THEM THE TIME TO CONSTRUCT A STORY AND COORDINATE IT WITH OTHER POLICE OFFICERS.
IF THEY ARE CAUGHT IN A LIE, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO "REVISE" THEIR STATEMENTS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.
EVEN WHEN PROSECUTORS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT HOLDING POLICE ACCOUNTABLE,
THESE RULES IN THEIR CONTRACTS MAKE IT VERY HARD TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS THAT BREAK THE LAW.

POLICE UNIONS HAVE MADE SURE THESE OUTRAGEOUS CONTRACTS ARE THE STATUS
QUO IN MOST PLACES.

BUT RIGHT NOW IN CHICAGO ,WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE THE POWER OF THE POLICE UNIONS AND CHANGE THE RULES.

  SUPPORTED BY  000VIII3W380

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