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Dear Chicago City Council members,
We, the undersigned, urge you to meet your legal obligations to ensure that survivors of Chicago police torture receive compensation by passing the Reparations Ordinance for the Chicago Police Torture Survivors.
From 1972 to 1991, officers of the Chicago Police Department systematically tortured over 100 African-American men, who suffered beatings, electric shocks, suffocations, and mock executions, abuses which often forced them into falsely confessing to crimes they didn't commit. Many received sentences of long prison terms or even the death penalty. None of the officers involved have been prosecuted for torture nor have the vast majority of torture victims received compensation, as the statute of limitations on the crimes was allowed to expire while the victims waited for justice.
International law, including treaties ratified by the US Congress, strictly prohibits torture and requires that governments investigate allegations of torture, prosecute torturers, and compensate the victims of torture. While the city of Chicago has failed the torture victims in many ways, you now have the opportunity to uphold the law and compensate the victims for years of suffering.
We urge you to seize this opportunity to help right this terrible injustice and restore Chicago's tarnished reputation by passing the Reparations Ordinance for the Chicago Police Torture Survivors.
Sincerely,
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January, 2015
Chicago City Council City Hall
121 N. LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
Dear Chicago City Council members,
We, the undersigned, urge you to meet your legal obligations to ensure that survivors of Chicago police torture receive compensation by passing the Reparations Ordinance for the ...
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