2023-02-21 14:46:31

Police Murders of Fred Hampton to Laquan McDonald: Chicago Police Council Elections Are a First

The police murder of Fred Hampton in Chicago in 1969 helped launch a movement more than 50 years ago for accountability. In a culmination of this campaign, Chicago voters next Tuesday will elect 22 local police councils tasked with community control of the police. Seven members of the councils will be part of a Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, a new model of police oversight. We speak with Frank Chapman, longtime activist and field organizer with the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, about the initiative and how it aims to empower Black and Brown working-class civilians.

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