[Peace] Stop Police Abuse - Tues, Nov 1 6:30pm Champaign City Council

[Danielle Chynoweth]

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*Stop Police Abuse
Come tell your stories and show support*
Tuesday, Nov 1 at 6:30 pm
Champaign City Council meeting
Champaign City Hall - at University and Neil St.

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Last Monday Calvin Miller, age 18, was beaten by
police<http://www.ucimc.org/content/black-youth-beaten-champaign-police>while
in handcuffs. His crime? Running to the safety of his mother's house,
pursued by police he feared  would kill him.

Two years earlier, Champaign police killed 14 year old Kiwane Carrington in
broad daylight as he was trying to get into his home. Afterward, Calvin
asked the question that was on the minds of many youth: "Dad, are they
gonna kill me?" "No," said his father, Martel Miller, "Just do what the
police tell you to." "But they killed Kiwane," Calvin responded.

After Kiwane was killed, hundreds of concerned citizens gathered and spoke
out, many telling stories of police abuse. They had been racially profiled,
stopped without cause, frisked, their information put into a database to
track them. Some were called derogatory names, pepper sprayed, beaten. And
witnesses who tried to stop the violence received the same.

Last week, Police Chief Finney told the
press<http://will.illinois.edu/news/spotstory/miller-refutes-police-account-of-sons-alleged-beating/>:
"if you run from the police ... it’s going to have some dire consequences."
It was Finney who pulled a gun on an unarmed child in broad daylight
escalating into the tragedy of a young life lost.

This is the legacy of the Champaign Police Department - a legacy that is
allowed to continue under the watch of an elected city council.

CU Citizens for Peace and Justice is asking people to come out and tell
their stories of encounters with the
police<http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-10-27/miller-calls-whole-community-speak-champaign-council-meeting.>this
Tuesday, Nov 1, at the City Council meeting in Champaign.  Come at
6:30pm to speak and show your support.

For more information contact: Danielle at chyn at ucimc.org.
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