[Peace] also tonight / ssue of police use of force at the Champaign City Council meeting / 7pm

[Karen Medina]

Also this evening:
The issue of police use of force during the June 2011 arrest of a
student on campus will be the study session topic this evening for the
Champaign City Council meeting.

The media and the outside investigations mention only the pepper
spraying but not the officer's hands around the person's neck as he
sits handcuffed in the back seat of the cruiser. Several City Council
members, including the Mayor, are alarmed about the situation, but the
State Police and the FBI find no problem.

The video is here:
http://www.ucimc.org/content/video-champaign-police-choking-black-youth-while-handcuffs
along with the story on the IMC's coverage.
The News-Gazette says this:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2012-02-06/champaign-council-weigh-new-review-arrest.html

Who: Champaign City Council study session
Where: the City Council Chambers of the City Building,
102 N. Neil St., Champaign, Illinois
Time: 7pm
The meeting begins at 7:00 P.M. All Champaign City Council meetings
are televised and recorded for the Champaign Government Television,
Comcast cable channel 5, AT&T U-verse channel 99, and online at
www.ci.champaign.il.us/cgtv