National Lawyers Guild Chicago Chapter

The Libby Scooter:

Use of Force Denial of Public Space Interference with First-Amendment-Protected Activities I (Crowd Control) Interference with First-Amendment-Protected Activities II (Chilling Investigations) Officer-Involved Shootings "Less-Lethal Weapons"

Walter Armstrong's mother marches with hundreds of people in protest of Walter's fatal shooting Oct. 10, 2005, by Chicago police. NLG Chicago Police Accountability Project Individually and collectively, NLG Chicago member-attorneys use litigation as a tool in the continuing struggle to ensure that the law is used for the people's protection, not their repression. Outside the courthouse . . . There is a new, growing movement for police accountability in Chicago. NLG Chicago supports this movement. The people of Chicago have brought law suits and have marched in the streets, expressing growing concerns about: * Excessive force, including deadly force, incidents - * Racial profiling - * Tasers and other so-called non-lethal-force weapons - * Police and correctional officer misconduct on the basis of anti-LGBT-bias * Special concerns of people with mental illness There is a new, growing movement for police accountability in Chicago - The Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago proposes a "12-Point Program for Enhanced Police Accountability" The coalition will pressure the Chicago City Council to pass a new ordinance that will cut through the red tape citizens face when making complaints, and eliminate the bias in favor of the accused officer. There is a new, growing movement for police accountability in Chicago - Police brutality activist May Molina died in May 2005 in Chicago police custody. Hundreds protested. There is a new, growing movement for police accountability in Chicago - When Chicago police trapped and arrested hundreds of anti-war protesters at the start of the Gulf War in March, 2003, NLG attorneys brought a class-action lawsuit, Vodak v. City of Chicago. There is a new, growing movement for police accountability in Chicago - Join it! Get in touch: NLG Chicago contact@nlgchicago.org 312-913-0039