Thursday, May 29, 2014

National Forum on Police Crimes: Video, Reporting, and other Resources

The 2-day National Forum on Police Crimes 2014 was held at May 16-17, 2014, in Chicago, as a project of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago and International House at the University of Chicago.


VIDEO

Watch the full plenary session filmed by CAN-TV: National Forum on Police Crimes

Speakers include:

Tracye A. Matthews
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago

Frank Chapman
Field Organizer
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Lennox Hinds
Attorney; Professor of Criminal Justice Rutgers

Rob Warden
Executive Director
Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University

Jeff Baker
President
Committee for a Better Chicago

Muhammad Sankari
Arab American Action Network

Bernardine Dohrn
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Northwestern University School of Law

Nelson Linder
President
NAACP - Austin, TX Chapter

Crista Noel
Founder/CEO
Women's All Points Bulletin

Joseph "Jazz" Hayden
Founder
allthingsharlem.com


PRESS REPORTS

April 30, 2014, People's World, "National forum on police crimes to be held in Chicago" by Evlynn Wier

May 17, 2014, Breaking Voices, "Angela Davis comes to Chicago for National Forum on Police Crime & Racism" by VInce Wallace

May 18, 2014, Chicago Reporter, "Davis: Police violence has hit a 'crisis' point" by Angela Caputo

May 27, 2014, Truthout, "Angela Davis Featured at National Forum on Police Crimes at University of Chicago" by Harry Targ

May 29, 2014, Portside, "National Forum on Police Crimes Calls for Civilian Police Accountability Councils" by Pat Fry


FORUM REPORTS

SUMMARY: "Stopping Police Crimes: A National Epidemic Requires a Coordinated National Effort" by Frank Chapman

Stopping police crimes against the undocumented and other immigrants

Stopping police crimes against the labor movement

Stopping police crimes based on institutionalized racism

Stopping police crimes against women

Stopping police crimes and FBI repression of peace and solidarity movements

Stopping police crimes against the LGBTQ community

Stopping police crimes in a prison nation


OTHER RESOURCES

Call for a National Forum on Police Crimes

National Forum on Police Crimes: Agenda

National Forum on Police Crimes: Breakout Sessions

National Forum on Police Crimes: Host Committee

Police Crimes in the US, A View from Austin, Texas: An Interview with Nelson Linder

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