From: nattyreb@ix.netcom.com
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 18:14:09
Subject: !*Chicago:  Police board meeting: Thurs. May 13

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Date: Thu,  6 May 1999 12:41:44 -0500
From: Oct22 National Office 

Police superintendent Terry Hillard and his lawyer -- who are conspiring to 
cover up police torture, brutality and conspiracy -- walked out of the last 
police board meeting when the audience protested Hillard's refusal to answer 
civilian questions.

Don't let police superintendent Hillard and the FOP cover up police 
misconduct and bargain away our rights! Protest police torture and
misconduct!

Police Board meeting
Thursday • May 13 • 7:30 p.m. 
Police headquarters • 1121 S. State St.

You MUST call 312-747-6268 by 4:00 p.m. today to get on the speakers' list 
for today's police board meeting!

Police brutality opponents will again challenge police superintendent Terry 
Hillard about his office¹s involvement in covering up police wrongdoing at 
this month's police board meeting. Hillard has failed abysmally in
protecting 
the public trust in two of the most important issues that have come before 
his office: allegations of police torture and wrongful conviction; and 
allegations of police wrongdoing in the Jorge Guillen police homicide. And
at 
the same time, the City of Chicago is negotiating even greater protections 
for brutal police in current contract talks with the Fraternal Order of 
Police.

Hillard¹s administration threw out OPS findings of police torture in a
number 
of cases, including those of death row inmates who were convicted based on 
false confessions obtained through torture. Police officers who committed 
torture remain on the force, and have since been accused of coercing false 
confessions and cooking evidence in more recent wrongful conviction cases. 
Plus, new depositions show that Hillard's office threw out OPS findings of 
police misconduct in the Jorge Guillen police homicide.

Yet as we speak, the Fraternal Order of Police and the City of Chicago are 
negotiating reduced record-keeping and public oversight in current contract 
talks. Don't let the City bargain away civilian rights! And don't let
Hillard 
and his stooges cover up brutality and torture! Speak out at tonight's
police 
board meeting!

For more information, contact Neighbors Against Police Brutality at 
312-409-2890.
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