Re-Entry Funds for Keith Walker
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Today, August 13th, Keith Walker is free after 29 years following a wrongful conviction. A Burge torture survivor, Keith endured the pain of our injustice system for too long. Please help us support his transition into the outside world and welcome a mentor and fighter for true justice.
A huge thank you to the Exoneration Project for your hard work on this case.
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I met Keith a year and a half ago through a project named LIV3. A small group of outside folks developing relationships with people condemned with life sentences without the possibility of parole. I’m grateful to have connected with Keith, who soon after we met showed me he’s about commitment, strength, and devotion. Keith and I talk about politics, family, and faith.
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History of the Reparations Movement
One of the most documented movements to fight police torture and violence occurred in Chicago over the span of 30 years. Under the command of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Commander Jon Burge, over 120 people, predominantly African-American men, were tortured from 1972-1991. Jon Burge and officers under his command, targeted communities of color, kidnapping and torturing individuals producing confessions to crimes not committed. Burge was a Vietnam War Veteran and used war torture interrogation tactics from Operation Phoenix on the survivors, such as racial epithets, electric shock, suffocation, and brutal beatings. After being forced to give false confessions, the survivors of torture spent years, some decades incarcerated. Public officials at the City, County, and Federal level refused to take action to stop the torture although concrete evidence documents the torture.. Neither Commander Burge, nor any officer under his command, were criminally charged with torture.
More Info :
https://chicagotorturejustice.org/about-us/history/
A huge thank you to the Exoneration Project for your hard work on this case.
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I met Keith a year and a half ago through a project named LIV3. A small group of outside folks developing relationships with people condemned with life sentences without the possibility of parole. I’m grateful to have connected with Keith, who soon after we met showed me he’s about commitment, strength, and devotion. Keith and I talk about politics, family, and faith.
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History of the Reparations Movement
One of the most documented movements to fight police torture and violence occurred in Chicago over the span of 30 years. Under the command of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Commander Jon Burge, over 120 people, predominantly African-American men, were tortured from 1972-1991. Jon Burge and officers under his command, targeted communities of color, kidnapping and torturing individuals producing confessions to crimes not committed. Burge was a Vietnam War Veteran and used war torture interrogation tactics from Operation Phoenix on the survivors, such as racial epithets, electric shock, suffocation, and brutal beatings. After being forced to give false confessions, the survivors of torture spent years, some decades incarcerated. Public officials at the City, County, and Federal level refused to take action to stop the torture although concrete evidence documents the torture.. Neither Commander Burge, nor any officer under his command, were criminally charged with torture.
More Info :
https://chicagotorturejustice.org/about-us/history/
Co-organizers (3)
Felix AO
Organizer
Chicago, IL
Félix Aníbal
Beneficiary
Brockelley Bee
Co-organizer
LIV3 Illinois
Co-organizer