[ACLU-CU ALERT] ACLU action alert on police accountability in Illinois

Fri Apr 9 10:41:05 EDT 2021

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We need your help today to ensure that police in Illinois are held
accountable when they violate someone's constitutional rights! Please read
on to learn two important steps you can take to be part of the fight to
achieve meaningful police accountability in Illinois.

First, please call 1-866-581-7519 to be connected to your Illinois State
Representative and urge them to support and sponsor HB 1727: The Bad Apples
in Law Enforcement Accountability Act
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Second, we hope you will RSVP
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to
join us at 7:00 pm CDT on Monday, April 19, for an in-depth conversation
about police accountability with Illinois State Representative Curtis
Tarver, the sponsor of HB 1727.

The Illinois General Assembly is considering HB 1727
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,
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 and we need all ACLU supporters to call and write
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their
state representatives and urge them to sponsor and support this crucial
bill. The Bad Apples Act would allow a person to bring a lawsuit in state
court against a police officer who violates that person’s constitutional
rights, without having to worry that a police officer will get away with it
because they have blanket qualified immunity. This change will allow courts
and juries to evaluate allegations of constitutional violations by police
on a case-by-case basis, hold police accountable, and give people a path to
seek redress when their civil rights are violated.

Please contact your representatives TODAY and urge them to support HB 1727. We
cannot have another Adam Toledo, another Laquan McDonald, another George
Floyd or Breonna Taylor or Eric Garner. The list of victims of police
violence is too long, and the list of police held accountable for those
atrocities is too short. Please act now.

At this special event on April 19, we will discuss police accountability in
Illinois – including the ways qualified immunity undermines accountability
and denies justice to victims of police misconduct, and how the Bad Apples
Act will make individual police officers and police departments more
accountable for unconstitutional actions. We will also explore how each of
us can join the fight to ensure the Bad Apples Act is signed into law –
because the time for meaningful police accountability is now.
Learn More and RSVP Today
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Thank you for joining us in this important fight for justice. This is going
to be a hard fight and we need you to take action for the bill to move
forward. There is so much power in all of us working together, so much
power in the people. When we stand together firmly on the right side of
history, we make history. Be part of the struggle to achieve meaningful
police accountability in Illinois.

Sincerely,

Khadine

Khadine Bennett
Director of Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs
ACLU of Illinois
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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