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HB 1727: The Bad Apples in Law Enforcement Accountability Act</a> and follow states like Colorado and New Mexico in ending Qualified Immunity in Illinois. </div><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-8029281684329772604WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The two immediate actions we need you to take are:<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><u></u><b>Ca<span style="color:black">ll 1-866-581-7519</span></b><span style="color:black"> to be connected to your Illinois State Representative and urge them to support and sponsor
</span><span style="color:rgb(35,42,51)">HB </span>1727 (it takes less than 90 seconds!); be aware that there is a massive counter-effort to protect the police from giving up their qualified immunity from prosecution for use of force and other violations of civil rights so even if you know your legislator supports HB 1727, it is worth giving them your support.  </p><p class="gmail-m_-8029281684329772604MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4pt;margin-left:27pt"> 
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</span><u></u><a href="https://action.aclu.org/webform/no-more-bad-apples-conversation-police-accountability" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,85,170)">RSVP</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black"> to join us at 7:00 pm CDT on Monday, April
 19</span></b><span style="color:black">, for an in-depth conversation about police accountability with the ACLU of Illinois and Illinois State Representative Curtis Tarver, the sponsor of HB 1727.
</span><a href="https://www.addevent.com/event/TG6260044" target="_blank"><i>Add the event to your calendar!</i></a><i><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Please share both calls to action with your friends, family, colleagues, and others in your network!
</u>Our Advocacy team is working so hard to move critical bills this session – let’s make sure to support them in all the ways we can!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">We</span></b><span style="color:black">
<b>need your help today</b> <b>to ensure that police in Illinois are held accountable when they violate someone's constitutional rights!</b> Please read on to learn two important steps you can take to be part of the fight to achieve meaningful police accountability
 in Illinois. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></i></b><b><span style="color:black">please call 1-866-581-7519 to be connected to your Illinois State Representative and urge them to support and sponsor
</span></b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iLTIuL8TiKKnE5ahUqo4VmIIAhm5rxz-aSPGbbpCrMXeT0hox977gmIvScigcrFp5cehbqU2jWc3kN807n1fg4B5FzRXxey4jDTZczz9TPAaxuJW5ugKjA7sVStPPFbFKq4VdmgE3eOO16LmXTUccwmHfCbYBJzEjG0yf7bpgA43fdF4wbV0Pj64nzlhnaUorS4pINlWlIItcuCkwvW2zmKB-Ujig_KbXDSK9W5Qmss=&c=txOtzV75ERtab8rR71PzqrGKWJEcUcsJ-jpeKstf4hquKUcMCIrmag==&ch=DeO4218ezPPCo92YSWfa77t35OSVispGnvoFCAwvPFnOozyCqghbvw==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,85,170)">HB
 1727: The Bad Apples in Law Enforcement Accountability Act</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black">.</span></b><span style="color:rgb(35,42,51)">
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</span></i></b><b><span style="color:black">we hope you will </span></b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iLTIuL8TiKKnE5ahUqo4VmIIAhm5rxz-aSPGbbpCrMXeT0hox977gtjCiBZN0FhEaR9TcUXmbIe4IGG4anzfdqMCRXExpLmb8dvHT0k_23TRF4Snt_0GggPQ4bFUkwNRSo-PKf-MulVzaI5NaihW3d0qeEM6xffooeYXkpCgnYuE-MFMYTJRYs1MoETH9AOSRfnngXiyNgA-lHzHpF8davIVqAiNHnut5GISLnuUiCc=&c=txOtzV75ERtab8rR71PzqrGKWJEcUcsJ-jpeKstf4hquKUcMCIrmag==&ch=DeO4218ezPPCo92YSWfa77t35OSVispGnvoFCAwvPFnOozyCqghbvw==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,85,170)">RSVP</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black">
 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.
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 1727</span></a><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iLTIuL8TiKKnE5ahUqo4VmIIAhm5rxz-aSPGbbpCrMXeT0hox977gmIvScigcrFp5cehbqU2jWc3kN807n1fg4B5FzRXxey4jDTZczz9TPAaxuJW5ugKjA7sVStPPFbFKq4VdmgE3eOO16LmXTUccwmHfCbYBJzEjG0yf7bpgA43fdF4wbV0Pj64nzlhnaUorS4pINlWlIItcuCkwvW2zmKB-Ujig_KbXDSK9W5Qmss=&c=txOtzV75ERtab8rR71PzqrGKWJEcUcsJ-jpeKstf4hquKUcMCIrmag==&ch=DeO4218ezPPCo92YSWfa77t35OSVispGnvoFCAwvPFnOozyCqghbvw==" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">,</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,51)">
</span><span style="color:black">and we need all ACLU supporters to call and </span>
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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. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,51)">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Please contact your representatives TODAY and urge them to support HB 1727.</span></b><span style="color:black"> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">At this</span></b><span style="color:black">
<b>special event on April 19, we will discuss police accountability in Illinois</b> – 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
<b>now</b>. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Thank you for joining us in this important fight for justice.</span></b><span style="color:black"> 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.  </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,51)">
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