The city of Chicago has become the first in the nation to create a reparations fund for victims of police torture, after the City Council unanimously approved the $5.5 million package.
States Attorney Anita Alvarez not only knew it was wrong to charge Officer Servin with the lesser crime of recklessness, she has a documented history of making the case that shooting into a crowd requires one to be charged with murder.
We must uplift our Black women the same as we uplift our Black men because in reality we are all targets. And we must create our own version of justice, because State systems are designed to exclusively protect their agents.