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July 15, 2021
3:00 p.m. PT — 5:00 p.m. PT
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Increasingly, cops are seizing phones at protests and using their private contents to build cases for criminal charges against activists and their networks.
From tips on using a real passcode and encrypted messaging programs, to removing spyware and doing remote wipes, this webinar will cover what you NEED to know to better protect yourself and your comrades from invasive police surveillance.
https://cldc.org/event/keep-your-cell-phone-safe-keep-our-movements-safe/
3:00 p.m. PT — 5:00 p.m. PT
Webinar--information provided upon registration
Increasingly, cops are seizing phones at protests and using their private contents to build cases for criminal charges against activists and their networks.
From tips on using a real passcode and encrypted messaging programs, to removing spyware and doing remote wipes, this webinar will cover what you NEED to know to better protect yourself and your comrades from invasive police surveillance.
https://cldc.org/event/keep-your-cell-phone-safe-keep-our-movements-safe/
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/07/15/off-duty-cop-who-reportedly-ran-stop-sign-killing-boy-on-bike-has-not-been-cited/
An off-duty CPD officer killed a 9-year old child who was riding his bike in a cross walk this week. The officer did not stop at a stop sign and dragged the child trapped under his truck before eventually stopping. He has not been cited.
An off-duty CPD officer killed a 9-year old child who was riding his bike in a cross walk this week. The officer did not stop at a stop sign and dragged the child trapped under his truck before eventually stopping. He has not been cited.
Streetsblog Chicago
Off-duty cop who reportedly ran stop sign, killing boy on bike, issued citation
While the police union president said “any person could be in [the driver’s] shoes,” witnesses tell a different story.
“As of May, it appeared the $33 million ShotSpotter contract would be up for renewal right about now. There are some shocking findings, even by Chicago standards.
It came as a surprise to many, including community members who have rallied to be part of the discussion surrounding the extension of ShotSpotter contract.
Now CBS 2 is learning the contract was extended another two years, before that discussion could ever happen.
“We’re surprised that the contract was signed with no public notice, no public comment, no input, just apparently behind closed doors.””
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/11/cbs2-investigators-shotspotter-contract-extended/?
It came as a surprise to many, including community members who have rallied to be part of the discussion surrounding the extension of ShotSpotter contract.
Now CBS 2 is learning the contract was extended another two years, before that discussion could ever happen.
“We’re surprised that the contract was signed with no public notice, no public comment, no input, just apparently behind closed doors.””
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/11/cbs2-investigators-shotspotter-contract-extended/?
Cbsnews
CBS 2 Investigation: CPD Extends ShotSpotter Contract With No Public Notice
"The city shouldn't be signing multimillion dollar surveillance contracts without any audit, without any public oversight, without any public input."
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Nothing is going back to normal. The institutions haven’t held. A weak "coup" was crushed by Silicon Valley, not democracy. The uprising for black life is sold back to us as memorabilia. What is being inaugurated is not a new hope, but the next episode of a fragmenting global order.
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Columbus statue got rocked yesterday by a guy with a sledgehammer in Nassau, Bahamas
“Justice is the language of ashes and empire. It is the eulogy spoken by the flames that rise wherever black lives are murdered by the state, wherever sacred lands are desecrated, wherever queer and femme bodies are violated.”
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Forwarded from Chicago RUST
⚠ Alert at Federal Plaza
Counter-protest has joined protest at Federal Plaza
#scanmap #chicagoscanner
02:11PM
11/20/2021
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Counter-protest has joined protest at Federal Plaza
#scanmap #chicagoscanner
02:11PM
11/20/2021
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⚠ Alert at Federal Plaza
"How many people?" "About 400"
#scanmap #chicagoscanner
03:13PM
11/20/2021
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"How many people?" "About 400"
#scanmap #chicagoscanner
03:13PM
11/20/2021
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🔊 THIS SUNDAY 12/5 AT 10AM. Protest against Heartland Alliance child detention centers. 120 E Delaware place, at intersection with 900 N Michigan Avenue.