Defund Park Ridge Police

The Park Ridge Illinois Police are complicit in the assault on their youth. It is time to finally heed the call for abolition and defund the Park Ridge Police!

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Park Ridge Police Chief Frank Kaminski didn't protect the community because that is not what they do. Why are we spending so much money on them?
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Garry McCarthy even showed up to make a public comment.
https://t.co/q6RFUVkPqx

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Public backlash to the @D64News board consideration of an SRO (school resource officer) was swift.

"...that failure to act, to protect children, sent a very clear message, it was a message sent by the police district..."

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Action Ridge reports that two police chiefs will be at the D63 board meeting on August 18. It's time to mobilize!
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.@Park_Ridge_PD accessed CLEAR *570* times in 2021, a huge jump from previous years.

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A #NotInMyTown orange ribbon campaign is happening with orange ribbons on trees all throughout Park Ridge.

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Here is Michael Vitellaro's entry on the Citizens Police Data Project.
https://t.co/CfTViRGu2i

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The victim is named all over the place but nobody will say the name of the off duty cop who attacked him...except for @PeoplesLawChi and @GREGTHESAGE of @ECCSC_chicago.

➡️CPD Sgt. Michael Vitellaro

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Here is Michael Vitellaro's entry on @lucyparsonslabs's OpenOversight.
https://t.co/TZQ3MB7RCA

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Water is wet.

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A Nextdoor thread full of racist bootlickers planned to attend the July 5th Regular Meeting of the Park Ridge City Council to make public comments in *SUPPORT* of this abusive cop.

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No surprise for Nextdoor but here's a sampling.

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The parents of the young victim speak out on Facebook:
"We’ve talked to our 3 Puerto Rican boys about this moment for years—but you can’t emotionally prepare for this happening to your own child… then it does."

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On Friday July 1st 2022 a white man violently assaulted a teenager in Park Ridge Illinois putting his knee upon the youth's back. Video was captured and posted to social media.