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[Chicago-Kent NLG @KentLawNLG]

QT is for quick reference re:legal support for protests in Chicago.
Linked tweet below is for more extensive, specialized resources (know your rights, information security, safety tips, etc.).
Do what's right and fight what's wrong. Stay safe out there!

https://t.co/ibr17eKlg9

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

Taking to the streets today or in coming weeks? Make sure to keep this legal support information handy.

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

At our Annual Celebration on Nov 13, we are honored to present our Kinoy Award posthumously to Brian Nelson, formerly of @uplcchicago and survivor of years of solitary. We will show documentary film footage of Brian that has never been shown publicly. https://t.co/2n4V7BCDA3

[May 30th Alliance @M30Alliance]

This is a thread of the events that have taken place during year 2 of Occupy City Hall in Rockford, Illinois. Please read, like, and, re-tweet the content in this thread. #occupycityhall #rockford #illikois #rkfd

[Chicago-Kent NLG @KentLawNLG]

Our friends at @JMLS_NLG are hosting an incredible panel tomorrow at 5PM CT with @SharlynDGrace and Brian Orozco to get into the webs of prison abolition. 🕸🕸🕸 For more info, check out the flier or DM us here! 👻👻

[NLG Chicago @NLGChicago]

We have legal observers on the ground and legal workers tracking arrests from tonight’s protest in Logan Square.

Here is the contact information if you need legal support for the protests against the police killing of Adam Toledo.

[| anna | @GeekWatson]

They say, "co-operate with the police and you will be safe"

The officer yelled for him to stop. He did.

The officer told him to hold his hands up. He did

Then the officer murdered him.

#AdamToledo

[W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell]

I just watched the #AdamToledo video. If you are arguing against a complete overhaul of America's system of policing then watch the video. If you are still against a complete overhaul after that, then you are automatically saying that you are in favor of cops murdering people.

[Grassroots Collaborative @GrassrootsChi]

#AdamToledo should still be here. Show up tomorrow at 5:30 PM in Logan Square to support his community right now.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Last week the Chicago Tribune published an oped about that argued "It's not too early to stop romanticizing & infantilizing 13-year-olds" murdered by police like Adam Toledo. I'll repeat what I said then: Everyone involved in this bile should resign.

[Dyjuan Tatro @DyjuanTatro]

In solidarity with @GKMC18, I’m calling on my Twitter friends not to share the video of 13 yr old Adam Toledo being killed by the police in Chicago. It shouldn’t take a video to convince anyone that the CPD shouldn’t be killing kids.

[Babür Maverick @BaburRealer]

Please do not share the video. Instead, support #AdamToledo 's family ,the youth ABD @GKMC18
If you have not already involved please join to organize #DefundThePolice #DefundCPD #abolishCPD ongoing efforts

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Chicago has released the police footage of the #AdamToledo shooting.

It is hard to watch. The 13-year-old put his hands up instantly, and was shot by the officer

[Sharone Mitchell, Jr. @SharoneMitchJr]

Full disclosure, I've gone back and forth on how to officially respond to the #AdamToledo killing. I do know this, the 3rd party, armchair, hypothetical justifications for the death of a child is sick. Prayers to his people, I pray they aren't seeing how ugly we are being.

[Natasha ❀ @ndelriego]

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability plans to release video of the police shooting that killed Adam Toledo, 13. Adam was categorized as a special education student.
He was shot in the chest and killed by a Chicago Police officer around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, March 29.

[bebo, chicago rat czar 🐀 @BebopOtt]

He stopped running

He had his hands up

He complied with the officer's orders

He was shot

Justice for Adam Toledo

[Radley Balko @radleybalko]

The Adam Toledo video is horrifying. The kid didn't have a gun in his hand. And the state lied about it right up until they were forced to release the video.

[ACLU of Illinois @ACLUofIL]

"The City cannot legally—and should not ethically—repeat the indiscriminate violence that took place during the police riots last summer.”

[Alan Mills @alan_uplc]

Proud that @uplcchicago supports this demand.

[Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts @ChiAppleseed]

We’re calling on the City of Chicago to protect+defend our neighbors’ First Amendment rights protest state-sanctioned, anti-Black violence.

“The City cannot legally—and should not ethically—repeat the indiscriminate violence that took place during the police riots last summer.”