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CAIR-Chicago Urges People to Stand Up Against Police Torture

CAIR-Chicago is urging all people of conscience to fight police torture this Friday! From 1972 to 1991, a group of police officers in Chicago's South Side has committed brutal acts of torture against African Americans in police custody. Torture methods ranging from using cattle prods to burning victims were used. During this time, involuntary confessions were extracted for serious crimes, of which dozens of people remain imprisoned for.

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Key Religious Leaders Launch Coalition with Chicago Hotel Workers (UNITE HERE)

The religious community’s moral stand comes at a critical time for Chicago-area hotel workers. Contracts covering nearly 7,000 workers at 26 hotels expire on August 31, 2006. Workers at Hilton and Hyatt properties will vote on Monday August 21 and Tuesday August 22 (respectively) to authorize their committees to call a strike if necessary.

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