three women were assaulted by a police officer on their way home from a gay pride event in chicago last summer...they say the officer physically assaulted them, used homophobic language and knocked them into the pathway of traffic...another man says he was physically and verbally abused by a chicago police officer because of his sexual orientation...this pattern must stop...these two cases of homophobic human rights abuses are consistent with the pattern of abuse and impunity documented by aiusa three years ago in its report, stonewalled...in the report amnesty international documented a widespread pattern of police abuse and misconduct against lgbt people without accountability...
join me in sending a loud message to mayor daley and the chicago police commissioner jody weis that these human rights abuses will not be tolerated...
your voice can make a difference...as one of the finalist cities to host the 2016 summer olympics, chicago is sensitive to its international image...the pattern of police impunity and human rights violations against lgbts is a big tarnish on that image, especially in a city generally considered to be progressive on lgbt issues...
so tell mayor daley and police commissioner weis they must both make strong public statements declaring that police abuse, including homophobic abuse, will not be tolerated...
peace out <3
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