Tom Dart https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:58:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Tom Dart https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 The Pandemic of De-Incarceration https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/01/the-pandemic-of-de-incarceration/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:00:43 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=18809 Written by Daniel Horowitz

People are sitting in solitary confinement in the D.C. jail for a year for trespassing on public property on Jan. 6, yet in Chicago, nearly 90 murder suspects are out on bail.

Last Monday, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart revealed that in his county alone, 90 murder suspects, 40 people charged with attempted murder, and 852 people charged with aggravated gun possession are out free on bail indefinitely, waiting for their trials.… Continue Reading

]]> 18809 LaQuan Backlash Will Devour Alvarez in 2016 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/laquan-backlash-will-devour-alvarez-in-2016/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:21:53 +0000 http://ifaction.wpengine.com/?p=5076 Protest

Written by Russ Stewart

The “Laquan McDonald Monster” has surfaced, and unlike the Loch Ness Monster, it is tangible, palpable and deadly. Those 16 bullets will be remembered by black voters in 2016, and a torrent of rage — and votes — will be directed in the March 15, 2016, Democratic primary against both Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and any non-black candidates closely associated with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police superintendent Garry McCarthy.

Over the past 50 years, there have been periodic “galvanizing” moments among local black voters, precipitating an electoral eruption and the defeat of candidates deemed hostile.… Continue Reading

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