Collective Freedom Project | Chicago: Erase the Gang Database (2021)

Описание: #EraseTheDatabse is a campaign to abolish and repair the harm caused by Chicago’s gang database. “Gang Database” is the name used for the maintenance of information about an individual’s suspected relationship to gangs maintained by the Chicago Police Department (CPD). It is inaccurate. It leads to horrible outcomes for individuals and communities. It is inherently and systemically racist. It is an expansion of the police state and ICE. It needs to be abolished. Yesterday.

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By working at the intersections of the criminal-legal and the immigration systems, our communities are pressuring counties to stop racist policing practices, close jails, and expand second chances. As more wake up to the fact that anti-Black and racist policing leads directly to the growth of detention and deportation, our movements become clearer aligned in our vision and strategies for a more just society.

Learn more about the broader Collective Freedom Project and campaigns in Texas, Atlanta, and California at CollectiveFreedomProject.org.

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Organized Communities Against Deportation, @ocad_chi@byp100 @bpncchicago @gkmc18

Interviewees:
Jalen Kobayashi, GoodKids MadCity
Wilmer Catalán, (in community with) Organized Communities Against Deportation
Ralph Edwards, Communities Partnering 4 Peace

Written, Directed, Produced by Caullen Hudson
Cinematography by C’airra Cortez
1st AC, Danyelle Norris
Editing, Color, Post Sound, Additional Footage, & English Transcription by James Murray
Production Sound, Timothy Chan
Coalition Coordinators, Xanat Sobrevilla, OCAD & Alyx Goodwin, BYP100
Set Still Photography, Jalen Hamilton

Special Thanks to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Dogmo Studios, and with support from the Four Freedoms Fund.