Stop the sweeps that are going on that are already unconstitutional. It is a violation in Cabrini and a violation on the South Side and the North Side, whatever side, it is a disrespect. Many demonstrators were sympathetic to Jakes call for an independent police review board. Ed Smith, a 28th Ward Alderman on the West Side of Chicago, who was less willing to endorse such a review board, stated, He has a right to pursue his beliefs. And if beliefs can be pursued enough, and enough people get on it, perhaps something can change.
Somebody has to come forward with an idea.
On July 15, protesters rallied outside Chicago s Federal Building in an attempt to keep issues of police brutality on the public agenda. Ra Chaka of the Prison Action Committee expressed his concern about a code of silence that seems to exist within the police department. There are a lot of police officers who see these things and know about these things, yet mum is the word. They keep their mouths shut, so in essence they are cosigning, and that s sad to say. Demonstrators voiced a desire to make the police more accountable to the communities in which they work.