United Nations calls for action on behalf of alleged police torture victims in Chicago

United Nations calls for action on behalf of alleged police torture victims in Chicago

CHICAGO -- A local group fighting for justice for alleged victims of torture by Chicago Police has received a helping hand from the United Nations .The alert came from the UN's Special Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination, who said local efforts to address Chicago Police torture have been 'piecemeal and far too slow in implementation.'Denise Spencer is a member of the group Mothers of the Kidnapped – which in turn is part of a larger group called MAMAS Collective.

The United Nations Human Rights Council reviewed those cases, and last week officially called for action from local leaders.UN experts said in part: 'Chicago has a long history of law enforcement officials reportedly using torture to extract confessions to serious crimes. These heinous alleged human rights violations appear to a significant extent to be rooted in systemic racism and have disproportionately affected people of African and Latin American descent.

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