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·1· · · · · · · · · · POLICE BOARD· · · · · · · · · · ·CITY OF CHICAGO·2· · · · · · · · · · ·PUBLIC MEETING·3· · · · · · ·Chicago Public Safety Headquarters·4· · · · · · · ·3510 South Michigan Avenue· · · · · · · · · · ·Chicago, Illinois·5· · · · · · · · Thursday, March 19, 2020·6· · · · · · · · · · · 7:30 p.m.

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·9· · ·APPEARANCES:10· · ·POLICE BOARD MEMBERS11· ·GHIAN FOREMAN, President· · ·PAULA WOLFF, Vice President12· ·MATTHEW CROWL· · ·MICHAEL EADDY13· ·STEVE FLORES· · ·JORGE MONTES14· ·JOHN P. O'MALLEY, JR.· · ·RHODA D. SWEENEY15· ·ANDREA L. ZOPP

16· · ·ALSO PRESENT:17· ·CHARLIE BECK, Interim Superintendent of Police;· · ·DANA O'MALLEY, General Counsel to the18· ·Superintendent of Police;· · ·SYDNEY ROBERTS, Chief Administrator of the19· ·Civilian Office of Police Accountability;· · ·JOSEPH LIPARI, Deputy Inspector General for20· ·Public Safety;· · ·KAREN KONOW, Chief of the Bureau of Internal21· ·Affairs, Chicago Police Department;· · ·MAX A. CAPRONI, Executive Director, Police22· ·Board.

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·1· · · · PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· It's 7:30.· My name is

·2· ·Ghian Foreman.· I am the president of the

·3· ·Chicago Police Board, and I am calling the

·4· ·Board's March 19th public meeting to order.

·5· · · · · · · · ·To protect the public's health in

·6· ·response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and as

·7· ·permitted by Governor Pritzker's Executive

·8· ·Order 2020-07, Section 6, this meeting is

·9· ·taking place entirely via audio conference.

10· ·This conference call is open to the public.

11· · · · · · · · ·At this time, I ask members of

12· ·the public to place their phones on mute so

13· ·that we can cut down on background noise.

14· ·Throughout this call, I will also be able to

15· ·mute everyone on the call so that we can

16· ·minimize noise.· I will let you know when I am

17· ·muting and unmuting all participants but

18· ·myself.· I will now mute participants now.

19· · · · · · · · ·We have a court reporter on the

20· ·phone so that we can have a transcript of this

21· ·call.· We are also recording this call.

22· ·Because we are on the phone, I will take

23· ·attendance so we know who is participating on

24· ·this call.· I will begin by reading the names


·1· ·of the Board members.· If you are on the call,

·2· ·please say here.

·3· · · · · · · · ·I have now unmuted the Board so

·4· ·they can -- so we can take attendance and other

·5· ·business.· Police Board Vice President Paula

·6· ·Wolff.

·7· · · ·VICE PRESIDENT WOLFF:· Here.

·8· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Police Board member

·9· ·Matthew Crowl.

10· · · ·BOARD MEMBER CROWL:· Here.

11· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Police Board member

12· ·Michael Eaddy.

13· · · ·BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· Here.


15· ·Steve Flores.

16· · · ·BOARD MEMBER FLORES:· Here.

17· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Police Board George

18· ·Montes.

19· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MONTES:· Here.


21· ·John O'Malley.

22· · · ·BOARD MEMBER O'MALLEY:· Here.


24· ·Rhoda Sweeney.


·1· · · ·BOARD MEMBER SWEENEY:· Here.

·2· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Police Board member

·3· ·Andrea Zopp.

·4· · · ·BOARD MEMBER ZOPP:· Here.

·5· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you.· I will now

·6· ·read the names of others who may be on the

·7· ·call.· If you are on the call, please say

·8· ·"Here."

·9· · · · · · · · ·Interim Superintendent of Chicago

10· ·Police Department Charlie Beck.

11· · · ·INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT BECK:· Here.

12· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· General Counsel to the

13· ·Superintendent Dana O'Malley.

14· · · ·MS. O'MALLEY:· Here.

15· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Chief Administrator of

16· ·the Civilian Office of Police Accountability

17· ·Sidney Roberts.

18· · · ·MS. ROBERTS:· Here.

19· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Chief of the Chicago

20· ·Police Department Bureau of Internal Affairs

21· ·Karen Konow.

22· · · ·MS. KONOW:· Yes, I'm here.

23· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you.

24· · · · · · · · ·Deputy Inspector General for


·1· ·Public Safety Joseph Lipari.

·2· · · ·MR. LIPARI:· Here.

·3· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Executive Director of

·4· ·Police Board Max Caproni.

·5· · · ·MR. CAPRONI:· I'm here.

·6· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· We will now proceed to

·7· ·the items on the meeting agenda.· We will have

·8· ·time at the end of this call for public

·9· ·comments.· Until then, I ask all members of the

10· ·public not to comment and to keep your phones

11· ·on mute to reduce background noise.

12· · · · · · · · ·First I will ask for a motion to

13· ·approve the minutes of the February 20th public

14· ·meeting.

15· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MOTES:· So moved.

16· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Can you please identify

17· ·yourself when making a motion or second.

18· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MONTES:· Jorge Montes.· So

19· ·moved.

20· · · ·BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· Reverend Eaddy.

21· ·Second.

22· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· All in favor?

23· · · · · · · · · · (CHORUS OF AYES.)

24· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Any opposed?


·1· · · · · · · · · ·(NO RESPONSE.)

·2· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Any abstentions?

·3· · · · · · · · · ·(NO RESPONSE).

·4· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Motion passes.

·5· · · · · · · · ·The next regular public meeting

·6· ·will be held Thursday, April 16th, at 7:30 p.m.

·7· · · · · · · · ·Obviously, we will take into

·8· ·consideration at that point in time any special

·9· ·considerations we need to take as a result of

10· ·social distancing, and we will indicate through

11· ·the Board's website whether it will be held in

12· ·person or conference call.

13· · · · · · · · ·Is there a motion to close a

14· ·series of executive sessions for purposes of

15· ·considering personnel matters and litigation,

16· ·as authorized by Sections 2(c)(1), (3), (4) and

17· ·(11) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act?

18· · · ·VICE PRESIDENT WOLFF:· This is Paula Wolff.

19· ·I would like to move that motion.

20· · · ·BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· This is Michael Eaddy.

21· ·Second.

22· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· All in favor, please

23· ·say aye.

24· · · · · · · · · · (CHORUS OF AYES.)


·1· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Is there any opposed?

·2· · · · · · · · · · (NO RESPONSE.)

·3· · · · · · Any abstentions?

·4· · · · · · · · · · (NO RESPONSE.)

·5· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Motion passes.

·6· · · · · · · · ·I will now put everyone on the

·7· ·call on mute again for this portion of the

·8· ·meeting.

·9· · · · · · · · ·One of the questions I know that

10· ·is on the minds of a lot of people is the

11· ·superintendent search.

12· · · · · · · · ·Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the

13· ·Board cannot adhere to its original schedule

14· ·for continuing with the search process.

15· · · · · · · · ·All of the City's efforts at this

16· ·time need to be focused on confronting the

17· ·challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak.· And the

18· ·Board will make a public announcement when we

19· ·are resuming the search process.

20· · · · · · · · · ·A report of disciplinary

21· ·actions taken by the Board during the previous

22· ·month has been made available at this evening's

23· ·meeting and is posted on the Board's website.

24· · · · · · · · ·The general orders issued by the


·1· ·Superintendent during the previous month are

·2· ·listed in the blue books and posted on the

·3· ·Police Department's website.

·4· · · · · · · · ·Superintendent Beck, or designee,

·5· ·is there an oral report that you would like to

·6· ·provide?

·7· · · ·INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT BECK:· Yes.· Just a

·8· ·couple of things that the Department has done

·9· ·due to the Coronavirus outbreak in Chicago.· We

10· ·have put all visible, sworn personnel in

11· ·uniform.· We cancelled all our in-service and

12· ·recruit training and returned those

13· ·people -- put those people into the field, in

14· ·particular who are doing non-law enforcement

15· ·functions in the districts or within

16· ·headquarters.· We've staffed our medical

17· ·section staff 24/7.· We even invite members --

18· ·people allowed to work from home, some

19· ·non-sworn or at-risk sworn personnel.· We

20· ·closed all the department work-out gym

21· ·facilities.· We've taken headquarters' staff

22· ·both that work in the main headquarters and put

23· ·most of them in the field.· That's over a

24· ·hundred individuals.· We've given direction to


·1· ·members of the CPD to limit the booking of

·2· ·misdemeanor suspects and to use citation

·3· ·techniques whenever possible.

·4· · · · · · · · ·We limited the amount of

·5· ·citations given, both traffic and parking, that

·6· ·are not public safety issues.

·7· · · · · · · · ·We're dispensing some protective

·8· ·equipment to the districts in order to keep our

·9· ·officers as safe as we can.· We've also

10· ·increased frequency of station lockup cleanings

11· ·for the personnel.· And this morning we have

12· ·our first member as a confirmed individual with

13· ·COVID-19.· And we have taken steps to ensure

14· ·that the contact -- the contacted members of

15· ·the organization are aware and are taking the

16· ·precautions that they need to to remain

17· ·healthy.· That concludes my report.

18· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you very much,

19· ·Superintendent.· I will now -- members of the

20· ·Board are now going to take final action for

21· ·some of the disciplinary cases.

22· · · · · · · · ·The Board as authorized by The

23· ·Open Meetings Act has considered in a closed

24· ·meeting two disciplinary cases.


·1· · · · · · · · ·The Board will now take final

·2· ·action on these cases.· Regarding case number

·3· ·18 PB 2949, is there a motion to find Police

·4· ·Officers Michael Coughlin and Jose Torres

·5· ·guilty of using deadly force in violation of

·6· ·the Police Department's rules and policy and

·7· ·guilty of other charges and to discharge each

·8· ·respondent from the Chicago Police Department?

·9· · · ·VICE PRESIDENT WOLFF:· This is Paula Wolff.

10· ·So moved.


12· ·Second.

13· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· I will now call on the

14· ·members of the Board for their votes.

15· · · · · · · · ·Wolff?

16· · · ·VICE PRESIDENT WOLFF:· Aye.

17· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Crowl?

18· · · ·BOARD MEMBER CROWL:· Aye.

19· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Eaddy?

20· · · · BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· Aye.

21· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Flores?

22· · · ·BOARD MEMBER FLORES:· Aye.

23· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Montes?

24· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MONTES:· I abstain.· I did not


·1· ·participate in this case.

·2· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· O'Malley?

·3· · · ·BOARD MEMBER O'MALLEY:· Aye.

·4· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Sweeney?

·5· · · ·BOARD MEMBER SWEENEY:· Aye.

·6· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Zopp?

·7· · · ·BOARD MEMBER ZOPP:· Aye.

·8· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· And I also vote in

·9· ·favor of the motion.

10· · · · · · · · ·Voting in favor are Board Members

11· ·Wolff, Crowl, Eaddy, Flores, O'Malley, Sweeney,

12· ·Zopp and myself.· The motion passes.· As

13· ·stated, Board Member Montes did not participate

14· ·in this case.

15· · · · · · · · ·Is there a motion to adopt the

16· ·written findings and decisions that have been

17· ·reviewed by all Board members who participated

18· ·in the case?

19· · · ·VICE PRESIDENT WOLFF:· This is Paula Wolff.

20· ·So moved.


22· ·Second.

23· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· All in favor by saying

24· ·aye.


·1· · · · · · · · · · (CHORUS OF AYES.)

·2· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Any opposed?

·3· · · · · · · · · (NO RESPONSE.)

·4· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Any abstentions?

·5· · · · · · · · · (NO RESPONSE.)

·6· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· The motion passes.

·7· · · · · · · · ·Regarding case number 19 PB 2960,

·8· ·is there a motion to find Police Officer

·9· ·Ediberto Diaz guilty of discharging a firearm

10· ·while intoxicated and off duty and guilty of

11· ·other charges and to discharge him from the

12· ·Chicago Police Department?

13· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MONTES:· This is Jorge Montes.

14· ·So moved.


16· ·Second.

17· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· I will now call on the

18· ·members of the Board for their votes.· Wolff?

19· · · ·VICE PRESIDENT WOLFF:· I abstain.· I did

20· ·not participate in the case.

21· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Crowl?

22· · · ·BOARD MEMBER CROWL:· I also abstain.· I did

23· ·not participate in the case.

24· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Eaddy?


·1· · · ·BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· Aye.

·2· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Flores?

·3· · · ·BOARD MEMBER FLORES:· Aye.

·4· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Montes?

·5· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MONTES:· Aye.

·6· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· O'Malley?

·7· · · ·BOARD MEMBER O'MALLEY:· Aye.

·8· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Sweeney?

·9· · · ·BOARD MEMBER SWEENEY:· Aye.

10· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Zopp?

11· · · ·BOARD MEMBER ZOPP:· Aye.

12· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· And I vote in favor of

13· ·the motion.

14· · · · · · · · ·Voting in favor are Board members

15· ·Eaddy, Flores, Montes, O'Malley, Sweeney, Zopp

16· ·and myself.· The motion passes.· Board members

17· ·Wolff and Crowl did not participate in this

18· ·case.

19· · · · · · · · ·Is there a motion to adopt the

20· ·written Findings and Decisions that have been

21· ·reviewed by all Board members who participated

22· ·in the case?

23· · · ·BOARD MEMBER MONTES:· This is Jorge Montes.

24· ·So moved.


·1· · · ·BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· Reverend Eaddy.

·2· ·Second.

·3· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· All in favor?

·4· · · · · · · · · · (CHORUS OF AYES.)

·5· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Any opposed?

·6· · · · · · · · · · (NO RESPONSE.)

·7· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· The motion passes.

·8· · · · · · · · ·The decisions in the cases on

·9· ·which the Board took final action this evening

10· ·will be entered as of today's date and will be

11· ·issued to the parties and will be posted on the

12· ·Board's website.

13· · · · · · · · ·I will now call upon members of

14· ·the public who signed in advance to speak.· As

15· ·I call your name, please unmute your phone.

16· ·This is going to be a really critical time for

17· ·us to adhere to the rules of the two minutes.

18· ·I will ask people to stop the two minutes.· And

19· ·if I need to, I will press mute.· But let's be

20· ·patient with each other and let's try to

21· ·respect each other's time considering this is a

22· ·new way that we're all conducting business

23· ·right now.

24· · · · · · · · ·First caller is Matt Brandon.


·1· · · ·MR. BRANDON:· Good evening, President

·2· ·Foreman and Board members.· And thank you for

·3· ·having the meeting.

·4· · · · · · · · ·You know, as summer approaches,

·5· ·I'm apprehensive.· Not much at all has been

·6· ·accomplished over the past months to

·7· ·reestablish the relationships that once existed

·8· ·between the community and Police Department.

·9· ·The underlying substance that led to an

10· ·epidemic of violence in the communities of

11· ·color still exists.· Add to this, the pandemic

12· ·sweeping the country, this state and our City

13· ·and the underserved communities have a

14· ·propensity for a total collapse of public

15· ·safety.· Our first responders are being ordered

16· ·to work in unsafe, unhealthy surroundings.· And

17· ·I heard the Superintendent say they are getting

18· ·the gear now.· But up til that point, I hadn't

19· ·heard that they had gotten it yet.· So he needs

20· ·to be applauded for that.

21· · · · · · · · ·Community conversations held

22· ·across the City and that we participated in

23· ·CAPS meetings for the 3rd, 6th, 4th and 7th

24· ·Districts, we found to be a little bit lacking.


·1· · · · · · · · ·When the communities that have

·2· ·(inaudible), they were told it couldn't be

·3· ·done.· When we asked for putting more foot

·4· ·patrol, it couldn't be guaranteed regularly.

·5· · · · · · · · ·Now, one of the problems that we

·6· ·see in our communities is that our districts --

·7· ·our main districts are being used as training

·8· ·districts.· That leaves us with unprepared

·9· ·officers and situations that call for seasoned

10· ·veteran officers.· Some of officers come from

11· ·the academy with a year or two years or even as

12· ·recruits and have to attend roll calls on basic

13· ·elements of community enforcement such as

14· ·enforcing the no-loitering affidavits that

15· ·exist in our business districts.

16· · · · · · · · ·I think if community policing is

17· ·to be viable for the police department, there

18· ·needs to be a curriculum established in the

19· ·academy, and that hasn't been made system-wide

20· ·for the police department.

21· · · · · · · · ·I thank you for your time and

22· ·appreciate the opportunity.

23· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you very much.

24· ·The next speaker, Jennifer Edwards.


·1· · · ·MS. EDWARDS:· Good evening, everyone. I

·2· ·hope everyone is staying safe.· I briefly want

·3· ·to report on our March 3rd interaction. I

·4· ·believe President Foreman mentioned it last

·5· ·month.

·6· · · · · · · · ·We have an interaction between

·7· ·our community and the 5th District with -- at

·8· ·79th and Cottage Grove, one of our hot spots,

·9· ·under the direction of Commander Rahman

10· ·Muhammad of the 6th District.

11· · · · · · · · ·We had officers in plainclothes,

12· ·community members on the corner, and we also

13· ·had services at Leak Funeral Home.· We have a

14· ·station there.· Services for jobs, mental

15· ·health and other services that we felt the

16· ·community at that area needed.· We found it to

17· ·be very successful.· We were hoping to have

18· ·another one today but because of the pandemic,

19· ·we weren't able to do that.

20· · · · · · · · ·I'd like to also state what Mr.

21· ·Brandon said about having more

22· ·officers and more seasoned officers -- excuse

23· ·me.· Because the police officers and the

24· ·community were out on the corner, we had more


·1· ·cleanliness, the drug dealers and the

·2· ·problems at the -- the bus stations and all of

·3· ·that seemed to kind of disappear.· So it is

·4· ·important that we have an officer bike patrol

·5· ·or foot patrol or car stationed there most of

·6· ·the days, if possible, at 79th and Cottage.

·7· · · · · · · · ·We also hope to have more

·8· ·interaction.· As I said, we wanted one today.

·9· ·We want to have some in the 3rd District, and

10· ·in the 7th District and in the 4th District.

11· · · · · · · · ·We'd like to take back our

12· ·community.· The community is very interested in

13· ·doing this and working with the police.

14· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you very much,

15· ·Ms. Edwards.· And, again, I commend you and

16· ·your community to going out and being part of

17· ·the movement.

18· · · · · · · · ·Next speaker, Zakiya Mohammad.

19· ·Ms. Mohammad.

20· · · · · · · · · · · (NO RESPONSE.)

21· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Next speaker, Mary

22· ·Hartfield.

23· · · ·MS. HARTFIELD:· Hello.· I'm here.

24· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Hello.


·1· · · ·MS. HARTFIELD:· Thank you for allowing me

·2· ·to talk about the things that's going on in the

·3· ·community in the Austin neighborhood.· I'm just

·4· ·very concerned about the killings that's going

·5· ·on in our community.· It's so much going on.

·6· ·And we don't deal with -- and the people not

·7· ·trusting the police officers, that's another

·8· ·part of the -- the -- that's another part that

·9· ·needs to be dealt with.· We got police officers

10· ·that not following the rules, and then they

11· ·want you to follow the rules.· You know, how

12· ·you going to have the respect?· Police supposed

13· ·to have respect for one another.· Our children

14· ·is being shot down dead in our community, you

15· ·know, and they don't have anything to do now.

16· ·You know, we look around our community.· Our

17· ·community don't have anything.· You know, we

18· ·got one restaurant in the Austin neighborhood

19· ·and what else?· We don't have anything else.

20· ·We have no ma-and-pa stores like we used to

21· ·have.· I don't have anything that -- against

22· ·Arabs, but we don't have African American

23· ·community social stuff for our children to do.

24· ·We don't have anything.· We need to work on


·1· ·getting money back into the community.· They

·2· ·keep talking bringing money to the community.

·3· ·Where is the money?· Where is the money and

·4· ·what is the police officers doing to take care

·5· ·of all these shootings?· I hear shooting every

·6· ·night I go to sleep in the Austin community.

·7· ·And that's terrible.· Where are these guns

·8· ·coming from?· Who is allowing these guns to

·9· ·come into our community?

10· · · · · · · · ·I just appreciate that -- I would

11· ·appreciate that we work more with one another

12· ·so we can, you know, trust one another.

13· · · · · · · · ·If I don't trust you, I would not

14· ·give you no information about nothing that's

15· ·going on in the community, because some of the

16· ·police officers tell on you and tell on the

17· ·neighbors.· So they don't trust you, you know,

18· ·to bring your information to the police. I

19· ·want you all to work on that.

20· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you, Ms.

21· ·Hartfield.· I appreciate your comments.

22· · · · · · · · ·Next speaker, Mr. George

23· ·Blakemore.

24· · · ·MR. BLAKEMORE:· Thank you, sir, for having


·1· ·me.· My problem is that the -- the consent

·2· ·that's out for the police of racism is in the

·3· ·police department.· I was at Giordano's and

·4· ·looked what happened, the manager came out and

·5· ·attacked me, and then he -- I hit him after he

·6· ·attacked me.· A white hand.· And he is a white

·7· ·racist.· Police would not let me sign a

·8· ·complaint on him.· I'm an old man and they say

·9· ·you not -- they size up with him.

10· · · · · · · · ·You know, racism is

11· ·still -- people don't want to bring the race

12· ·issue up.· These police are racists in the 18th

13· ·District, all these districts, and now -- I

14· ·can't on a white man that hit me, but he can

15· ·sign a complaint on me when I struck him back.

16· · · · · · · · ·Now, that's what I -- I want this

17· ·to be investigated.· And I want those

18· ·policemen -- COPA to do something about that,

19· ·because black lives do not matter.· White lives

20· ·matter.

21· · · · · · · · ·I hit this white man but he hit

22· ·me.· Nothing gonna happen.· And I'm outraged,

23· ·though very articulate here, but the big

24· ·picture is black lives do not matter.


·1· · · · · · · · ·You'll never hear of a white --

·2· ·a black policeman shooting a white man.· He got

·3· ·the uniform on, he gets the same pay, but he

·4· ·know he better not never abuse a white person.

·5· · · · · · · · ·Now, I've been abused.· And I

·6· ·want you all to find out why you didn't let Mr.

·7· ·Blakemore sign his complaint on this white man,

·8· ·that manager at Giordano's on Rush and

·9· ·Superior.

10· · · · · · · · ·That's the big picture.

11· ·Institutional racism and white folks will do

12· ·whatever they want to a black man.

13· · · · · · · · ·I hit that white man because that

14· ·white man attacked me.

15· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you, Mr.

16· ·Blakemore.

17· · · ·MR. BLAKEMORE:· He attacked me and I hit

18· ·him.

19· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you, Mr.

20· ·Blakemore.

21· · · · · · · · ·Mr. Blakemore, I can follow up

22· ·with you to get information to make sure that

23· ·you are getting in contact with the appropriate

24· ·person at COPA.


·1· · · ·MR. BLAKEMORE:· Thank you very -- COPA

·2· ·hasn't been doing any investigating on this

·3· ·incident.· 18th District is racist.· That's the

·4· ·big picture.

·5· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Okay.· Mr. Blakemore,

·6· ·I'll --

·7· · · ·MR. BLAKEMORE:· Institutional racism.

·8· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· All right.· I'm going

·9· ·to unmute the phone now, and I'm going to call

10· ·for Mr. Robert More.· Mr. Robert More.

11· · · · · · · · · ·(NO RESPONSE.)

12· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· At this time, all

13· ·members of the public who signed up in advance

14· ·to speak have been called upon.

15· · · · · · · · ·Is there a motion to adjourn?

16· · · ·BOARD MEMBER WOLFF:· This is Paula.· I move

17· ·to adjourn this meeting.

18· · · ·BOARD MEMBER EADDY:· Yes.· Eaddy.· Second.

19· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· All in favor?

20· · · · · · · · · · (CHORUS OF AYES.)

21· · · ·PRESIDENT FOREMAN:· Thank you very much.

22· ·The motion passes and the meeting is adjourned.

23· ·I appreciate everyone's patience with the

24· ·telephone system and thank you for


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·2· ·Thank you very much.

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