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17th December 2015, 22:25
12.18 Mass Protest; Why We Demand Rahm's Arrest
ANSWER Chicago
Join the December 18 protest to force Emanuel to resign (http://answerchicago.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F9390 80906176194%2F&e=a848ef455e23b28b6da327e31ded573f&utm_source=answerchicago&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emanuel&n=2)
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Why We Demand the Immediate Arrest of Mayor Emanuel
From ANSWER Chicago (Act Now to Stop War and Racism)
First, a question for all of us:
How can there be real justice for Black people, workers and poor people of Chicago and the United States, if Mayor Emanuel is not held accountable for his blatantly obvious crimes in the cover-up of the police lynching of Laquan McDonald?
With his popularity at 18 percent, the growing mass demand that Mayor Emanuel resign is very attainable. If Rahm, one of the most powerful politicians in the world, were forced out of office by the anti-racist uprising, it would be a huge development. It would put the entire system on notice and it would embolden and increase the ranks of the fighters for justice.
We need to turn up the heat on the criminal Emanuel regime: Everyone should join the December 18 protest to force Mayor Emanuel to resign. (http://answerchicago.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F9390 80906176194%2F&e=a848ef455e23b28b6da327e31ded573f&utm_source=answerchicago&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emanuel&n=3)
The sacking of one politician, however, will not solve the problem. The U.S. system of rule by the rich, inherently unequal, is propped up racism, second class citizenship for Black people, mass incarceration and cops who routinely execute Black people with impunity.
The arrest of Rahm for murder is not too much to ask, not in any sense. Emanuel in chains would be a much needed straight forward matter of justice for Laquan McDonald and all Black people. No one who criminally obstructs justice in response to a police lynching should be able to walk freely among us—period.
Mayor Emanuel, from his position of authority, poses the greatest danger to the citizens of Chicago—not only for his complicity in Laquan McDonald’s murder, but for waging a calculated war on working, poor and Black people on behalf of the rich and their domination of society. The system he protects must face real consequences for its crimes.
Arrest the mayor now!
The mayor needs to be arrested immediately and charged with murder. Under Illinois law, that is a correct charge in this case. He knew about the police lynching and aided and abetted officer Jason Van Dyke in avoiding capture and prosecution. He should also be charged with “concealment of homicidal death” and obstruction of justice.
It would be a great advance in the new mass struggle against racism if the movement in Chicago demanded the mayor’s arrest for his obvious crimes regarding the cover-up of Laquan McDonald’s murder. It would send an impossible to ignore signal to all the administrators of this system that racists, no matter what position they may hold, must be held fully accountable to the people.
Besides Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Anita Alvarez and every cop involved in the cover-up is guilty of murder according to Illinois law. Arresting them is not inconceivable. Their arrest and punishment, along with reparations for hundreds of years of racist violence and discrimination and full self-determination for the Black community, is at the very heart of justice in this matter.
Is it possible to arrest Emanuel? Yes it is. Is it going to happen? It would certainly take an elevated level of struggle. But isn’t an elevated level of struggle and a mass movement with the strength of an army precisely what is needed to defeat a white-supremacist system that routinely murders Black people on the streets and allows the murderers and accomplices to systematically evade punishment?
ANSWER Chicago · United States
ANSWER Chicago
Join the December 18 protest to force Emanuel to resign (http://answerchicago.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F9390 80906176194%2F&e=a848ef455e23b28b6da327e31ded573f&utm_source=answerchicago&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emanuel&n=2)
http://answerchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rahm-emanuel-arrest.png
Why We Demand the Immediate Arrest of Mayor Emanuel
From ANSWER Chicago (Act Now to Stop War and Racism)
First, a question for all of us:
How can there be real justice for Black people, workers and poor people of Chicago and the United States, if Mayor Emanuel is not held accountable for his blatantly obvious crimes in the cover-up of the police lynching of Laquan McDonald?
With his popularity at 18 percent, the growing mass demand that Mayor Emanuel resign is very attainable. If Rahm, one of the most powerful politicians in the world, were forced out of office by the anti-racist uprising, it would be a huge development. It would put the entire system on notice and it would embolden and increase the ranks of the fighters for justice.
We need to turn up the heat on the criminal Emanuel regime: Everyone should join the December 18 protest to force Mayor Emanuel to resign. (http://answerchicago.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F9390 80906176194%2F&e=a848ef455e23b28b6da327e31ded573f&utm_source=answerchicago&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emanuel&n=3)
The sacking of one politician, however, will not solve the problem. The U.S. system of rule by the rich, inherently unequal, is propped up racism, second class citizenship for Black people, mass incarceration and cops who routinely execute Black people with impunity.
The arrest of Rahm for murder is not too much to ask, not in any sense. Emanuel in chains would be a much needed straight forward matter of justice for Laquan McDonald and all Black people. No one who criminally obstructs justice in response to a police lynching should be able to walk freely among us—period.
Mayor Emanuel, from his position of authority, poses the greatest danger to the citizens of Chicago—not only for his complicity in Laquan McDonald’s murder, but for waging a calculated war on working, poor and Black people on behalf of the rich and their domination of society. The system he protects must face real consequences for its crimes.
Arrest the mayor now!
The mayor needs to be arrested immediately and charged with murder. Under Illinois law, that is a correct charge in this case. He knew about the police lynching and aided and abetted officer Jason Van Dyke in avoiding capture and prosecution. He should also be charged with “concealment of homicidal death” and obstruction of justice.
It would be a great advance in the new mass struggle against racism if the movement in Chicago demanded the mayor’s arrest for his obvious crimes regarding the cover-up of Laquan McDonald’s murder. It would send an impossible to ignore signal to all the administrators of this system that racists, no matter what position they may hold, must be held fully accountable to the people.
Besides Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Anita Alvarez and every cop involved in the cover-up is guilty of murder according to Illinois law. Arresting them is not inconceivable. Their arrest and punishment, along with reparations for hundreds of years of racist violence and discrimination and full self-determination for the Black community, is at the very heart of justice in this matter.
Is it possible to arrest Emanuel? Yes it is. Is it going to happen? It would certainly take an elevated level of struggle. But isn’t an elevated level of struggle and a mass movement with the strength of an army precisely what is needed to defeat a white-supremacist system that routinely murders Black people on the streets and allows the murderers and accomplices to systematically evade punishment?
ANSWER Chicago · United States