6th District Council Agenda

Eric Russell – Chair

Russell is the founder and executive director of Tree of Life Justice League of Illinois, a nonprofit that advocates for police accountability and provides services for families affected by police violence. Alderpersons David Moore (17th Ward) and Pat Dowell (Third Ward), State Representatives La Shawn Ford (8th District) and Marcus C. Evans Jr. (33rd District), State Senator Willie Preston (31st District), Congressmen Jonathan Jackson (IL-1) and Danny Davis (IL-7), and St. Sabina parish priest Michael Pfleger have endorsed.

• Is CPD adequately funded? Yes: funding should be reduced.

• CPD reform: The police need significant reform.

What do you consider the primary role of a police district councilor to be?

Communicating with the department on behalf of the community

Establishing civilian control of the police department

Helping the police do a better job

Why are you running for Police District Council?

I’m committed to do my part to help usher in a new day of police reform, transparency, and accountability, and ultimately work to restore the public truth of police in my community.

Aisha Humphries – Nominating Committee

Humphries, a write-in candidate, serves on the executive board of Chatham United, a coalition of neighbors, block clubs, and organizations she described as “working to improve and sustain safety and community.” She is also an active member of Reunite Chatham as well as her neighborhood park advisory council and block club.

Humphries told the Reader she also volunteers a CAPS facilitator in Gresham for Beat 0631 in the Sixth District. She has also participated in or attended CPD and CAPS events such as National Night Out, Conversations with the Commander, and community engagement town halls.

• Is CPD adequately funded? Yes: funding should stay about the same.

• CPD reform: The police need significant reform.

What do you consider the primary role of a police district councilor to be?

Communicating with the department on behalf of the community

Helping the police do a better job

Why are you running for Police District Council?

I believe the Council has an important role to play in helping citizens understand and define the power, responsibility, and role of CPD. People should be informed of public safety issues that impact them, and have the opportunity to collaborate with CPD to improve community well-being.

David Boykin – Community Engagement

A musician, educator, and high school counselor from the west side, Boykin has lived in the district for over a decade. As a counselor, he works extensively with teenage Black boys, whom he says are “the most at-risk demographic to be subject to interaction with the police and the carceral state” and that his experience has given him “an understanding of the need for alternative policing strategies.”

• Is CPD adequately funded? Yes: funding should be reduced.

• CPD reform: The police need significant reform.

What do you consider the primary role of a police district councilor to be?

Communicating with the department on behalf of the community

Why are you running for Police District Council?

I am running to be a Member of Police District Council Six because he is answering the call for citizens to step up and do this important work. Hearing about the historical ECPS ordinance to empower citizens over how their communities are policed and then seeing the lack of candidates for these newly created offices, I decided to answer the call to make a difference in his community.

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