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Brian Dolinar
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Abolition journalist, educator, scholar of the Depression era.
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Going to the courthouse is always a learning experience. Read about my friend Shonda who was in court in Cook County this week. BD

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Going to Court for Freedom
My first trip to the Cook County Criminal Courts building
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ICYMI - my update on the 1st Amend. hearing for Yafa Issa, U of Illinois student facing mob action charges.

Judge Webber will give his ruling on Friday, Jan. 24, at 3:30pm in Courtroom A.

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Free Speech Hearing for Palestinian Student Facing Mob Action Charges
Yafa Issa, 18-year-old leader in UIUC Students for Justice in Palestine, takes the stand.
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"According to longtime activist and community journalist Brian Dolinar, a previous Urbana police chief helped him confirm whether a deportation had taken place, and he and other advocates would let family members know."

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Champaign-Urbana police departments won't work with ICE as per state law - IPM Newsroom
Local police chiefs in Champaign-Urbana say they won't be collaborating with federal immigration agents.
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A majority of the people in the courtroom were from the local Muslim community. Watching the prosecutor try to get the 18-year-old young woman indict herself on the stand, as a courtroom of Muslim friends and family members looked on, was bad optics.
Free Speech Hearing for Palestinian Student Facing Mob Action Charges
Yafa Issa, 18-year-old leader in UIUC Students for Justice in Palestine, takes the stand.
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Champaign County has had three people die at the jail in the last three years. I found out about the latest death in a state report. But what's the point of having state reports, if nobody is reporting about them?!

Read more at my Substack.

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Support Sentences: Reporting What Happens Behind Closed Cell Doors
George Christopher found dead in Champaign County jail after suffering a stroke
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“As Muslims, that’s a really important issue for our community,” Sana Saboowala said in an interview. “Since 9/11, Muslim communities have been policed all over the nation, and a lot of the surveillance laws that have been put in place on the national level have been targeting Muslims."
Urbana City Council tables measure that would require approval for police surveillance technology - IPM Newsroom
Officials in Urbana have tabled an ordinance that would require the city’s police department to seek approval before purchasing and using surveillance technology, including license plate readers, faci...
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Thanks @truthout.org for coving the mob action charges. BD
Pre-trial hearings for students who participated in a Gaza solidarity encampment in central Illinois last spring will determine whether they will face up to 3 years of incarceration on felony “mob action” charges for having exercised their free speech rights on campus.
Illinois Students Who Protested Gaza Genocide Are Facing Felony Mob Charges.
The state’s attorney is prosecuting University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students over last April’s encampments.
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