WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Advocacy groups in Chicago will protest over the local police ‘black site’ Homan Square on Saturday, spokesperson for the Chicago-based advocacy group Chicago Anonymous Billy Mills told Sputnik.
“The coalition of organizations will come together on Saturday at 3 pm for a peaceful and productive rally on Homan Square,” Mills said.
The coalition also includes Gay Liberation Network and Stop Mass Incarceration Network Chicago advocacy groups.
The Chicago police department (CPD) reportedly operates a secret interrogation compound, similar to the CIA’s black sites, at the Homan Square warehouse. Practices at the site allegedly include beatings, prolonged shackling and denying detainees legal counsel.
Chicago Anonymous' demands include a public inspection of Homan Square and a special meeting for Chicagoans to ask questions of supervising CPD about what happens in Homan Square.
A similar rally will be held on Saturday by the American advocacy group #Gitmo2Chicago in Los Angeles, California to bring attention to the problem.
“With the recent reports that activists are being held in a secret prison in Chicago, Illinois, without the slightest possibility of contact from the outside world; Some fear this may be a ripple effect caused by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),” Abby Temple, spokesperson for #Gitmo2Chicago, said.
She added the NDAA allows local police departments as well as the US military to detain Americans indefinitely should the state label them a ‘homegrown terrorist.’
The advocacy group #Gitmo2Chicago told Sputnik they are holding an additional rally in Asheville, North Carolina protesting the Chicago ‘black site’ Homan Square Wednesday.
Also, #Gitmo2Chicago held a protest in Asheville, North Carolina the group’s spokesperson who introduced himself as Phililuminati Roythschild told Sputnik.
“[The protest was] very peaceful. There were only five of us. But we still got a chance to talk to the community and draw attention to Homan Square,” he said on Wednesday.
