What Should I do – Know Your Rights!
Your voice matters—and so do your rights. The Cook County Bar Association has created a resource to help you stay safe, informed, and empowered while exercising your First Amendment rights.
✅ Your rights if stopped or arrested
✅ Guidance on photographing/filming demonstrations
✅ Illinois-specific laws you should know
✅ Legal hotlines and support resources
Residents protest federal interventions in Chicago
CHICAGO—From the bustling streets of Pilsen to the steps of Grant Park, Chicago saw a wave of protests as communities mobilized in response to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. Residents and clergy across the city responded to the Trump administration’s launch of “Operation Midway Blitz”—an immigration enforcement campaign targeting sanctuary jurisdictions, including […]
Black Pastors Refuse To Canonize Charlie Kirk
The pulpit shook beneath him as Rev. Howard-John Wesley of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, stood behind the microphone. His face was taut with conviction. The choir stood robed in crimson and gold behind him. The sanctuary was alive with that electric stillness that falls right before the truth lands. And then he […]
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III Bridges Faiths in Chicago’s ‘Black Jerusalem’ Event – BlackPressUSA
Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. In her autobiography, my long-term personal friend, civil rights leader, and scholar Angela Davis wrote that “Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.” That “zoo” is the United […]
Black and Asian Christian leaders discuss role of church in fighting racism
In the summer of 2020, as the death of George Floyd shined a spotlight on racism and violence against Black Americans, the Asian American Christian Collaborative marched for Black lives. Months later, leaders of the Black and Asian American churches involved in that march began to plan a second event uniting their communities against racism. […]