Rest In POWER: Jeanette Plummer
Our sister warrior and dearest friend Jeanette Plummer has transitioned to join the ancestors. We dip our banners of struggle in honor to Jeanette. When we first kicked off the CPAC campaign–that is the struggle against police crimes and to create an all elected, all civilian police accountability council– Jeanette Plummer was right there with us in Englewood, telling the Alliance and all of our allies who gathered together on that day (July 12th, 2012) to have a people’s hearing on police crimes.
She told us in clear, strong, and graphic language what happened to her son, Johnny Plummer. How as a 15 year old child he was brutally tortured by the police, the Jon Burge gang. She was dedicated not only to getting justice for her son, but also for all those who were victims of police torture and who had been wrongfully convicted and put in prison, many of them with life sentences.
So on this sad occasion where we dip our banners of struggle to this true and courageous comrade, we also rededicate ourselves to carrying forward, to the best of our capacity and ability, the struggle to get justice for all those wrongfully convicted and for all those who still languish in prison, innocent of committing any crime, except the crime of being Black in America.
The hundreds of torture cases, many of which are still unresolved, make no mistake about it, came about because of the criminalization of our youth and the racist criminal justice system. It’s now more than ever incumbent upon us to overturn this cruel and inhumane system of criminal justice that sends innocent Black and brown youth to prison for crimes that they did not commit.
Johnny Plummer has been in prison for over 30 years, going in as a teenager, as a child, 15 years old, for something that he did not do. And now he’s coming back to court to try to get justice. So, on his next hearing date on May 26th at 9:30 AM at 26th & California, we ask all of our friends and allies to come to court with us, to stand with Johnny Plummer in honor of his mother and all those who have perished fighting for freedom and demanding justice now. FREE THEM ALL! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Frank Chapman, Executive Director, NAARPR
