The fight to free Johnny Plummer, 15 Year old Chicago police torture victim
People of the State of Illinois V. Johnny Plummer,
91-CR-21451 & 92-CR-2023601
#Freejohnnyplummer #tortureisacrime @Prisonspeaks
Locking kids up for crimes they never committed was easy as butter in 1991, especially in the city of Chicago where crime rates were at the highest. This gave police opportunity to even arrest kids and to take them to the police station where they were subject to hours and in some cases for entire days, of torture at the hands of members of the Chicago police department. Since the arrest of two south-side brother Jackie and Andrew Wilson in the early 1980's the Chicago police department have been accused of torturing citizens with most cases pointing directly at Jon Burge and his subordinates that were assigned to area two and three violent crime unit in Chicago.
For over 43 years the city denied acts of torture and in 2015 reached an settlement with a group of torture survivors and victims, as the CITY finally admitted what others suspected for decades that systematic patterns of torture occurred to citizens across the city causing many to be sent to prison.
15 year old Johnny Plummer maintains his innocence and have stated that while at area three violent crime unit, he was mistreated by members of the Chicago police department while inside the interrogation room. Despite Plummer being underage never once was the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, "IDCFS" called in by prosecutors, the agency that is assigned to investigate claims of police abuse for the city of Chicago, nor the criminal justice system.
When kids make complaints that they have been hit, smacked, punched, kicked, or abused in any way, these are complaints that are normally assigned to the "IDCFS" to conduct investigations to determine the merit of the claim that is being made by the kid. In the case of Plummer, and others, they were taken to Chicago police stations and tortured. Never once was "IDCFS" summons to investigate.
The city of Chicago have paid out settlements and have agreed with the victims, that in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's they were taken to police stations and tortured. This admission of guilt has not been viewed as it ought too nor have the victims that still remain incarcerated yet to receive the integrity of justice they deserve upon the city admitting employee's under their management abused kids and committed acts of child abuse not limited to acts of sexual assault.
Plummer and all victims of injustice deserve justice. Courts have played political football with the cases to protect the interest of former Cook County State's Attorneys Richard M. Daley and Richard Devine, while many who serve in the capacity of judge's today are out to protect the career's of their family and friends who participated with the cover up! to ensure that the victims would not receive justice as they kept covered up the fact tortures were occurring inside police stations. Courts denied medical evidence, testimony from many witnesses, and even jail guards how some of the men were brought into the facilities. No one open their mouths as was discovered during the sentencing of Burge for perjury and obstruction of justice charges in 2011.
Plummer sits at the Menard Correctional Center, wondering if he will even see society again. This is a society that has been cruel toward Johnny from birth, but does not reveal him to be a murderer for which he serves an natural life inside the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Last month I requested Cook County State's Attorney Foxx to end the political football game and to provide Johnny with the justice that she would desire to see administered toward her own children if they were in Johnny's situation. During our face to face meeting she was open toward finding an answer as to why "IDCFS" never investigated claims of abuse against police officers, stating police officers are not immune from "IDCFS" investigations.
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Statement made to State's Attorney FOXX:
Section 5-6(2) provides:
"(2) A law enforcement officer who takes a minor into custody without a warrant under Section 5-5 shall, if the minor is not released, immediately make a reasonable attempt to notify the parents or other person legally responsible for the minor's care or the person with whom the minor resides that the minor has been taken into custody and where the minor is being held; and the law enforcement officer shall without unnecessary delay take the minor to the nearest juvenile police officer designated for such purposes in the county of venue or shall surrender the minor to a juvenile police officer in the city or village where the offense is alleged to have been committed." 705 ILCS 405/5-6 (West 1992).
Johnny Plummer a 15 year old juvenile was taken to area area violent crime unit on August 18, 1991 as a witness to the Anthony Phillips murder that occurred 5817 S. Union in Chicago, Illinois. While at the police station Plummer was allegedly reported to members of the Chicago police department by an anonymous witness as having involvement in the Michael Engram murder that occurred on August 11, 1991 at 60th and Morgan Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Plummer was taken to area three during an era when tortures were at its peak in the city of Chicago and detectives Michael Kill, Kenneth Boudreau, John Halloran, and Stanley Turner are all known to have participated and directly involved themselves with administering torturous acts upon criminal suspects to gain confessions to crimes, in which it have shown torturous acts were used. These same detectives have been held liable through numerous federal civil rights’ complaints and have played roles in obtaining confessions in hundreds of different suspects in which most have alleged, and been able to prove they were tortured by detectives to confess to the crime.
Once again, this Conviction Integrity Unit, must consider the credibility of these officers based off what has been made known today, and considering the cases of People V. Marcus Wiggins, People V. Anthony Jakes, People V. Keith Walker, People V. Ivan Smith, People V. Javan Deloney, People V. James Gibson, People V. Harold Hill, People V. Danny Young, People V. George Anderson, People V. Tyshawn Ross, People V. Jesse Clemons, and a host of others, all arrested at different times never knowing each other, all have made similar claims that while at area three they were tortured to confess.
Juveniles that are taken to police stations are provided safeguards and those safeguards were established by the Illinois general assembly to protect the interest of the youth from mistreatment by police officers throughout the State. Never once did the Chicago police department, city of Chicago, County of Cook, nor the State of Illinois report Plummer claims of abuse to the Illinois Department of Children and family services. At which time Plummer was arrested and abused by police officials the office of professional standards were implemented to investigate claims of police misconduct. Often those complaints were systematically denied to protect the interest of the city. This is no longer a theory that should be treated with speculation, however must be deemed credible as the city have admitted to systematic acts of torture in May, 2015 years after Plummer and those mention herein above, were taken to police stations and tortured to confess. Plummer has always maintain that he was framed by members of the Chicago police department.
What most county prosecutors have protected are ways in which some in most poor poverty stricken communities have used as a tool to gain wealth through rewards, compensation funds, and revenge against rival street gang members. Plummer cooperated with police as a witness and was later abused by police detectives while at the police station.
Jeanette Plummer the mother of Johnny visited with him at the juvenile detention center in Chicago, Illinois and notice that his face and back had been distorted from a beating. She learned that he had been tortured by police while in police custody.
This is without doubt another case in which the Cook County State’s Attorney office have denied for years, however in wake of newly discovered evidence to show that these detectives have engaged into a long history of torturing criminal suspects, this is a case that should be investigated carefully by this office. Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s youth officers and detectives often violated juvenile safeguards, especially at areas 2 and 3 violent crime units, and have went unpunished despite the fact that they have testified in several court proceedings that their behavior was not in bad faith. Juveniles taken to police stations and tortured is not a matter for the office of Professional Standards absent trained and qualified experts that are trained to detect child abuse.
Plummer was sentence to 50 years
92-CR-2023601
Plummer was charged with murder and attempted armed robbery:
On June 17, 1991, at about 2 a.m., Mrs. Jeanette Pole and Mrs. Perrijean East were driving southbound on Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois.   While sitting at the stoplight on the corner of 63rd and Halsted, Mrs. Pole heard a male voice coming from the right passenger side of the vehicle.   However, Mrs. Pole could not understand exactly what was being said.   When Mrs. Pole looked toward the window, she saw a gun held by a black hand, the man's right hand, sticking through the window.   She could not see the man's shoulders or head as he pointed the gun inside the car.
Mrs. Pole attempted to raise the window and drive away.   However, her 54-year-old passenger, Mrs. East, was shot once in the head.   Mrs. Pole immediately drove her to the emergency room of St. Bernard Hospital.   Mrs. Pole spoke to a police officer, and after her car was driven by the police to the emergency room entrance, she was not allowed to go near her car.   The vehicle was parked in front of the hospital where it was searched and tested for fingerprints. The police were able to retrieve one fingerprint and one palm print from the top of the car on the passenger side of Mrs. Pole's car.
No credible physical evidence was used against Plummer and he has stated and maintain that he did not commit this crime and it was pinned on him as police have attempted to retaliate against him for the revealing of police misconduct that occurred to him while at the police station in 91-CR-21451.
For the reasons herein stated above, I respectfully request that this Cook County State’s Attorney Conviction Integrity Unit investigate both cases as he has maintained his innocence and believe’s upon a complete and impartial review of the cases will determine that he was innocent and framed by members of the Chicago police Department to conceal their acts of wrongdoing. This is a agency that can no longer assert the fact that no tortures occurred to suspects while at police stations when the city of Chicago admits that tortures did in fact occur to criminal suspects by members of the Chicago police Department.
Sincerely:
Mark Clements,
Campaign to End Torture
248-648-1708
clementsm82@yahoo.com
