Nations is calling out Chicago's history of, quote, racialized police violence and says it needs to do more to remedy past wrongs.

United Nations investigators say, quote, these heinous alleged human rights violations appear to significant extent to be rooted in systemic racism and have disproportionately affected people of African and let Latin American descent.

They went on to decry reports of arrest without cause and the use of torture to coerce confessions.

Joining us now to tell us more are Mark Clements from the Chicago Torture Justice Center.

Clements is a survivor police torture and spent 28 years behind bars before his conviction was overturned.

And April Ward, mother of McCay Award who was convicted of killing 15 year-old Hadiya Pendleton.

His conviction was overturned by the Illinois appellate court and remanded back to the lower court last year.

The appellate court said his confession, which his lawyers and family say was coerced should not have been considered at trial.

We also invited the Chicago Police Department, the governor's office and the Cook County State's attorney to join us.

We did not hear back from CPD or the governor's office, but the state's attorney's office sent us a statement saying the office had made, quote, ground bake breaking strides in addressing the systemic racism found in our criminal justice system, including overturning nearly 250 wrongful convictions tied to police misconduct.

Mark Clement's April Ward, thank you both for joining us here.

Thank you.

Mark Clement's, let's start with you, please.

Because we know the history of Chicago police misconduct.

It goes back a very long way, as you know, all too well.

How did United Nations investigators come to be looking at this issue and then how did you get involved?

>> Well, on working with Chicago towards invest the center.

I that.

A call themselves the mom was putting together documents about.

Particular people cases.

So I submitted several of those complaints.

One being pair Michelle Call.

as well as dual Thomas.

Just praying and hoping the system would take a look at their wrongful convictions and police torture.

And when tell you, yes, they However, as you have read this long list of officials that do not want to get involved, that has been the problem.

And you mentioned the group mama's that both of you work with someone, you know, our audience to know.

Of course that stands for what is on your T-shirt.

>> Mama's activating movements for abolition and Solidarity.

Mark, what is it that the United Nations says needs to happen?

Well, I believe that these cases that are referred to the United Nations must be a start and these officials they must deeper into these cases.

Michelle Call did being 26 years of age taken to a police station, having her hair grabbed and squeeze and being spit upon and being playing with a murder and raise the claim torture from the outset, the Illinois Torture Inquiry Relief Commission finding that well, guess what, there is some calls to suggest that she is wrongfully convicted.

We're going to report over to Kim Foxx office too.

Her conviction, integrity unit.

And till this day, no one from that office has contacted Michelle Call less.

Michelle Call has contacted Airport Ward, your son May Grail was as we mentioned in 2018, he was convicted of the murder of Hadiya Pendleton.

But last year, the Illinois appellate court overturned it, saying that his alleged confession should not have been considered at trial.

>> What has he told you and your family attorneys about how detectives obtained that confession?

>> He told me the profession.

They held him for like 18 hours, but they kept waking him up.

even when he was on the stairs, they told him you better give us in confession in a with hitting him, upset defeat.

Also when he first get arrested.

They they use the AK 15 AR 15 and hit hey it right, outside his hand.

There are reports that he also repeatedly told officers that he didn't want to say anything.

fact, did.

He ask for an attorney.

>> He acts for he say I don't want to talk.

I have nothing to say and he did it on the stairs.

He D X for an attorney.

They just went past the ending, just cap on talking to him.

So we know that he remains in custody while this case works its way through the court process.

Again.

>> What do you hope this United impact does?

What do you hope that it does?

Chief, are your son by shining a light on this to get the ball rolled?

To understand that.

>> if the United Nation has.

>> Say it that there.

They think it's a problem.

Then you need to look into it.

You know, he's in the Illinois Supreme Court right now.

He had opinion her up.

They did the argument for Pena deal from because 7 months it's been 7 And they still haven't made a decision.

They still have it this it.

>> How long does it supposed to take?

And if issue?

Well, so, Mark, you know, it's the United Nations.

They don't have a lot of real enforcement power but it sounds like, you know, you haven't heard much from any state or local officials in response to this what are you hoping?

What are you hoping happens?

What happens?

Well, this is their this report from the UN came out in June of this summer.

Yes.

>> The entire system is corrupt.

It needs to be held accountable.

It needs to look at the back.

Michelle Call and I believe 54 years old.

Now today deserves at least regardless if she is guilty or innocent of that crime she deserves where that they look into her claim of torture.

Michael McDermott, a Chicago police officer who has a long history of police torture.

I believe that active Michael McDermott an unnamed and in other cases of includes your journal Fares case.

And, you know, this is a tragic.

>> Here it is dual Thomas taken to a police station over here on the West side and kicked in his head by police detectives inside of the interrogation room.

No, that is a crime.

These police officers need to be held accountable.

But before we can hold them accountable, let these men and women out of prison.

Okay.

That is where we'll have to leave it.

Obviously a lot of work for officials, the justice system to work their way through.