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262: The Highly Suspicious Death of Jelani Day Feat. Mother Carmen & Brother Seve Day

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 221 minutes

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Summary

thejelanidayfoundation.org
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/find-jelani-day
Sign the Petition: https://bit.ly/44NA3s8
JDF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejelanidayfoundation/
Justice for Jelani Day FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075859691086
Justice for Jelani Day IG: https://www.instagram.com/justiceforjelaniday/?hl=en
Get your T-shirt here: https://jelanidayfoundation.creator-spring.com/
Dinner tickets: https://www.thejelanidayfoundation.org/events-1/jelani-day-2nd-annual-all-white-remembrance-dinner

The public can submit tips anonymously via 1-800-CALL-FBI. The FBI is offering up to $10,000 for “substantial information” and the family is offering up to $25,000 in reward money.

People to contact:
Governor - JB Pritzker https://twitter.com/JBPritzker 312-814-2121
Attorney General - Kwane Raoul https://twitter.com/ILAttyGeneral 312-814-3000
Mayor - Mboka Mwilambwe 309-530-7664
City Manager - Tim Gleason 309-434-2210
Bloomington PD:
https://twitter.com/cityblmPD
(309) 820-8888 [email protected]
Peru PD: (815) 223-2151 [email protected]
Council Member Ward 1 - Jamie Mathy 309-306-1230
Council Member Ward 2 - Donna Boelen 309-386-0212
Council Member Ward 3 - Sheila Montney 309-205-0279
Council Member Ward 4 - Julie Emig 309-846-3605
Council Member Ward 5 - Nick Becker 309-830-7467
Council Member Ward 6 - De Urban 309-846-6105
Council Member Ward 7 - Mary “Mollie” Ward 309-205-9132
Council Member Ward 8 - Jeff Crabill 309-660-4025
Council Member Ward 9 - Tom Crumpler 309-205-0370

Sample of what to say:
I am calling on behalf of Jelani Day. We demand that the Jelani Day joint task force thoroughly investigate the disappearance and death of Jelani Day. We demand a public apology from the chief of police from Bloomington, Peru, and La Salle city for not effectively working together in finding key elements in the disappearance and death of Jelani Day. Jelani Day was a 25-year-old man with limitless potential. Our world lost an incredible person, and we demand justice. Take accountability for the actions that you did not take to help find what happened to Jelani Day.

Timestamps:
4:41 - Jelani Day Foundation/ ways to help
25:04 - Who was Jelani Day?
1:00:22 - before he went missing
1:30:57 - Jelani goes missing

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https://www.thejelanidayfoundation.org/about-us
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/new-clues-emerge-in-the-death-investigation-of-jelani-day/2819142/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/9/24/22692451/jelani-day-gabby-petito-peru-illinois-missing-persons-isu-john-fountain
https://rampantmag.com/2021/10/see-for-yourself-the-lynching-of-jelani-day/
https://pantagraph.com/lasalle-county-sheriffs-office/pdf_26aa3594-401d-11ed-8c9b-dbeb59bd872a.html#tracking-source=in-article
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/jelani-day-investigation-police-emails-reveal-unreleased-details/article_83649990-3f83-11ed-a25a-ab8a73b85be0.html

Transcript

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On today's episode of Mile Hire, we got the opportunity to have Jolani's mother and

0:24.9

brother.

0:25.9

Jolani Day, an Illinois State University grad student, went missing a month ago.

0:29.5

Jolani, he was very good at speaking passionately about whatever he felt like was.

0:33.8

His opinion on what he felt like was right.

0:35.6

That night when I called him and went to the voicemail, that wasn't what alarmed me,

0:40.1

what alarmed me was when I never got a phone call back from him.

0:43.6

Primark Kermond Day has accused the Blue Meantom Police of dragging their feet when she first

0:47.8

reported Jolani missing.

0:49.4

When you assume that the police are doing something, it's almost a risk to assume that because

0:54.0

there's a good chance that they're not actually doing those things that they need to do.

0:57.8

It's been almost two years.

0:59.8

If anybody needs to be angry, it's me.

1:01.8

We're happy to help.

1:02.8

We want to see justice for Jolani.

1:03.8

He said, okay, mama, I just wanted to hear your voice.

1:06.3

I talked to you in the morning.

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