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Six IT professionals, five black and one white (Kendrick Barnes, Gary L. Walker, Demetrius K. Harper, David A. Zirpolo, Clinton A. Stewart and David A. Banks), had a dream of developing law enforcement software that would assist local, state, and federal agencies in sharing information. They built a small company (IRP Solutions) that concentrated on developing a software application called CILC, which stands for Case Investigative Life Cycle. This software was developed to assist law enforcement in investigating a case through to prosecution. The necessity of this type of software was overly apparent as the government indicated the main reason 9/11 was able to occur was because of the inability of government agencies to share information.
Unfortunately for these six men (the IRP-6), their patriotic love for their country was rewarded with 7 to 11 year sentences in federal prison. On February 9th 2005, IRP Solutions (an 18 employee black owned company in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was raided by over twenty FBI agents.
Sam Thurman is president of A Just Cause and Cliff Stewart, brother of one of the IRP6 men. A Just Cause is a 501(c)(3) organization that was established in 2005 by a group of concerned citizens who were witness to a federal criminal case that was grossly over-criminalized. After seeing how a case can be misconstrued as criminal, and peoples’ lives turned upside down, A Just Cause was formed to fight abuse and misuse of power within the justice system.
Sam and Cliff joined us to discuss the “IRP6”. During our conversation, they talk about:
– How “A Just Cause” come into existence
– The history behind the company IRP Solutions (African American start up)
– The raid on the IRP’s offices and the trial of the “IRP6”
– Their reaction watching the trial
– The push to get a key part of the trial transcript released
– How are the “IRP6” holding up and the effects of the trial on their families
– What is the next step and how can the public help
– Their message for Black men
You can find out more information about the “IRP6” via:
Free The IRP Website
Free The IRP6 – Facebook
A Just Cause – Website
A Just Cause – Twitter
A Just Cause – Facebook
Sam Thurman – Twitter
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