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Cop accused of brutally torturing black suspects costs Chicago $5.5 million
By Michael E. Miller | Washington Post
April 15, 2015
In this June 8, 2010, file photo, former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge arrives at the federal building in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and several Chicago aldermen are offering what they call a reparations package for the victims of torture under the city’s former police commander. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
Whenever Chicago Police commander Jon Burge needed a confession, he would walk into the interrogation room and set down a little black box, his alleged victims would later tell prosecutors. The box had two wires and a crank. Burge, they alleged, would attach one wire to the suspect’s handcuffed ankles and the other to his manacled hands. Then, they said, Burge would place a plastic bag over the suspect’s head. Finally, he would crank his little black box and listen to the screams of pain as electricity coursed through the suspect’s body.
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Cop accused of brutally torturing black suspects costs Chicago 5.5 million - The Washington Post
$5.5 million is ridiculously low for the criminal actions of this man and his department. If these victims were white, I'll bet the award would have been 100 times higher.
Just think, just as this clusterf**k is winding down, we now have a class action suit covering Chicago's black police sites. It appears that TPTB running this territory are beyond redemption. It's time to bulldoze this department and everything connected with it -- especially the personnel.
By Michael E. Miller | Washington Post
April 15, 2015
In this June 8, 2010, file photo, former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge arrives at the federal building in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and several Chicago aldermen are offering what they call a reparations package for the victims of torture under the city’s former police commander. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
Whenever Chicago Police commander Jon Burge needed a confession, he would walk into the interrogation room and set down a little black box, his alleged victims would later tell prosecutors. The box had two wires and a crank. Burge, they alleged, would attach one wire to the suspect’s handcuffed ankles and the other to his manacled hands. Then, they said, Burge would place a plastic bag over the suspect’s head. Finally, he would crank his little black box and listen to the screams of pain as electricity coursed through the suspect’s body.
Rest of the story on this monster:
Cop accused of brutally torturing black suspects costs Chicago 5.5 million - The Washington Post
$5.5 million is ridiculously low for the criminal actions of this man and his department. If these victims were white, I'll bet the award would have been 100 times higher.
Just think, just as this clusterf**k is winding down, we now have a class action suit covering Chicago's black police sites. It appears that TPTB running this territory are beyond redemption. It's time to bulldoze this department and everything connected with it -- especially the personnel.
