Posted on 05/07/2015 9:54:33 AM PDT by redreno
CHICAGO -- Jon Burge is an old man now, but he was once one of the most feared cops in Chicago, the master of a detective unit that allegedly tortured criminal suspects for decades.
Operating out of the notorious Area 2 headquarters, Burge and his men were accused of choking, shocking, burning and beating people -- most of them African-Americans -- until they confessed.
Chicago's city council voted Wednesday to pay $5.5 million to victims of police torture that date back from the 1970s into the '90s. The city has already spent more than $100 million after losing some lawsuits and settling others.
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And this would be proven how??
“Vee haff vays of making you talk!”
plus I’m not sure how bankrupting a city solves the problem. but America has become one big wheel of fortune anyway
I'm amazed that any of the suspects lasted that long!
Burge went to prison. That’s how.
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“As part of the reparations package, victims and their families can have psychological counseling and free tuition at some community colleges.”
From the land of community organizers.....
Ping!
if he's guilty as claimed why no conviction?
why still collecting the pension?
The stupid seems to be very strong in that part of the country.
In the courts. There were a great many court cases on these issues. It went on for decades.
“if he’s guilty as claimed why no conviction?”
There was a hung jury and the prosecutors decided not to retry him. A police review board concluded he was responsible for the torture and fired him for it.
“why still collecting the pension?”
Police unions are very powerful.
we gottsta hab reparashuns.
Democrats ABUSING democrats,,, say it’s not true...
Well they deserve it for some reason.. HEY.. their democrats..
Probably ARMED... in a city that unarms republicans.. and conservatives.. (you know the dumb ones)..
He did go to prison on related charges. As to the pension, it’s Illinois.
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