An effort by the Fraternal Order of Police to prosecute survivors for telling their stories is an all-to-common abuse tactic.
Tag: police torture
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Chicago Torture Justice Memorials is pushing ahead to create a site of remembrance for Burge victims
Monthlong exhibition will feature designs for a future memorial organizers are committed to building despite a lack of city funding.
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That time a Cook County judge ruled on the case of a man he himself put in prison when he was still a prosecutor
In 2006 John Conroy reported an incredible story about how the Jon Burge torture scandal continues to reverberate in the judiciary
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Mendoza and Munger continue to spar even though the comptroller’s race is over, and other Chicago news
Also, former Mayor Daley is scheduled for deposition in January in a Jon Burge-related torture lawsuit.
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Todd Ricketts tapped by Trump for Commerce Department, and more Chicago news
Trump passes on the bouquet to Ricketts scion Todd, bids him to say hello to the folks.
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Cook County Jail fights left ten people hospitalized, and other Chicago news
Also, a new tool that matches CPD officers’ names and badge numbers with their photos.
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A federal indictment of a Chicago cop adds a new pressure point for police reform
The U.S. attorney’s suit against Officer Marco Proano is just one of a host of legal challenges facing CPD.
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Special prosecutor chosen for Laquan McDonald murder trial, and other Chicago news
Also, Foursquare data shows Donald Trump’s losing business in Chicago.
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Two panels on Chicago police misconduct found the same problems 43 years apart
The findings of the Police Accountability Task Force are depressingly familiar.
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Torture Commission can only help victims whose torture stemmed from Burge
Other convicts who may have been tortured into confessing are out of luck, an appellate panel rules.
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Where’s Chicago in Chicago P.D.?
Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf’s cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
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John Conroy’s drama about police torture gets published not a moment too soon
My Kind of Town dramatizes the former Reader reporter’s writing on police brutality.
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Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy’s dead
Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy’s dead.
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Bad cop, bad cop
My Kind of Town and The Whole World Is Watching, look at ugly chapters in Chicago history
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John Conroy’s investigative work for the Reader adapted for the stage
John Conroy’s play My Kind of Town distills the drama unearthed by a persistent journalist