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July 19, 2006 · Members of the Chicago police routinely tortured suspects, predominantly black men, during the 1970s and '80s, special prosecutors say in a new report -- but the crimes are too old to file charges on.
The report follows a four-year investigation into claims that former Lt. Jon Burge or detectives under his command tortured as many as 150 people. Some victims say they were suffocated with typewriter cases, beaten, and shocked with electric devices.
Some of the people interviewed for the report claim that torture led them to confess to crimes they didn't commit. Despite Burge being fired in 1993 for abusing a suspect, none of the alleged torturers has ever been criminally charged.
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July 19, 2006 — A group of Chicago police officers systematically tortured suspects in the '70s and '80s, but the alleged crimes are too old to prosecute, according to a special prosecutor's report released today.
Concluding a four-year investigation, prosecutors say Cmdr. John Burge and four officers under his authority used violence to get confessions from African-American suspects.
The report says the officers, who are white, electrocuted suspects, beat them, played mock Russian roulette, and in at least one case, suffocated a suspect with a plastic typewriter cover.
Prosecutors say they investigated more than 100 complaints against Burge and his officers. Three of those cases warranted criminal charges.
"There are cases, which we believe would justify our seeking indictments for mistreatment of prisoners by Chicago police officers," prosecutor Robert Boyle said.
The statute of limitations on those alleged crimes, however, has since run out.
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July 19, 2006 · Members of the Chicago police routinely tortured suspects, predominantly black men, during the 1970s and '80s, special prosecutors say in a new report -- but the crimes are too old to file charges on.
The report follows a four-year investigation into claims that former Lt. Jon Burge or detectives under his command tortured as many as 150 people. Some victims say they were suffocated with typewriter cases, beaten, and shocked with electric devices.
Some of the people interviewed for the report claim that torture led them to confess to crimes they didn't commit. Despite Burge being fired in 1993 for abusing a suspect, none of the alleged torturers has ever been criminally charged.
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ABC News
July 19, 2006 — A group of Chicago police officers systematically tortured suspects in the '70s and '80s, but the alleged crimes are too old to prosecute, according to a special prosecutor's report released today.
Concluding a four-year investigation, prosecutors say Cmdr. John Burge and four officers under his authority used violence to get confessions from African-American suspects.
The report says the officers, who are white, electrocuted suspects, beat them, played mock Russian roulette, and in at least one case, suffocated a suspect with a plastic typewriter cover.
Prosecutors say they investigated more than 100 complaints against Burge and his officers. Three of those cases warranted criminal charges.
"There are cases, which we believe would justify our seeking indictments for mistreatment of prisoners by Chicago police officers," prosecutor Robert Boyle said.
The statute of limitations on those alleged crimes, however, has since run out.
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