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What happens when the police are the criminals? The city of Chicago settled with the family of LaQuan McDonald for
CHICAGO (AP) — Victims of police torture under former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge would share $5.5 million, receive an…
If Louis Scarcella was considered one of New York’s finest, then the word fine leaves much to be desired. By
PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — During his more than 30 years behind bars, Stanley Wrice insisted he was innocent, that Chicago…
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of Illinois prisoners who claim they confessed to crimes under police torture may never have their…
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has agreed to answer questions under oath about allegations that he…
CHICAGO (AP) - An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape could learn…
CHICAGO (AP) - Stanley Wrice, who has been imprisoned for more than 30 years, says officers working for notorious Chicago…
CHICAGO (AP) - Fifteen incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison by confessions that were beaten, burned and…
CHICAGO - A close vote by the police pension board rules that former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will get…
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of people -- almost all of them black men -- claimed for decades that Burge and…
CHICAGO (AP) - Standing before the court, Jon Burge said he knew his case brought the department into disrepute and…
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of suspects -- almost all of them black men -- claimed for decades that Jon Burge…
SLIDESHOW - theGrio looks at controversial incidents where African-Americans were allegedly the targets to police violence and how the black…
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors have alleged Burge didn't act alone, and one witness said Burge didn't touch him but looked…
CHICAGO (AP) - Lt. Jon Burge, a decorated former Chicago police lieutenant, was accused of suffocating, shocking and beating confessions…
CHICAGO (AP) - All five accusers have several criminal convictions, including the murders of two police officers...
CHICAGO (AP) - For years, the mention of Jon Burge's name has triggered anger in the black community over allegations…
CHICAGO (AP) - For decades, black men across Chicago described torture at the hands of former police Lt. Jon Burge…