Jon Burge

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

The LaQuan McDonald killing and the problem of criminal police

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Chicago offers $5.5 million 'reparations' package to police torture victims

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Dirty ex-cop Louis Scarcella's framing of innocent black men is costing NYC millions

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Stanley Wrice freed after 30 years in Chicago police torture saga

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — During his more than 30 years behind bars, Stanley Wrice insisted he was innocent, that Chicago police had beat him until he confessed to a rape he didn’t commit…
/ December 12, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Illinois lawmakers cut funds for police torture panel

CHICAGO (AP) – Dozens of Illinois prisoners who claim they confessed to crimes under police torture may never have their cases reheard because lawmakers effectively shuttered the commission established to review the cases, panel officials said Tuesday…
/ June 6, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ex-Chicago mayor Daley to answer questions on police torture claims

CHICAGO (AP) – Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has agreed to answer questions under oath about allegations that he was part of a conspiracy to cover up police torture decades ago…
/ April 10, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Court to rule in Chicago police torture case

CHICAGO (AP) – An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape could learn Thursday whether the Illinois Supreme Court will allow him to present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial…
/ February 2, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ill. high court to hear police torture arguments

CHICAGO (AP) – Stanley Wrice, who has been imprisoned for more than 30 years, says officers working for notorious Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge used a flashlight and rubber hose to beat him in the face and groin…
/ September 15, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

New hearings sought in Chicago police torture case

CHICAGO (AP) – Fifteen incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison by confessions that were beaten, burned and tortured out of them by convicted Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge…
/ August 10, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Corrupt Chicago cop Burge gets to keep pension

CHICAGO – A close vote by the police pension board rules that former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will get to keep his pension, the Chicago Tribune reports…
/ January 27, 2011