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Jon Burge
My Child Is Incarcerated. One Second in This Unjust System Is Too Much.
Our children have been entrapped in a web of collaboration involving judges, prosecutors and police officers.
Chicago Passed Police Torture Reparations 5 Years Ago. Were They Implemented?
Chicago’s reparations ordinance remains a great precedent for the U.S. despite some of its promises being unfulfilled.
Prison Guards Are Receiving Hand Sanitizer. My Incarcerated Son Is Not.
COVID-19 has already killed two people in the prison where my son is held. I am terrified because he has no protection.
Chicago’s Lightfoot Administration to Defend Jon Burge’s Torture Henchmen
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s handpicked lawyers stand ready to defend the indefensible.
As Chicago Pays Victims of Past Torture, Police Face New Allegations of Abuse at Homan Square
More victims have come forward to detail abuse inside Homan Square.
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Chicago Passes Ordinance Granting Reparations to Police Torture Survivors
A UN committee called on the US government to bring the perpetrators in the Burge case to justice.
A Chronicle of Woe: US Policing Culture From Iraq and Vietnam to Jon Burge’s Chicago
The culture of US policing needs to move beyond current practice and operations.
A Message in Motion: Reparations Now!
A group of activists and allies took to the subway in Chicago to make some noise about the mayoral election and the police torture reparations ordinance.
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Amid Shootings, Chicago Police Department Upholds Culture of Impunity
An exclusive Truthout investigation reveals that the City of Chicago fails to recognize, let alone sanction, police guilty of repeated episodes of violence.
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Let Chicago’s Anti-Torture Resolution Inspire Your Own City
In June 2012, the Illinois Coalition Against Torture (ICAT) produced a