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Chicago’s ‘Midnight Crew’: CNN’s Omar Jimenez dives into one of America’s darkest chapters of police violence

‘For this to happen at the scale that it did for as long as it did, there were breakdowns at every single step of the way,” Omar Jimenez said of the two-decade campaign of violence by the Chicago police department, which he explores in a new podcast

The Independent UK

UN urges ‘immediate’ action for victims allegedly tortured by Chicago police

Group of special rapporteurs release report detailing long history of brutal and racist police misconduct

The Guardian - US

Chicago city lawyers want a federal judge to recuse himself from hearing a police torture suit linked to Jon Burge

Former civil rights lawyer Jeffrey Cummings, appointed a federal judge this year, once signed off on reports condemning an investigation into accusations of torture by Burge and his so-called “midnight crew.”

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Teach the real legacy of Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers to inspire our youth

Let’s create a curriculum on Fred Hampton’s life. In contrast to the myth of the “gun-toting” Black Panthers, they laid the groundwork for many of the social service programs we know today, such as school breakfasts, day care and sickle cell testing.

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New Chicago monuments will honor police torture victims, labor leader Mother Jones and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, among others

CHICAGO — The city of Chicago will spend $6.8 million in grant money on eight new monuments, including a memorial for police torture victims, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday.

Chicago Tribune

Monument to victims of Chicago Police Department torture receives private funding

A grant from the Mellon Foundation will pay for several new monuments, including one to survivors of former Cmdr. Jon Burge and his infamous ‘Midnight Crew.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson vows to ‘rebuild the social contract’ with Black Chicago, starting by building memorial to Burge torture victims

“Under my watch, we will make sure that the brutal history of police brutality is fully addressed,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Friday said before the Juneteenth flag was raised in Daley Center Plaza.

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The racist history of Chicago’s FOP

The FOP has, without exception, vociferously opposed every proposed police reform and effort to obtain police transparency.

Chicago Sun-Times

Let commission investigating police torture move forward with its work

The attempts to hobble the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, which has uncovered case after case of credible allegations of torture and has hundreds of cases still to investigate, should stop.

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Illinois lawmakers created a commission to investigate police torture more than a decade ago. Now, special prosecutors acting on behalf of Cook County are challenging it

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge last year moved cases involving allegations of torture by a former Chicago police detective to Will County, because the detective was married to another sitting Cook County judge.

Chicago Tribune

Brothers who spent decades in prison for 1994 murder will wait for ruling on innocence

Brothers Reginald Henderson and Sean Tyler were convicted of a 1991 murder in Back of the Yards but claim they were tortured by detectives.

Chicago Sun-Times

Delayed justice in cases of law officer misconduct hurts victims and taxpayers

The city, county and state are spending millions to defend these cases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-prosecutors charged after probe of cop-slaying trial

Two former prosecutors have been charged with lying about the relationship one had with a witness in the trial of a man who alleged he was tortured when questioned about the 1982 slayings of two Chicago police officers

The Independent UK

Appeals court orders new trials for man who claimed police tortured him into confessing to murders of two children in 1991

“An injustice never ceases to be an injustice until justice prevails,” the state appellate court concluded in a 64-page ruling in the case of George Anderson.

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Chicago’s plan to make left turns safer, Lightfoot accused of betraying cops with COVID-19 and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Longtime activist celebrates 90th birthday

Family and friends celebrated Mary L. Johnson, who has spent much of her life trying to free people falsely accused of crimes they did not commit brought about by false confessions through torture by the Chicago Police Department.

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Now is the time for Latinos to leverage their political strength

The Latino community has the opportunity to show its strength and elect leaders who will work with us to pursue equitable investment in our communities.

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Build the memorial to victims of Burge-era police torture

Cities and nations around the world have installed monuments that acknowledge horrific abuses of the past and call on newer generations to stand up against them in the future. It’s time for Chicago to get this done.

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says People Charged With Violent Crimes Are Guilty Because Prosecutors Say So

"When those charges are brought, these people are guilty," Lightfoot said.

The Independent UK

Filing: Chicago 'two-faced' on acknowledging police abuse

Community leaders say the city of Chicago pursues a “two-faced” strategy of acknowledging an ugly history of police brutality in public while directing its lawyers to deny that legacy in court when victims sue

Chicago Sun-Times

Study on corrupt police ‘crews’ is reminder that cop culture must change

The quicker officers who engage in illegal conduct are taken off the streets, the better it will be for residents — and for the many honest men and women in uniform who are trying to make a positive difference in the communities they serve.

Chicago Sun-Times

Study identifies potential crime hot spots — inside CPD

Northwestern researchers scanned 50 years of department data in search of officer behavior patterns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Another $14 million settlement tied to Burge torture era

Corey Batchelor and Kevin Bailey were teenagers when they were beaten into confessing to a murder they did not commit after being tortured by detectives trained by disgraced Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge.

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