“Chicago’s Abu Ghraib”
Chicago Police, Area 2 Headquarters: Maybe we should install some SENTRI surveillance cameras here too?
If you are unfamiliar with John Burge, Area 2 and the acts of police torture which are alleged to have occurred there, read this article, courtesy of Democracy Now!
For more, read the Chicago Reader article “Pure Torture.”
When people tell you that “it can’t happen here,” you can remind them that it already has.
I’m a former Chicago native living in Switzerland. Strange as it sounds, this problem has been going on so long, and is so common-place, people (especially Afrikan-Americans) just take it for granted.
Loren, sadly, I think your statement is true.
Thanks for commenting.