Burge Again
- Legal and activist groups claim that a special prosecutor's probe into allegations of police torture under former police Commander Jon Burge was insufficient.
As CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports, a highly critical report endorsed by more than 200 groups was released on Tuesday morning. The groups are petitioning for a federal investigation, and believe it's a very real possibility the U.S. Attorney could act where special prosecutors did not.
So this "activist group" can just march in with a completely separate report and demand investigations continue until someone somewhere comes up with a result they like? And that's hardly the most ridiculous point:
- Bowman said the major problems included:
- A lack of criminal indictments of anyone in the case;
- The failure to examine responsibility of the Cook County state's attorney's office that was then run by Mayor Richard M. Daley;
- And not acknowleding the systemic and racist nature of the torture.
Um...didn't the report find that the statute of limitations had expired? Therefore the criminal indictment point is moot. The mayor is on record denying over and over again that he knew anything about torture in Area 2. So be it on that count - more lawsuits aren't going to shake that tree. And acknowledging the torture was systemic and racist? Please. Systemic? Maybe. Racist? That would imply that Burge targeted members of a certain ethnic minority based simply on the color of their skin. Call us naive, but we're pretty sure that Burge targeted people who were probably described in the case reports. Racism is a stretch in this case.
Labels: department issues, scandals
posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
24 Comments:
Devine was Daley's 1st Deputy in the States Attorneys' office during Burge. What does Devine have to say?
It is over with! Let's see burge is accused of toturing the wilson brothers who killed 2 on duty officers FAHEY AND O'BRIEN returning from another officers funeral! If he tortured them assholes the only problem is the animals lived! GOD BLESS JOHN BURGE!!
It's a Radical lawyer daisey-chain connected by radical activists in the media and waxed by the many lazy journalists who paint with a broad brush, as opposed to real work, with two things in mind:
1. Undermine all confidence in Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice system.
2. Cash in a Taylor-made Lotto ticket
Locke Bowman and his heavily funded MacArthur Center for Justice ( handed it's Ivy League posterior lobes by Sheriff Sheahan BTW)and G. Flint Taylor's Peoples Law Office ( with none other than academic fraud Ward Churchill teaching the U of C kiddies from the suburbs how to frame clever rhetoric at Harper Hall on Thursday nights) will always have great face time from their pals at Medill and beyond.
They had twenty (20) count 'em twenty 'concerned human beings' doing the howl at Daley Center and the dopes in the media got wet britches over this 'eggshell' of a story.
It keeps the wool-hat, soul patch Starbucks junkies in good Reader re-writes.
Burge will be fossil fuel before G. Flint cashes his dog-eared Lotto ticket. This Dog won't hunt - so it's important to keep the media in his wallet right next to that dog-eared cardboard.
G.Flint gets almost as much face-time as Oprah!
Leave the guy alone for Christ's sake! He got results!HOOOOOOWAAAAA
The Burge stuff is never going away. I wish it would, but it isn't. The scumbags are going to keep at it until Burge is either indicted or dead.
Who you kidding mister! Jon Burge would torture your mother. All he wanted was for someone to go to jail didn't care if he had the right person, meanwhile the real guilty person stays free. some of you coppers just don't have a clue
What a joke this is. I worked in the old area 2 I saw the news clip with the one dude stating that he had a typewriter cover placed over his head and beaten. Typewriter cover???????? total insanity we were lucky to have a typewriter let alone covers for them.
When is enough enough? Leave the guy alone you have spent millions of our cities money stop the bullshit!
Just heard the U.S. Patent Office just issued a patent to Burge for his testicular stimulator...gotta love America and John Burge!
Get over it! He's never going to get prosecuted, and Daley will never testify. I though Devine was retiring?
The scumbags are going to keep at it until Burge is either indicted or dead.
4/25/2007 09:03:00 AM
Burge can't be indicted, it's called the statute of limitations. The only reason this is still going on is because the lawyers didn't like the results of the multi million taxpayer dollar study which in turn makes their frivilous lawsuits harder.
"Racism is a stretch in this case" -SCC
Naturally.
U guys should really look at Frank Avila,Esq. Vrodoliek admirer, ooops! ARMY RESERVIST and..fill in the blanks..dirty playa with someone's family, using a dirty ho' connection to get to thangs.. the Aaron Patterson case will fall apart and so will this other nonesense.
Hey 11:05 you are just pissed because burge tortured one of your cousins or another relative or your play daddy
Fuck dude and his bullshit. John Burge for President. We need a few more like him nowadays.
Burge only went after the animals that preyed on the innocent they deserved everything they received and more to bad the animals that killed 2 officers in cold blood are still sucking oxygen among other things they are sucking!!
Among the goofballs signing off on this "new" report. N.O.B.L.E. What a surprise. Not! It's all about race, dont let anyone tell you different.
Burge can't be indicted, it's called the statute of limitations. The only reason this is still going on is because the lawyers didn't like the results of the multi million taxpayer dollar study which in turn makes their frivilous lawsuits harder.
4/25/2007 02:53:00 PM
Are you kidding us Jon Burge was found guilty, however the reason it went on for 5 years is to reach the statute of limitations in order to cover for daley who was states attorney and devine who was daley's asst. guess what if they fucked over you or your, officer they would do the same to you.
JON BURGE -A TRUE AMERICAN HERO.IF WE HAD MORE LIKE HIM THERE WOULD BE NO CRIME IN THIS CITY.WE CAN ALL TAKE A FEW GOOD IDEAS OF HIS, USE CURRENT DEPT. PHILOSOPHY AND GO GET THE BAD GUYS. LETS MAKE J.BURGE PROUD THAT ALL OF HIS HARD WORK WAS NOT A WASTE,CONTINUE HIS LEGACY,STICK TOGETHER,AND COLLECT A PENSION. THANK YOU AND GOODNITE
I worked for Burge. He was the best boss I ever had. I had 40 years on and would not trade the years I had with Burge. Best boss I ever saw!!
Fuck dude and his bullshit. John Burge for President. We need a few more like him nowadays
I guess you like in the ass. Jon Burge is a criminal he along with Daley and Devine. you officer can't have it both ways you want this dept to treat you fair however you want to fuck over others. Don't forget to kiss the kids with that nasty mouth.Jon never had a cock he didn't like, yes indeed he will be a happy man in the pen.
Back in the day, we fed Area 2 a line about one of our Pledges baing wanted for a carjacking. They beat the fuck out of the kid.
Best frat joke we ever played!
BURGE WAS ACCUSED OF TORTURING THE WILSON BROTHERS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOWN THEM, THEY KILLED TWO COPERS COMING BACK FROM A P.O S FUNERAL/// THE COPS ARE STILL DEAD AND THE WILSON BROTHERS ARE ALL HEALED/// BURGE IS THE KIND OF BOSS WE NEED TODAY // YOU WISH YOU HAD THE BALLS HE HAS....GOD BLESS YOU...KNEW HIM WHEN HE WAS A LT. BACK IN THE DAY, STILL CARRY A REVOLVER.. 26 YR VETERAN...
BURGE WAS ACCUSED OF TORTURING THE WILSON BROTHERS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOWN THEM, THEY KILLED TWO COPERS COMING BACK FROM A P.O S FUNERAL/// THE COPS ARE STILL DEAD AND THE WILSON BROTHERS ARE ALL HEALED/// BURGE IS THE KIND OF BOSS WE NEED TODAY // YOU WISH YOU HAD THE BALLS HE HAS....GOD BLESS YOU...KNEW HIM WHEN HE WAS A LT. BACK IN THE DAY, STILL CARRY A VOLVER.. 26 YR VETERAN...
I also have a Revolver and remember what happened back in the day. I know one thing for sure Jon Burge along with Joe Miedzianowski has done so much damage to this dept, yet you keep covering up for them. You officer would confess if you were getting the shit beat out of you, meanwhile the real offender goes free. (great police work?) These two were sickening always trying to put a case on anyone only to clear it? Cover up was done for Daley and Devine. Fuck the code of silence, unless we use it on your sorry ass.
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