Beyond the usual beating : the Jon Burge police torture scandal and social movements for police accountability in Chicago / Andrew S. Baer.
"The malign influence of Chicago police commander Jon Burge cannot be overestimated. While it can scarcely be said that Burge was the only violently racist Chicago cop, he has become the very emblem of police brutality and unequal treatment for nonwhite people, and his actions have had widespre...
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Historical studies of urban America.
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Table of Contents:
- A Southeast Side Story
- "They Wanted to Be Choirboys"
- "They Believed They Were at War"
- "Before Our Communities Become Virtual Armed Camps"
- Third-World Torture-Chicago Style
- The Chicago Torture Justice Movement.