Police “disappeared” more than 7,000 people at an off-the-books interrogation warehouse in Chicago, nearly twice as many detentions as previously disclosed, the Guardian can now reveal.
From August 2004 to June 2015, nearly 6,000 of those held at the facility were black, which represents more than twice the proportion of the city’s population. But only 68 of those held were allowed access to attorneys or a public notice of their whereabouts, internal police records show.
The police portrayals contrast sharply with those of Homan Square detainees and their lawyers, who insist that “if this could happen to someone, it could happen to anyone”. A 30-year-old man named Jose, for example, was one of the few detainees with an attorney present when he surrendered to police. He said officers at the warehouse questioned him even after his lawyer specifically told them he would not speak.
“The Fillmore and Homan boys,” Jose said, referring to police and the facility’s cross streets, “don’t play by the rules.”
Mayor Rahm Emanuel echoed Chicago Police Department talking points when he was asked on Chicago Tonight about The Guardian’s report that suspects were “disappeared” at a West Side detention facility.
“That’s not true,” Emanuel said of the report. “We follow all the rules. … Everything’s done by the books.”
Statistically it has found that 50% of African American babies are aborted each year. 70% of African American babies born out of wedlock will end up in prison during their lifetime.
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carmencita ago
It's Rahm Emanuel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-disappeared-thousands
Police “disappeared” more than 7,000 people at an off-the-books interrogation warehouse in Chicago, nearly twice as many detentions as previously disclosed, the Guardian can now reveal.
From August 2004 to June 2015, nearly 6,000 of those held at the facility were black, which represents more than twice the proportion of the city’s population. But only 68 of those held were allowed access to attorneys or a public notice of their whereabouts, internal police records show.
The police portrayals contrast sharply with those of Homan Square detainees and their lawyers, who insist that “if this could happen to someone, it could happen to anyone”. A 30-year-old man named Jose, for example, was one of the few detainees with an attorney present when he surrendered to police. He said officers at the warehouse questioned him even after his lawyer specifically told them he would not speak.
“The Fillmore and Homan boys,” Jose said, referring to police and the facility’s cross streets, “don’t play by the rules.”
Yeah Right. they play by Rahm's Rules.
Here is Rahm on his Rules
https://www.chicagoreporter.com/mayor-sticks-to-script-on-reports-about-west-side-police-facility/
Mayor Rahm Emanuel echoed Chicago Police Department talking points when he was asked on Chicago Tonight about The Guardian’s report that suspects were “disappeared” at a West Side detention facility.
“That’s not true,” Emanuel said of the report. “We follow all the rules. … Everything’s done by the books.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2968140/The-shocking-claims-Chicago-s-Homan-Square-dubbed-domestic-black-site.html
Chicago police are operating a CIA-style black site where suspects are 'disappeared,' denied lawyers and shackled for up to 17 hours, activists say
44NJ9 ago
Statistically it has found that 50% of African American babies are aborted each year. 70% of African American babies born out of wedlock will end up in prison during their lifetime.
These statistic really make you think...
Oh_Well_ian ago
THINK about what?
come on, smart guy... enlighten VOAT with your genius...