Police ‘Black Site’ In Homan Square Becomes Major Issue In Chicago Mayoral Race
By Zach Stafford for The Guardian
In his first public remarks about the secretive Chicago police warehouse, exposed by the Guardian two weeks ago, the Cook County commissioner, Jesús “Chuy” García, described an ongoing effort to do what hundreds of protesters have called for: an independent investigation from city hall.
“I did some checking through staff about the assertions made in that article,” García said in an interview with Windy City Times, the local LGBT newspaper. “We spoke with some experts in the field and we continue to investigate.”
“They’re troubling,” García said of allegations by arrestees who detailed to the Guardian off-the-books police interrogation and abuse, “and we continue to investigate”.
The Guardian has interviewed nine people who have told strikingly consistent stories about police holding them in Homan Square for hours without providing any way to notify their families or their lawyers as to where they are. Chicago police, in separate but unspecific statements have denied there is anything untoward about the facility.
Chuy’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Guardian on Tuesday, after suggesting in late February that it planned to issue a formal response. “We have not ascertained whether the assertions are true,” he told the Windy City Times in the interview.
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