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1. Gitmo on Lake Michigan

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 01:47 PM

Feb 2015

Hell will freeze over before the Chicago Tribune will do investigative reporting about abuse in the police department.

Thanks for posting this story. I was coming here to post the link, but you were quicker.

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The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' [View all] Stuart G Feb 2015 OP

Gitmo on Lake Michigan Dems to Win Feb 2015 #1

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #2

No worries,....they're only doing it to the black sheep. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #14

+1000 Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #24

recommend phantom power Feb 2015 #3

Got police state? KamaAina Feb 2015 #4

Can't beat confessions out of 'em at the precinct house, can't use black sites...what's a cop to do? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2015 #5

Every time a story like this pops up Kelvin Mace Feb 2015 #6

This story confirms your view. Stuart G Feb 2015 #8

Read the story Kelvin Mace Feb 2015 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Downwinder Feb 2015 #29

Just because the situation is not as "bad as it could be" doesn't mean there is no cause for alarm. deurbano Feb 2015 #9

Agreed, Kelvin Mace Feb 2015 #15

I blame the Supreme Court which has pretty much given the police more and more leeway JDPriestly Feb 2015 #7

I grew up there and learned early CanonRay Feb 2015 #19

It's an awful city. Cold and windy and miserable. I don't understand why people choose to live JDPriestly Feb 2015 #26

I had to move back for work as an adult CanonRay Feb 2015 #33

It goes back to the Haymarket Affair and before then. Downwinder Feb 2015 #30

Kickin' Faux pas Feb 2015 #10

ditto nilram Feb 2015 #25

And this was the slippery slope that liberals warned about. blackspade Feb 2015 #11

Hey, Mabel better get the pitch fork and pick ax out. El Shaman Feb 2015 #12

Now watch Conservative Libertarians claim this is PROOF of "Liberal Fascism". Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #13

And these people are supposed to be Americans? damnedifIknow Feb 2015 #16

BIG K&R! I saw this earlier today and was going to post it. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #18

America has lost it's way. SoapBox Feb 2015 #20

chilling salin Feb 2015 #21

Yawn. Dog bites man. Why is this news? McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #22

Tripwire Fairgo Feb 2015 #23

I'm sure the "Constitutional scholar" from Chicago and his DOJ will be on this in 3 - 2 - 1 ... blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #27

It is times such as these that ISIS does not seem to be a threat to cause much alarm. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #28

This should not be allowed to slip back out of the national spotlight. Thanks, Stuart G. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #31

Well, I'm sure they'll move. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #34

Sickening beyond words. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #32

If true.... Adrahil Feb 2015 #35

Fascism. JEB Feb 2015 #36

In fairness, statements from the Chicago Police Department: Chicago Tribune,& Chicago Sun Times Stuart G Feb 2015 #37

BULLSHIT. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #39

Oh, that's OK then ... Nihil Feb 2015 #40

The irony is it took a white victim to make this a "story"... Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #38