Citizens Committee to Bring Jon Burge to Justice Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

I am a Chicagoan. I lived in the city during the time that Jon Burge was in power and the torture of prisoners (he was a police commander) was ongoing. Saul Bellow's Dean's December includes a fictionalized treatment of two of Burge's torture victims who commit a terrible crime, but whose torture by police debase the process of justice. While awaiting the public release of the full investigation and report on Burge's inhumanity, there are citizen groups working on some kind of action against Burge. Citizens Committee to Bring Jon Burge to Justice Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]: "The Citizens Committee to Bring Jon Burge to Justice is calling upon elected officials of the City of Chicago to stop using taxpapers money to pay for the pension and defenses of Burge. The Special Prosecutor for the city has documented 192 African American victims of torture, yet Burge continues to receive a pension paid by taxpapers. On May 19, 2006, Judge Biebel issued a decision to release the Special Prosecutors report. For over twenty years lawyers, Amnesty International and victims have fought to bring about justice. The City Council of Chicago will be the recipients of petitions during the next two to three months. "