Do you know who Jon Burge (Chicago) is?

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Bonus question: do you think it helps or hurts a community to be educated on people like him?

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😲 
   
How do people not know this!!!

Jon Graham Burge (born December 20, 1947) is a convicted felon and former Chicago Police Department detective and commander who gained notoriety for torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991 in order to force confessions. A decorated United States Army veteran, Burge served tours in South Korea and Vietnam and continued as an enlisted United States Army Reserve soldier where he served in the military police. When he returned to the South Side of Chicago, he began his career as a police officer, achieving the rank of commander. Beginning in the 1970s, allegations were made that Burge and those under his command used physical assault and torture to coerce confessions. Eventually, hundreds of similar claims were made.
   
Burge continues to receive a police pension, to which he is entitled under Illinois state law.
After being fired, Burge moved to Apollo Beach, Florida, a suburb of Tampa. In 1994, he bought his current wood-frame home for $154,000 and a 22 ft (6.7 m) motorboat. While a police officer, Burge had owned a 40-foot (12 m) cabin cruiser named The Vigilante, which he maintained at Burnham Harbor. Upon retiring at full pension, he ran a fishing business in Florida. The precise amount of his pension is not a matter of public record, but he was eligible for 50% of his approximately $60,000 salary. 
   
In April 2014, the Better Government Association, a non-partisan watchdog group, reported that the city of Chicago had spent more than $521.3 million in the previous decade on lawsuit settlements, judgments, and legal fees for defenses related to police misconduct. In 2013, the most expensive year, it paid more than $83.6 million.
    
In approving the reparations, Chicago became the first municipal government to approve compensating victims who have valid claims of police torture. Under the terms, about 60 living victims would each be eligible to receive up to $100,000. The living survivors and their immediate families, and the immediate families of the deceased torture victims, would also be given access to services, including psychological counseling and free tuition to the City Colleges of Chicago. Additionally, the city approved building a public memorial to the deceased victims and established a requirement that students in the eighth and tenth grades attending Chicago Public Schools learn about the Burge legacy.

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I know him now that I googled him. I think it's good for people to be educated on as much as possible. Though I can see how it could cause a fear and distrust. But if that's a possibility, then there needs to be a change.

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I never heard nor knew about this man. Most ppl on this app were not born yet and some of us were 8-9 years old. 
It's a damn shame what he did and the fact that the department settled and did not take action is horrendous. But I'm more elated that the victims received compensation for what they went through.

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🙋🏼 I do. I'll let you guess my opinion on it lol. 👀

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I know who he is now. 
Do I think it helps or hurts a community to be educated on him.. well I think it helps. I think it can be an eye opener. How many innocent people can go down at the hands on ONE bad man. Now imagine if that's a whole county.. state.. country?
So much changed after he was found out, yet so much needs to be done. So much. I think educating people starting with people like him is incredibly important to a community and even a country. 
Too many people turn a blind eye to the realities of police brutality. They think these are isolated cases of violence. But it's not. Look at the damage this guy caused and COULD have caused. We need to know. 
Sorry I just realized how poorly I answered this question.  I need to go to bed.

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Yep! Fuck this guy.

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I don't know who he is. But after reading your brief on him, I think it's helpful to the community.
It can help people understand that torture methods are not the way to get an answer and eventually after enough beating you tell people what they want to hear thus making entrapment at best. 
Violently Coercing suspects into a confession is not an acceptable "confession" it is in fact the complete opposite.
While I'm down for torturing obvious terrorist jus for the fuck of it. It's definitely not the police job to do so. Nor is it legal. Having examples of the obvious unethical behavior is vital to growth of the community
That goes back to the post with "with out bad there's no value to the good things in life" (imo)

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I said no,  but now I remember. I think there's a netflix documentary that I watched on him?

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