Activists Criticize the Burge Report
April 25, 2007
A group of civil rights attorneys and other activists is slamming a special prosecutors' report on police torture in
The group said yesterday (Tuesday) that special prosecutors passed up opportunities to charge former Police Commander Jon Burge, and others in his command.
Locke Bowman is director of the
BOWMAN: He lied under oath, denying that there was torture in Area 2 - John Burge himself - within the statute of limitations, he wasn't prosecuted for it, there isn't an explanation in this report as to why that wasn't done, and it's a disgrace.
The special prosecutor's report last summer found that numerous African American men were likely tortured in police custody,
But that report concluded it was too late to prosecute offenders.
Bowman says there's still time to bring perjury charges against Burge and others.
The activists are calling for U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to look into the torture allegations.
