The torture letters : reckoning with police violence / Laurence Ralph.

Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens - and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission of Illinois each week. Four hundred cases are curre...

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Main Author: Ralph, Laurence (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: a half century of torture
  • Introduction
  • The black box
  • The B-team
  • Charging genocide
  • Bad guys
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: a model for justice.