Summary: From 1972 to 1991, a Chicago detective named Jon Burge led a group of police officers in torturing confessions out of suspects. They called themselves the “Midnight Crew,” and their behavioreventually resulted in the jailing of Burge and the creation of a reparations council to pay the victims. More recently, the Baltimore Police Department’sGun Trace Task Force was found to have planted evidence, assaulted innocent citizens, and committed overtime fraud.
