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March 20, 2015

Chicago Police Commander Resigns After Homan Square Exposé 
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A top Chicago police commander has resigned following reports of abusive
methods at the secretive Homan Square compound. The Guardian revealed
people taken to the nondescript warehouse have been denied access to
attorneys, beaten and held incommunicado without notification to their
families. The Guardian now reports Nicholas Roti, chief of the Bureau of
Organized Crime, which operates out of Homan, resigned last week.
Attorneys for three people held at Homan have announced plans to file a
civil rights lawsuit in a bid to shut the facility down.

 

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