Beyond The Usual Beating
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Beyond the Usual Beating
Author | : Andrew S. Baer |
Publisher | : Historical Studies of Urban America |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Police brutality |
ISBN | : 022670047X |
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"The malign influence of Chicago police commander Jon Burge cannot be overestimated. While it can scarcely be said that Burge was the only violently racist Chicago cop, he has become the very emblem of police brutality and unequal treatment for nonwhite people, and his actions have had widespread reverberations. During his many years on the force, Burge used barbaric methods, including electric shock, beatings, burnings, and mock executions, to coerce confessions and information from the guilty and the innocent alike. After exposure of his actions in 1989, Burge became a totem for police racism in Chicago and nationwide. Andrew S. Baer here shows that Burge arose from a particular milieu, and his actions fueled resistance that might not otherwise have cohered so powerfully"--
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