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Chicago Schools Add Police Torture Scandal to Curriculum
Students will be taught about the torture scandal involving disgraced former police commander Jon Burge and his “midnight crew” of rogue detectives. The coursework was mandated as part of a victims’ reparations agreement. The local police union said it opposes the teaching of “the Burge mythology.”