Flint Taylor is one of the lawyers for a number of men tortured by Chicago police under Commander Jon Burge, and a founding partner of the People's Law Office, a civil rights law firm whose attorneys have been fighting for victims of police torture, brutality, wrongful convictions, false arrest and other government abuses for over 40 years. For more information about the People's Law Office and its work visit http://peopleslawoffice.com.
The City of Chicago has paid tens of millions of dollars in settlements with victims of brutality under Police Commander Jon Burge. But justice is far from done—and some victims are still in prison.
A decade after Illinois Governor George Ryan emptied death row and pardoned four innocent men who were tortured by police under Commander Jon Burge, the city of Chicago has not admitted to its collective crimes.