| Date |
Victim(s) |
Torture Methods |
Officers |
Documentation |
8/5/72
|
Rodney Mastin
Lindsey Smith
Clarence Hill |
vicious beatings, beating with ashtray, kicked in groin**
|
Burge,* Listkowski, Houtsma (Area 2)***
|
7/24/04 Sworn Statement of Rodney Mastin
|
|
9/72 |
Unknown victim
|
screaming, pants down, hiding implements, handcuffed to hot radiator**
|
Burge* and two unidentified dets.
|
10/4/04 Sworn statement of Detective Bill Parker
|
5/30/73
|
Anthony Holmes
|
repeatedly bagged, beaten, electric shocked with black box, called “nigger”**
|
Burge,* Pienta* Yucaitis, Wagner* Hoke* Listkowski Gaffney
|
4/19/04 Court Reported statement of Anthony Holmes; Judicial Admissions by City in Memo filed 1/22/92
|
1973
|
Lawrence Poree
|
shown black shock box, “this is what we got for niggers like you”**
|
Burge,* Hoke,* Wagner* Corless
|
4/19/04 Court reported statement of Lawrence Poree
|
1973
|
Lawrence Poree
|
electric shock to testicles, armpits, arm, beaten**
|
Burge,* Hoke*
|
4/19/04 Statement of Lawrence Poree
|
12/73
|
Howard Collins
|
beaten, Russian Roulette, noose around neck **
|
Burge,* Hoke*
|
4/89 Attorney Interview
|
9/25/77
|
Virgil Robinson |
beaten with flashlight and police helmet, gun in mouth at railroad tracks** |
Dignan,* McGuire* Yucaitis |
Testimony in People v. Robinson |
|
8/7/79 |
Lawrence Poree,
Leroy Sanford |
electricshocked, beaten, hit with gun**
beaten** |
Burge* Wagner* Corless Basile* Gallagher
|
3/10/80 Testimony in People v. Sanford et.al; 4/19/04 Poree Statement
|
11/13/79 |
James Lewis
Edward James
|
kidnapped from
Memphis,
beaten, threatened with horror chamber and Fred Hampton Black Panther murder, ear cupped, “nuts” threatened, called “nigger”** |
Burge* Wagner* Corless, Basile* Gallagher |
3/10/80 Testimony, People v. James and Lewis;
4/19/04 Court Reported statement of Edward James |
9/20-22/79 |
George Powell |
repeatedly electric-shocked on chest, groin, bagged, beaten** |
Burge* Corless Basile* Hoke* |
6/14/04 Court Reported Statement of George Powell;
1/22/92 Judicial Admissions by City |
9/20-22/79 |
Ollie Hammonds |
repeatedly beaten, threatened with electric shock on penis, held incommunicado without food or bathroom for several days** |
Burge* Basile* |
8/25/04 Court Reported Statement of Ollie Hammonds |
9/28/-29/79 |
Tony Thompson |
beaten with gun and fists until face totally swollen, 8-10 stitches, repeatedly electric shocked with dark box referred to as “nigger box” on genitals and chest, repeated racial epithets,
Hampton murder referenced |
Burge*
Gorman
Unidentified dectective |
3/5/05 Sworn
Statement Court Reported Statement of Tony Thompson;
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch, Thompson, and Golden |
9/28-29/79 |
Willie Porch |
beaten, threatened with a gun (Russian Roulette), pistol whipped, hung by handcuffs, threatened with Fred Hampton murderer, stepped on groin** |
Burge*
Gorman |
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch, Thompson,
6/27/89 Testimony in
Wilson v. City of
Chicago |
9/28-9/79 |
Raymond Golden |
threatened with gun (Russian roulette); smashed in the head with shotgun butt** |
Burge*
Gorman |
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch, Thompson, and Golden;
6/27/89 Testimony in
Wilson v.
Chicago |
9/29/79 |
Timothy Thompson |
threatened to look like “Tony Puff face”, beaten** |
Burge*
Gorman |
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch et. al |
2/23/80 |
Michael Coleman
Derrick King
|
beaten to the body, kicked in groin, stitches pulled out with tweezers**
beaten with a baseball bat to the body and with a phonebook** |
Burge* Pienta* Dwyer* Basile* Corless |
11/20/80 Testimony in People v. Coleman and King |
2/20/81 |
William Bracey |
beaten, stomped on hand-cuffs, kicked on groin** |
Hoke*
O’Callahan |
Post trial filings, People v. Bracey |
11/13/81 |
Sylvester Green |
bagged, beaten to body and head, repeatedly threatened and called “nigger,” threatened his “balls”** |
Burge* Grunhard McCabe McNally* |
3/4/83 Testimony in People v. Green |
2/5-6/82 |
Melvin Jones |
electric shocked on penis, thigh, foot, threatened to blow “black brains out” with gun to head, beaten** |
Burge* Flood* McGuire* McWeeny* |
8/5/82 Testimony in People v. Jones and 2/92
at Police Board;
1/22/92 & 7/95 City judicial admissions |
2/9-2/12/82 |
Larry Milan
Paul Mike
Walter Johnson
Roy Brown
Alphonso Pinex |
bagged and beaten**
beaten on bottoms of feet and testicles**
bagged, beaten**
bagged, beaten**
beaten, threatened** |
Unidentified officers under Burge’s direct command during manhunt for Andrew Wilson |
1989 Testimony of Julia Davis, Mike, Johnson. Brown and Pinexes in
Wilson v.
Chicago |
2/12/82 |
Donald White
Dwight Anthony |
beaten to the body and head while bagged, threatened with a gun**
beaten** |
Burge* Yucaitis O’Hara Hill* McKenna* |
7/14/89 White Deposition in
Wilson v.
Chicago |
2/13/82 |
Donnell Traylor |
bagged, threats, beaten** |
Burge* |
1989 Attorney Interview |
2/14/82 |
Andrew Wilson |
bagged, threatened with a gun, beaten to body and head, electric shock to ears, genitals, burned on radiator, racial epithets** |
Burge* Yucaitis Pienta* McKenna* Hill*
O’Hara |
Testimony of Andrew Wilson: People. v.
Wilson,
11/12/82, 1989 Wilson I and II trials, and 2/92 Police Board;
2/11/93 Police Board Findings. |
2/14/82 |
Jackie Wilson |
threatened with electric shock and a gun** |
O’Hara McKenna* |
11/8/82 Testimony of Jackie Wilson, People v.
Wilson |
2/14/82 |
Doris Miller |
Held incommunicado for 20 hours, threatened, verbally abused, over heard screaming and torture of Andrew Wilson, forced to urinate in ashtray** |
Burge* and company |
11/12/82 Testimony of D. Miller in People v. Wilson ; deposition in Wilson v. Chicago. |
6/9/82 |
Michael Johnson |
beaten, electric shocked, threatened with a gun, called lawyer “nigger bitch” ** |
Burge* |
6/9/82 OPS Statement,
7/6/82 FBI Statement,
6/14/89 Deposition in
Wilson v.
Chicago |
9/10/82 |
Lee Holmes |
bagged, beaten to the body, beaten with a flashlight and rubber hose on penis** |
Byrne* Dignan* Dioguardi* |
6/24/93 Holmes OPS Statement |
9/10/82 |
Stanley Wrice |
beaten to body, repeatedly hit with flashlight and black jack including on groin** |
Byrne* Dignan* Dioguardi* |
1983 Testimony in People v. Wrice, Benson;
9/23/83 Wrice OPS Statement |
9/10/82 |
Rodney Benson |
beaten with piece of rubber with tape on both ends and with flashlight on groin, back, knee, chest and stomach, threatened with hanging, like they had other “niggers”** |
Byrne* Dignan* Dioguardi* |
12/23/82 Benson verified motion to suppress in People v. Benson, Wrice |
9/10/82 |
Bobby Williams |
beaten on thighs and groin with long black flex object with ball on end** |
Byrne* Dignan* Dioguardi* |
1983 Williams Testimony in People v. Wrice, Benson et. al.;
1/29/94 Williams OPS Statement |
1/1-1/2/83 |
Eric Smith |
repeatedly beaten on side, back and groin with lead pipe encased in rubber hose, repeatedly electric shocked on side and groin, while naked and handcuffed, gave false confession* |
Dignan* Kushner
Binkowski |
8/87 Testimony and Exhibits in People v. Smith;
1/2/84 OPS statement;
3/21/05 sworn court reported statement |
1/21/83 |
Alonzo Smith |
beaten to the body with stick, blackjack, kicked in groin, while bagged** |
Byrne*
Dignan* |
8/3/83 testimony in People v. Smith;
4/00 testimony in People v. Cannon |
4/26-8/83 |
James Andrews
David Faultneroy |
beaten with fists and flashlight**
beaten on head, back, ribs** |
McWeeny* Madigan* |
10/1/84 testimony in People v. Anderson |
9/2/83 |
Jerry Mahaffey |
beaten to the body while bagged, threatened with a gun, kicked in the groin** |
Byrne* James Lotito* Grunhard Boffo Leracz* |
2/9/84,
2/16/84 Testimony in People v. Mahaffey |
9/2/83 |
Reginald Mahaffey |
Kicked in head, ribs, hit with flashlight, kicked in groin, beaten, bagged** |
Byrne* James Lotito* Grunhard Boffo |
2/10/,84,
2/13/84 Testimony in People v. Mahaffey |
10/28-29/83 |
Gregory Banks |
beaten to the body while bagged, threatened with a gun in mouth, beaten with a flashlight, said “we have something for niggers” while bagging him* |
Byrne* Dignan* Grunhard Dwyer* |
5/17/85 testimony in People v. Banks; 1993 OPS sustained findings; 4/00 testimony in People v. Cannon |
10/28-29/83 |
David Bates |
beaten to the body while bagged, kicked in the groin, threatened** |
Byrne* Grunhard Dwyer* |
5/17/85 testimony in People v. Banks; 4/00 testimony in People v. Cannon |
11/2/83 |
Darrell Cannon |
threatened with a gun, Russian roulette, mock execution, repeatedly electric shocked on testicles and penis, hung by his cuffs, repeatedly called “nigger”** |
Byrne*
Dignan* McWeeny* Grunhard |
3/27/84 Testimony in People v. Cannon; 1993 OPS Sustained findings;
8/27/04 Parole Board testimony |
11/18/83 |
James Cody |
beaten to the body with a flashlight, electric shocked on buttocks and testicles, threatened with castration, beating** |
Paladino* Basile* McNally* |
4/23/84 Testimony in People v. Cody |
11/25/83 |
Leonard Hinton |
beaten to the body while bagged, hit with gun, repeatedly beaten, kicked in groin, repeatedly electric shocked on genitals and in rectum** |
Burge* Krippel Bajenski* Mokry |
7/1/85 testimony in People v. Hinton. |
1/12- 13/84 |
Leroy Orange |
beaten to the body while bagged, electric shocked on arm and buttocks and in rectum, testicles squeezed** |
Burge* Flood* Bajenski* McGuire* McWeeny* |
5/22/81 Testimony, People v. Orange; Orange Affidavit; 1/84 Sun Times Article; City Judicial Admissions of ½2/92; 1/03 innocence pardon |
1/12-13/84 |
Leonard Kidd |
bagged, beaten on head with phone book and stick, electric shocked on buttocks and genitals, and in rectum** |
Madigan* McCabe McNally* |
2/14/00 Kidd Affidavit; 1/84 Sun Times Article. |
1/28/84 |
Lavert Jones |
repeatedly beaten to body and head; beaten with a telephone book, club; kicked in genitals, called “nigger”** |
Byrne* Dignan* Yucaitis |
3/5/87 Testimony, People v. Jones |
1/28/84 |
Thomas Craft |
beaten with a flashlight, choked, foot crushed, threatened with weapon to face and nose, strapped naked to cell bunk** |
Dignan* Yucaitis
Ryan |
8/20/ and 9/23/93 OPS statements; OPS sustained findings |
4/84 |
Stephen Cavanero |
phone book placed on head, hit on phone book with mag flashlight** |
Burge* Dwyer*
Maslanka* |
Phone Interview |
5/24/84 |
Franklin Burchette |
threatened with electric shock on testicles, sleep deprivation** |
Burge* McDermott*
DiGiacomo* Solecki |
10/21/85 Affidavit and Testimony in People v. Burchette. |
6/7/84 |
Phillip Adkins |
beaten to the body, beaten with a flashlight on body and groin, repeatedly called “nigger”** |
Byrne* Yucaitis Boffo Dignan* James Lotito* |
Testimony in People v. Cannon; 1993 OPS sustained findings |
6/24-25/84 |
Robert Billingsley |
repeatedly beaten, kicked, gagged with paper in throat, whipped with phone books, bribed to drop OPS complaint** |
Dwyer* Dignan* James Lotito* Yucaitis |
4/2/04 Affidavit;
3/28/05 Court Reported Statement; OPS complaint |
10/28-29/84 |
Terry Harris |
choked, arm twisted, held in underwear overnight, repeatedly threatened, sexually derogatory comments** |
Burge*
Sgt. Wilson Marley* Maslanka* McGuire* Mokry |
5/29/86 OPS Statement |
11/2-4/84 |
Stanley Howard |
beaten to the body while bagged, slapped and kicked until unconscious ** |
Byrne* McWeeny* Boffo Lotito* Paladino* Glynn |
1/28/87 Testimony, People v. Howard; 1993 OPS sustained findings; 3/30/93 Affidavit; 1/03 innocence pardon |
3/21/85 |
Jesse Winston |
hanging after interrogation |
Byrne* Dwyer* Yucaitis Grunhard |
1986, 1990 Winston OPS files |
5/31/85 |
Lonza Holmes |
beaten and kicked to the body, repeatedly hit on the head with a phone book, judo chops under neck** |
Burge* Madigan* Dignan* |
12/12/86 Testimony, People v. Holmes |
8/28/85 |
LC Riley |
repeatedly punched, slapped, kicked in ribs, stomach, face, hit in the groin with a rolled up newspaper** |
Madigan*
Dwyer* |
3/13/87 Testimony, People v. Riley |
10/9-11/85 |
Mearon Diggins |
repeatedly beaten on back and legs with flashlight during 2 ½ days of questioning, no food, water, or bathroom** |
Paladino*
Pienta* Burge* |
OPS statement and pictures (destroyed); 7/5/04 Diggins Court Reported Statement |
10/10/85 |
Terry Williams |
beaten, screaming** |
unidentified
Area 2 detectives. |
7/5/04 Diggins Court Reported Statement |
10/30/85 |
Shaded Mumin |
pushed into wall, threatened with .44 magnum silver revolver to head, Russian Roulette, suffocated with typewriter cover until unconscious, threatened with worse treatment, repeatedly called “nigger” ** |
Burge* Paladino* McDermott |
5/13/87 Testimony, People v. Mumin;
2/92 Police Board Testimony on behalf of City; 1993 OPS file |
4/22-23/86 |
Michael Arbuckle |
threatened with electrocution, death, assaulted, threatened with beating, framing, told they wanted to get Aaron Patterson ** |
Burge*
Kolowitz |
6/4/86 Motion to Suppress in People v. Arbuckle, Arbuckle 2/8/95 Affidavit and 11/19/04 Deposition |
4/29-30/86 |
Aaron Patterson |
beaten to the chest and upper body while repeatedly bagged with typewriter cover nose held while bagged, threatened with a gun and with worse treatment, kicked, choked** |
Burge* Byrne* Pienta* McWeeny*
Marley* Madigan* Pederson*
ASA
Troy
other unidentified Area 2 Detectives. |
3/30/88 Testimony in People v. Patterson; Patterson Affidavit; etchings in bench; 8/11/00 decision in People v. Patterson; 1994 Affidavit of Dr. Martinez; 1/03 innocence pardon |
4/29-30/86 |
Eric Caine |
ear cupping, beating in chest, threats, sleep deprivation** |
Pienta*
Marley* Madigan* Brownfield* |
8/88 Motion to Suppress and 9/25/89 trial testimony, People v. Caine |
7/21-22/86 |
Stephen Bell |
repeatedly beaten to the head and body, head smashed into wall, kicked in groin, head and ribs, beaten with a phone book** |
Byrne*
Dignan* Boffo Yucaitis |
11/20/86 Testimony in People v. Tillman and
Bell |
7/21-23/86 |
Michael Tillman |
repeatedly bagged, beaten to body and head, threatened with a gun to head, thumb pressure to ears, beaten with flashlight and phone book** |
Byrne*
Dignan* Boffo Yucaitis
Hines |
11/21/86 Testimony in People v. Tillman and
Bell |
8/10/-12/86 |
Clarence Trotter |
slammed against the wall, physical and mental brutality and held incommunicado for 36 hours |
Madigan* Brownfield* Nitsche |
post conviction Petition and testimony in People v. Trotter |
10/13/86 |
Terrence Houston
Darrell Cleveland |
beaten to the body,** electric shock, beaten with a flashlight
head slammed on table** |
Pienta, Marblocki, Hayes, John Lotito |
10/4/88 Terrence Houston Deposition in
Houston v. Marblocki;
Houston and
Cleveland 1986 OPS Statements |
11/12/86
|
Andrew Maxwell
Jerry Thompson
Jeffrey Howard |
beaten to the body and face, kicked during interrogation
kicked, beaten with flashlight to body, slapped in face during interrogation
kicked, slapped during interrogation |
Paladino* Glynn, Basile* McDermott* |
7/23/87 Testimony in People v. Maxwell, Thompson, and Howard |
1/6/87 |
Madison Hobley |
hit in chest, thumbs to neck, racial epithets, including “nigger,” kicked in groin, beaten to the body while bagged, held nose while bagged, passed out, threatened to kill him during interrogation |
James Lotito* Dwyer* Burge* McWeeny* Paladino*
Garrity*
Cline |
8/87 Hobley OPS Statement;
9/29/87 Testimony in People v. Hobley; Hobley Deposition; 1/03 innocence pardon |
11/6/87 |
Robert Smith |
beaten during questioning |
Dwyer* |
People v. Smith decision |
12/87-1/88 |
Philip Walker
Johnny Walker
Andre Wilk |
kicked, beaten, cuffed to steaming radiator, called “nigger;” **
beaten, kicked in groin, screaming;**
13 year old, beaten with flashlight, slapped into falsely naming
Walker. ** |
Kill (Area 3)
Garrity* (Polygraph)
Kill (Area 3)
Kill
(Area 3) |
10/5/04 Sworn Philip Walker Statement
Philip Walker statement
4/3/89 Testimony in People v.
Walker |
4/17/88 |
Grayland Johnson |
beaten with flashlight, phone book, hung out window, head pushed into toilet, bagged ** |
Eldridge
Byrne*
(Area 3) |
Testimony in People v Johnson, OPS file, civil complaint in Johnson |
6/24/88 |
Donald Torrence |
beaten |
Paladino* Maslanka*
(Area 3) |
Torrence Civil complaint |
8/25-26/88 |
Ronald Kitchen |
beaten to the groin and body, beaten with a phonebook, with a black jack to groin, and with phone receiver during interrogation |
Burge*
Kill
Smith
Byron (Area 3) |
2/2/90,
9/17/90 Testimony, People v. Kitchen;
12/12/96 Kitchen Affidavit;
12/18/96 Journey Affidavit |
4/19-20/90 |
Tony Anderson |
beaten on ribs, thighs with nightstick, gun to head, threatened to “blow brains out,” no food, water, or washroom during 2 day interrogation |
at Area 2 by Paladino* Maslanka* (from Area 3), and McDermott* Gallagher (from Area 2) |
5/1/91 Testimony in People v.
Anderson |
9/21/90 |
Cortez Brown |
beaten on chest and arms, and beaten on hands and legs with steel flashlight** |
Paladino*
Maslanka*
(Area 3) |
11/8/91 Testimony in People v. Brown |
4/91 |
Unknown 14 year old |
electric shocked |
unknown Area 3 detectives |
Chicago Sun Times article by Deborah Nelson |
6/5/91 |
TyShaun Ross |
beaten with nightstick on side, kicked on foot, pulled down pants, repeatedly electric shocked on groin and upper thighs, repeatedly called “nigger” during interrogation |
McCann, Caesar McWeeny* (Area 3) |
Ross OPS Statement of
7/16/91;
8/5/91 OPS Interview with Ross’ Grandmother; Dr. Raba Letter |
8/8/91 |
Jevon Delony
Maurice Delony
|
repeatedly punched in chest, slapped in face, back of head, threatened during interrogation
Punched to the floor |
Area 3 Detectives |
Testimony in People v. Brooks and Delony, Jevon Delony Affidavit of
10/2/97 |
9/25-26/91 |
Marcus Wiggins |
13 year old, hit on head with flashlight; repeatedly hit in chest; electric shocked on hands with box like device, screamed, passed out ** |
Paladino* Maslanka,* Kill O’Brien
Boudreau
(Area 3) |
6/4/96 Wiggins Deposition; OPS file; Testimony of Myron James in People v. Clemon; Dr. Martinez report |
9/25-26/91 |
Jesse Clemon
Imari Clemon
Damoni Clemon
Clinton Welton
Diyez Owen
|
beaten on hand, face, and stomach**
16 year old, beaten **
electric shocked **
16 year old, beaten with flashlight and fists **
16 year old, beaten to chest and stomach ** |
Paladino* Maslanka,* Kill O’Brien
Boudreau
(Area 3) |
Testimony of Myron James, Damoni Clemon, Clinton Welton, and Dyez Owen in People v. Clemon; decisions in People v. Clemons, 259 Ill App. 3d 5 (1994) |
9/28/91 |
Michael Peterson
Travis Richardson
|
choked, beaten, kicked, attempted burning with cigarette **
head slammed on table** |
Paladino*
Maslanka* O’Brien
(Area 3) |
8/11/04
Richardson Affidavit; OPS Statements |
11/22/91
|
Ivan Smith |
slapped in face, back of head, punched in chest, thrown to floor, open phone book placed on chest, repeatedly hit with stick on phone book, taking away breath at Tennessee jail** |
O’Brien
Stehlik
(Area 3) |
4/15/94 Testimony in People v. Brooks |