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Chicago Police Torture Archive
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Last Revised • July 11, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents the Chicago Police Torture Archive, a publicly accessible historical archive documenting allegations of police torture, coerced confessions, wrongful convictions, and official misconduct associated with former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and other members of the Chicago Police Department. The archive contains records, investigative materials, court filings, testimony, and historical documentation concerning decades of litigation and review arising from those allegations. Claim III cites this resource as supporting background information for the allegations discussed in Paragraph 128 of the Supplemental Motion.
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“[See: Chicago Police Torture Archive and…”
Website Name
Chicago Police Torture Archive
Organization
Chicago Police Torture Archive
Verification Source
Official Chicago Police Torture Archive website
Source Location
Online historical archive and research database
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 64, Paragraph 128
Source Status
✔ Official website reviewed
✔ Relevant materials reviewed
✔ Publicly available source
✔ Included within the Source Verification Archive
Cited to Support
Lyle C. May cites the Chicago Police Torture Archive as supporting background information regarding allegations that Chicago police detectives operating under Commander Jon Burge engaged in a longstanding pattern of physical and psychological coercion during custodial interrogations; that the resulting misconduct contributed to wrongful convictions, death sentences, post-conviction litigation, exonerations, pardons, and official investigations; and that the full scope of the misconduct was exposed through independent review, investigative efforts, civil litigation, and subsequent state and federal proceedings. May further relies upon the archive as supporting background information regarding the Burge torture cases and to support his argument that independent investigation may be necessary to uncover and develop evidence of widespread systemic misconduct.
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