The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'

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"While US military and intelligence interrogation impacted people overseas, Homan Square – said to house military-style vehicles and even a cage – focuses on American citizens, most often poor, black and brown. ‘When you go in,’ Brian Jacob Church told the Guardian, ‘nobody knows what happened to you.’ Video: Phil Batta for the Guardian; editing: Mae Ryan
Spencer Ackerman in Chicago
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Tuesday 24 February 2015 16.43 EST Last modified on Tuesday 24 February 2015 22.52 EST
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site."

So how far are we willing to let our police and government go?
SOURCE URL: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site


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