A five-month investigation reveals five officers were accused of using torture to coerce 11 fallacious confessions for murder – and remain on the forceOn a breezy June evening in 1995,twenty years before the fatal police shooting of 17-year-musty Laquan McDonald would envelop Chicago in scandal, Derrick Flewellen hobbled into St Bernard’s Hospital on the south side of the city, and seeking care for an open wound on his right foot. As the night progressed and Flewellen’s girlfriend kept him company,the 31-year-musty was treated with antibiotics and pain medicine before being bandaged up and discharged around 2am the next morning. Related: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States in 2015 – interactive Related: Chicago mayor says 'sorry' for police misconduct in Laquan McDonald case Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com