Indicted Chicago cop shines light on corruption

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3036496220080530">Indicted Chicago cop shines light on corruption
Fri May 30, 2008 4:02pm EDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A former Chicago police officer
charged with being part of a ring that falsely arrested
and stole from drug dealers has detailed how the
operation led to a plot to kill two colleagues, according
to interview excerpts released on Friday.

The scandal in the elite Special Operations Section helped
lead to a change in the Chicago police department with
the appointment of a new superintendent, former FBI
agent Jody Weis.

In what was described as his first interview on the matter,
FBI informant Keith Herrera told CBS' "60 Minutes" that
pressure to get drug dealers and their guns off the streets
led first to cutting corners and then to crime.

"Creative writing was a certain term that bosses used to
make sure that the job got done," Herrera, referring to
fabrications on police reports, said in a program to be
aired on Sunday.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3036496220080530

[sasquatch]

1. Chicago PD is why people turn to organized crime to solve their problems

I remember seeing a youtube clip where this cop smashed in a handcuffed womans face because her friend ran their mouths to him.