AP-CHICAGO - A former high-ranking Chicago police official was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied when he denied that he and detectives under his command tortured murder suspects.
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses former police Lt. Jon Burge of perjury and obstruction of justice for statements he made in 2003 when answering questions related to a civil-rights lawsuit.
The arrest capped a long-running controversy over allegations that beatings, electric shocks and death threats were used against suspects at Burge's Area 2 violent crimes headquarters.
If ever there was an argument for corrections officers running jails rather then cops with a vested interest in an investigation this is it!
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