http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/chicagotorture/victims.shtml
List of Victims
The following chart documents the 101 known and documented torture victims of Burge and his detectives from 1972- 1991. It was compiled in March of 2005 by the People’s Law Office. Since this time, more than 30 other victims have come forward with their stories.
* Took Fifth Amendment when asked about this torture.
** Torture and abuse occurred during interrogation.
***All cases from 8/5/72 through 11/6/87 are Area 2 cases.
Date Victim(s) Torture Methods Officers Documentation
8/5/72
Rodney Mastin
Lindsey Smith
Clarence Hill
vicious beatings, beating with ashtray, kicked in groin**
Burge,* Listkowski, Houtsma (Area 2)***7/24/04 Sworn Statement of Rodney Mastin
9/72
Unknown victim
screaming, pants down, hiding implements, handcuffed to hot radiator**
Burge* and two unidentified dets. 10/4/04 Sworn statement of Detective Bill Parker
5/30/73
Anthony Holmes
repeatedly bagged, beaten, electric shocked with black box, called “nigger”**
Burge,* Pienta* Yucaitis, Wagner* Hoke* Listkowski Gaffney
4/19/04 Court Reported statement of Anthony Holmes; Judicial Admissions by City in Memo filed 1/22/92
1973
Lawrence Poree
shown black shock box, “this is what we got for niggers like you”**
Burge,* Hoke,* Wagner* Corless
4/19/04 Court reported statement of Lawrence Poree
1973
Lawrence Poree
electric shock to testicles, armpits, arm, beaten**
Burge,* Hoke*
4/19/04 Statement of Lawrence Poree
12/73
Howard Collins
beaten, Russian Roulette, noose around neck **
Burge,* Hoke*
4/89 Attorney Interview
9/25/77
Virgil Robinson
beaten with flashlight and police helmet, gun in mouth at railroad tracks**
Dignan,* McGuire* Yucaitis
Testimony in People v. Robinson
8/7/79
Lawrence Poree,
Leroy Sanford
electricshocked, beaten, hit with gun**
beaten**
Burge* Wagner* Corless Basile* Gallagher
3/10/80 Testimony in People v. Sanfordet.al; 4/19/04 Poree Statement
11/13/79
James Lewis
Edward James
kidnapped from Memphis,
beaten, threatened with horror chamber and Fred Hampton Black Panther murder, ear cupped, “nuts” threatened, called“nigger”**
Burge* Wagner*Corless, Basile* Gallagher
3/10/80 Testimony,People v. James and Lewis; 4/19/04 Court Reported statement of Edward James
9/20-22/79
George Powell
repeatedly electric-shocked on chest, groin, bagged, beaten**
Burge* CorlessBasile* Hoke*
6/14/04 Court Reported Statement of George Powell; 1/22/92 Judicial Admissions by City
9/20-22/79
Ollie Hammonds
repeatedly beaten, threatened with electric shock on penis, held incommunicado without food or bathroom for several days**
Burge* Basile*
8/25/04 Court Reported Statement of Ollie Hammonds
9/28/-29/79
Tony Thompson
beaten with gun and fists until face totally swollen, 8-10 stitches, repeatedly electric shocked with dark box referred to as “nigger box” on genitals and chest, repeated racial epithets, Hampton murder referenced
Burge*
Gorman
Unidentifieddectective
3/5/05 SwornStatement Court Reported Statement of Tony Thompson;5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch, Thompson, and Golden
9/28-29/79
Willie Porch
beaten, threatened with a gun (Russian Roulette), pistol whipped, hung by handcuffs, threatened with Fred Hampton murderer, stepped on groin**
Burge*
Gorman
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch, Thompson, 6/27/89 Testimony in Wilsonv. City of Chicago
9/28-9/79
Raymond Golden
threatened with gun (Russian roulette); smashed in the head with shotgun butt**
Burge*
Gorman
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch, Thompson, and Golden; 6/27/89 Testimony in Wilsonv. Chicago
9/29/79
Timothy Thompson
threatened to look like “Tony Puff face”, beaten**
Burge*
Gorman
5/22/81 Testimony in People v. Porch et. al
2/23/80
Michael Coleman
Derrick King
beaten to the body, kicked in groin, stitches pulled out with tweezers**
beaten with a baseball bat to the body and with a phonebook**
Burge* Pienta* Dwyer* Basile*Corless
11/20/80 Testimony in People v. Coleman and King
2/20/81
William Bracey
beaten, stomped on hand-cuffs, kicked on groin**
Hoke*
O’Callahan
Post trial filings,People v. Bracey
11/13/81
Sylvester Green
bagged, beaten to body and head, repeatedly threatened and called “nigger,” threatened his “balls”**
Burge*GrunhardMcCabe McNally*
3/4/83 Testimony inPeople v. Green
2/5-6/82
Melvin Jones
electric shocked on penis, thigh, foot, threatened to blow “black brains out” with gun to head, beaten**
Burge* Flood* McGuire*McWeeny*
8/5/82 Testimony inPeople v. Jones and 2/92
at Police Board;1/22/92 & 7/95 City judicial admissions
2/9-2/12/82
Larry Milan
Paul Mike
Walter Johnson
Roy Brown
Alphonso Pinex
bagged and beaten**
beaten on bottoms of feet and testicles**
bagged, beaten**
bagged, beaten**
beaten, threatened**
Unidentified officers under Burge’s direct command during manhunt for Andrew Wilson
1989 Testimony of Julia Davis, Mike, Johnson. Brown andPinexes in Wilsonv. Chicago
2/12/82
Donald White
Dwight Anthony
beaten to the body and head while bagged, threatened with a gun**
beaten**
Burge* YucaitisO’Hara Hill* McKenna*
7/14/89 White Deposition in
Wilson v. Chicago
2/13/82
Donnell Traylor
bagged, threats, beaten**
Burge*
1989 Attorney Interview
2/14/82
Andrew Wilson
bagged, threatened with a gun, beaten to body and head, electric shock to ears, genitals, burned on radiator, racial epithets**
Burge* YucaitisPienta* McKenna* Hill*
O’Hara
Testimony of Andrew Wilson:People. v. Wilson,11/12/82, 1989Wilson I and IItrials, and 2/92 Police Board;2/11/93 Police Board Findings.
2/14/82
Jackie Wilson
threatened with electric shock and a gun**
O’Hara McKenna*
11/8/82 Testimony of Jackie Wilson,People v. Wilson
2/14/82
Doris Miller
Held incommunicado for 20 hours, threatened, verbally abused, over heard screaming and torture of Andrew Wilson, forced to urinate in ashtray**
Burge* and company
11/12/82 Testimony of D. Miller inPeople v. Wilson ; deposition in Wilson v. Chicago.
6/9/82
Michael Johnson
beaten, electric shocked, threatened with a gun, called lawyer “nigger bitch” **
Burge*
6/9/82 OPS Statement, 7/6/82 FBI Statement,6/14/89 Deposition in Wilson v. Chicago
9/10/82
Lee Holmes
bagged, beaten to the body, beaten with a flashlight and rubber hose on penis**
Byrne* Dignan*Dioguardi*
6/24/93 Holmes OPS Statement
9/10/82
Stanley Wrice
beaten to body, repeatedly hit with flashlight and black jack including on groin**
Byrne* Dignan*Dioguardi*
1983 Testimony inPeople v. Wrice, Benson; 9/23/83Wrice OPS Statement
9/10/82
Rodney Benson
beaten with piece of rubber with tape on both ends and with flashlight on groin, back, knee, chest and stomach, threatened with hanging, like they had other “niggers”**
Byrne* Dignan*Dioguardi*
12/23/82 Benson verified motion to suppress in People v. Benson, Wrice
9/10/82
Bobby Williams
beaten on thighs and groin with long black flex object with ball on end**
Byrne* Dignan*Dioguardi*
1983 Williams Testimony in People v. Wrice, Benson et. al.; 1/29/94 Williams OPS Statement
1/1-1/2/83
Eric Smith
repeatedly beaten on side, back and groin with lead pipe encased in rubber hose, repeatedly electric shocked on side and groin, while naked and handcuffed, gave false confession*
Dignan* Kushner
Binkowski
8/87 Testimony and Exhibits in People v. Smith; 1/2/84 OPS statement;
3/21/05 sworn court reported statement
1/21/83
Alonzo Smith
beaten to the body with stick, blackjack, kicked in groin, while bagged**
Byrne*
Dignan*
8/3/83 testimony inPeople v. Smith;
4/00 testimony inPeople v. Cannon
4/26-8/83
James Andrews
David Faultneroy
beaten with fists and flashlight**
beaten on head, back, ribs**
McWeeny* Madigan*
10/1/84 testimony in People v. Anderson
9/2/83
Jerry Mahaffey
beaten to the body while bagged, threatened with a gun, kicked in the groin**
Byrne* JamesLotito*Grunhard BoffoLeracz*
2/9/84, 2/16/84 Testimony in People v. Mahaffey
9/2/83
Reginald Mahaffey
Kicked in head, ribs, hit with flashlight, kicked in groin, beaten, bagged**
Byrne* JamesLotito*Grunhard Boffo
2/10/,84, 2/13/84 Testimony in People v. Mahaffey
10/28-29/83
Gregory Banks
beaten to the body while bagged, threatened with a gun in mouth, beaten with a flashlight, said “we have something for niggers” while bagging him*
Byrne* Dignan*GrunhardDwyer*
5/17/85 testimony in People v. Banks; 1993 OPS sustained findings; 4/00 testimony in People v. Cannon
10/28-29/83
David Bates
beaten to the body while bagged, kicked in the groin, threatened**
Byrne*GrunhardDwyer*
5/17/85 testimony in People v. Banks; 4/00 testimony inPeople v. Cannon
11/2/83
Darrell Cannon
threatened with a gun, Russian roulette, mock execution, repeatedly electric shocked on testicles and penis, hung by his cuffs, repeatedly called “nigger”**
Byrne*
Dignan*McWeeny*Grunhard
3/27/84 Testimony in People v. Cannon; 1993 OPS Sustained findings; 8/27/04 Parole Board testimony
11/18/83
James Cody
beaten to the body with a flashlight, electric shocked on buttocks and testicles, threatened with castration, beating**
Paladino*Basile* McNally*
4/23/84 Testimony in People v. Cody
11/25/83
Leonard Hinton
beaten to the body while bagged, hit with gun, repeatedly beaten, kicked in groin, repeatedly electric shocked on genitals and in rectum**
Burge* KrippelBajenski* Mokry
7/1/85 testimony inPeople v. Hinton.
1/12- 13/84
Leroy Orange
beaten to the body while bagged, electric shocked on arm and buttocks and in rectum, testicles squeezed**
Burge* Flood*Bajenski* McGuire* McWeeny*
5/22/81 Testimony,People v. Orange; Orange Affidavit; 1/84 Sun TimesArticle; City Judicial Admissions of ½2/92; 1/03 innocence pardon
1/12-13/84
Leonard Kidd
bagged, beaten on head with phone book and stick, electric shocked on buttocks and genitals, and in rectum**
Madigan* McCabe McNally*
2/14/00 Kidd Affidavit; 1/84 Sun Times Article.
1/28/84
Lavert Jones
repeatedly beaten to body and head; beaten with a telephone book, club; kicked in genitals, called “nigger”**
Byrne* Dignan*Yucaitis
3/5/87 Testimony,People v. Jones
1/28/84
Thomas Craft
beaten with a flashlight, choked, foot crushed, threatened with weapon to face and nose, strapped naked to cell bunk**
Dignan* Yucaitis
Ryan
8/20/ and 9/23/93 OPS statements; OPS sustained findings
4/84
StephenCavanero
phone book placed on head, hit on phone book with magflashlight**
Burge* Dwyer*
Maslanka*
Phone Interview
5/24/84
FranklinBurchette
threatened with electric shock on testicles, sleep deprivation**
Burge* McDermott*
DiGiacomo*Solecki
10/21/85 Affidavit and Testimony in People v. Burchette.
6/7/84
Phillip Adkins
beaten to the body, beaten with a flashlight on body and groin, repeatedly called “nigger”**
Byrne* YucaitisBoffo Dignan* James Lotito*
Testimony in People v. Cannon; 1993 OPS sustained findings
6/24-25/84
Robert Billingsley
repeatedly beaten, kicked, gagged with paper in throat, whipped with phone books, bribed to drop OPS complaint**
Dwyer* Dignan* James Lotito*Yucaitis
4/2/04 Affidavit;
3/28/05 Court Reported Statement; OPS complaint
10/28-29/84
Terry Harris
choked, arm twisted, held in underwear overnight, repeatedly threatened, sexually derogatory comments**
Burge*
Sgt. Wilson Marley*Maslanka* McGuire* Mokry
5/29/86 OPS Statement
11/2-4/84
Stanley Howard
beaten to the body while bagged, slapped and kicked until unconscious **
Byrne*McWeeny* BoffoLotito*Paladino* Glynn
1/28/87 Testimony,People v. Howard; 1993 OPS sustained findings; 3/30/93 Affidavit; 1/03 innocence pardon
3/21/85
Jesse Winston
hanging after interrogation
Byrne* Dwyer*YucaitisGrunhard
1986, 1990 Winston OPS files
5/31/85
Lonza Holmes
beaten and kicked to the body, repeatedly hit on the head with a phone book, judo chops under neck**
Burge* Madigan*Dignan*
12/12/86 Testimony,People v. Holmes
8/28/85
LC Riley
repeatedly punched, slapped, kicked in ribs, stomach, face, hit in the groin with a rolled up newspaper**
Madigan*
Dwyer*
3/13/87 Testimony,People v. Riley
10/9-11/85
Mearon Diggins
repeatedly beaten on back and legs with flashlight during 2 ½ days of questioning, no food, water, or bathroom**
Paladino*
Pienta* Burge*
OPS statement and pictures (destroyed); 7/5/04Diggins Court Reported Statement
10/10/85
Terry Williams
beaten, screaming**
unidentified Area 2 detectives.
7/5/04 Diggins Court Reported Statement
10/30/85
Shaded Mumin
pushed into wall, threatened with .44 magnum silver revolver to head, Russian Roulette, suffocated with typewriter cover until unconscious, threatened with worse treatment, repeatedly called “nigger” **
Burge*Paladino* McDermott
5/13/87 Testimony,People v. Mumin;
2/92 Police Board Testimony on behalf of City; 1993 OPS file
4/22-23/86
Michael Arbuckle
threatened with electrocution, death, assaulted, threatened with beating, framing, told they wanted to get Aaron Patterson **
Burge*
Kolowitz
6/4/86 Motion to Suppress in People v. Arbuckle, Arbuckle 2/8/95 Affidavit and 11/19/04 Deposition
4/29-30/86
Aaron Patterson
beaten to the chest and upper body while repeatedly bagged with typewriter cover nose held while bagged, threatened with a gun and with worse treatment, kicked, choked**
Burge* Byrne*Pienta*McWeeny*
Marley* Madigan* Pederson*
ASA Troy
other unidentified Area 2 Detectives.
3/30/88 Testimony in People v. Patterson; Patterson Affidavit; etchings in bench; 8/11/00 decision in People v. Patterson; 1994 Affidavit of Dr. Martinez; 1/03 innocence pardon
4/29-30/86
Eric Caine
ear cupping, beating in chest, threats, sleep deprivation**
Pienta*
Marley* Madigan* Brownfield*
8/88 Motion to Suppress and 9/25/89 trial testimony, People v.Caine
7/21-22/86
Stephen Bell
repeatedly beaten to the head and body, head smashed into wall, kicked in groin, head and ribs, beaten with a phone book**
Byrne*
Dignan* Boffo Yucaitis
11/20/86 Testimony in People v. Tillman and Bell
7/21-23/86
Michael Tillman
repeatedly bagged, beaten to body and head, threatened with a gun to head, thumb pressure to ears, beaten with flashlight and phone book**
Byrne*
Dignan* Boffo Yucaitis
Hines
11/21/86 Testimony in People v. Tillman and Bell
8/10/-12/86
Clarence Trotter
slammed against the wall, physical and mental brutality and held incommunicado for 36 hours
Madigan* Brownfield*Nitsche
post conviction Petition and testimony in People v. Trotter
10/13/86
Terrence Houston
Darrell Cleveland
beaten to the body,** electric shock, beaten with a flashlight
head slammed on table**
Pienta,Marblocki, Hayes, JohnLotito
10/4/88 Terrence Houston Deposition in Houston v.Marblocki; Houston and Cleveland 1986 OPS Statements
11/12/86
Andrew Maxwell
Jerry Thompson
Jeffrey Howard
beaten to the body and face, kicked during interrogation
kicked, beaten with flashlight to body, slapped in face during interrogation
kicked, slapped during interrogation
Paladino* Glynn,Basile* McDermott*
7/23/87 Testimony in People v. Maxwell, Thompson, and Howard
1/6/87
Madison Hobley
hit in chest, thumbs to neck, racial epithets, including “nigger,” kicked in groin, beaten to the body while bagged, held nose while bagged, passed out, threatened to kill him during interrogation
James Lotito* Dwyer* Burge*McWeeny*Paladino*
Garrity*
Cline
8/87 Hobley OPS Statement; 9/29/87 Testimony in People v. Hobley; HobleyDeposition; 1/03 innocence pardon
11/6/87
Robert Smith
beaten during questioning
Dwyer*
People v. Smithdecision
12/87-1/88
Philip Walker
Johnny Walker
Andre Wilk
kicked, beaten, cuffed to steaming radiator, called “nigger;” **
beaten, kicked in groin, screaming;**
13 year old, beaten with flashlight, slapped into falsely naming Walker. **
Kill (Area 3)
Garrity* (Polygraph)
Kill (Area 3)
Kill
(Area 3)
10/5/04 Sworn Philip Walker Statement
Philip Walker statement
4/3/89 Testimony inPeople v. Walker
4/17/88
Grayland Johnson
beaten with flashlight, phone book, hung out window, head pushed into toilet, bagged **
Eldridge
Byrne*
(Area 3)
Testimony in People v Johnson, OPS file, civil complaint in Johnson
6/24/88
Donald Torrence
beaten
Paladino*Maslanka*
(Area 3)
Torrence Civil complaint
8/25-26/88
Ronald Kitchen
beaten to the groin and body, beaten with a phonebook, with a black jack to groin, and with phone receiver during interrogation
Burge*
Kill
Smith
Byron (Area 3)
2/2/90, 9/17/90 Testimony, People v. Kitchen; 12/12/96 Kitchen Affidavit;12/18/96 Journey Affidavit
4/19-20/90
Tony Anderson
beaten on ribs, thighs with nightstick, gun to head, threatened to “blow brains out,” no food, water, or washroom during 2 day interrogation
at Area 2 byPaladino*Maslanka* (from Area 3), and McDermott* Gallagher (from Area 2)
5/1/91 Testimony inPeople v. Anderson
9/21/90
Cortez Brown
beaten on chest and arms, and beaten on hands and legs with steel flashlight**
Paladino*
Maslanka*
(Area 3)
11/8/91 Testimony in People v. Brown
4/91
Unknown 14 year old
electric shocked
unknown Area 3 detectives
Chicago Sun Timesarticle by Deborah Nelson
6/5/91
TyShaun Ross
beaten with nightstick on side, kicked on foot, pulled down pants, repeatedly electric shocked on groin and upper thighs, repeatedly called “nigger” during interrogation
McCann, CaesarMcWeeny* (Area 3)
Ross OPS Statement of 7/16/91; 8/5/91 OPS Interview with Ross’ Grandmother; Dr. Raba Letter
8/8/91
Jevon Delony
Maurice Delony
repeatedly punched in chest, slapped in face, back of head, threatened during interrogation
Punched to the floor
Area 3 Detectives
Testimony in People v. Brooks andDelony, JevonDelony Affidavit of10/2/97
9/25-26/91
Marcus Wiggins
13 year old, hit on head with flashlight; repeatedly hit in chest; electric shocked on hands with box like device, screamed, passed out **
Paladino*Maslanka,* Kill O’Brien
Boudreau
(Area 3)
6/4/96 Wiggins Deposition; OPS file; Testimony of Myron James inPeople v. Clemon; Dr. Martinez report
9/25-26/91
Jesse Clemon
Imari Clemon
DamoniClemon
Clinton Welton
Diyez Owen
beaten on hand, face, and stomach**
16 year old, beaten **
electric shocked **
16 year old, beaten with flashlight and fists **
16 year old, beaten to chest and stomach **
Paladino*Maslanka,* Kill O’Brien
Boudreau
(Area 3)
Testimony of Myron James, DamoniClemon, ClintonWelton, and DyezOwen in People v.Clemon; decisions inPeople v. Clemons,259 Ill App. 3d 5 (1994)
9/28/91
Michael Peterson
Travis Richardson
choked, beaten, kicked, attempted burning with cigarette **
head slammed on table**
Paladino*
Maslanka* O’Brien
(Area 3)
8/11/04 RichardsonAffidavit; OPS Statements
11/22/91
Ivan Smith
slapped in face, back of head, punched in chest, thrown to floor, open phone book placed on chest, repeatedly hit with stick on phone book, taking away breath at Tennessee jail**
O’Brien
Stehlik
(Area 3)
4/15/94 Testimony in People v. Brooks
