Tag: Chicago police torture

Aaron Patterson pre-homecoming, reflects on his imprisonment, anti-death-penalty organizing and community work as he prepares for his Sept. 15 release. He outlines plans for political organizing, food cultivation and mutual support after returning home.

Political prisoner Aaron Patterson was tortured by Chicago police and brought up on trumped up charges originally in 1986, when he was framed for a double homicide. In 2003, Gov. Ryan of Illinois acknowledged the torturing tactics of the Chicago Police Department under the leadership of Lt. Jon Burge and tenure of then prosecutor and now Mayor Richard M. Daley.