facepalm of the day

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...urge/70885118/

From the article:

"From 1972 through 1991, the suspects were subjected to mock executions and electric shock and beaten with telephone books as their interrogators flung racial epithets at them. A Chicago Police Department review board ruled in 1993 that Burge's officers had used torture. He was fired.

Burge and his officers have denied wrongdoing.

The statute of limitations ran out on his alleged crimes, but Burge was convicted in 2010 of perjury in civil proceedings for lying about torture he oversaw. He was sentenced to 4½ years in prison and completed his sentence this year. Burge continues to receive a police pension."

One cop costs Chicago over $100 million in legal fees and settlements. But he still gets his pension. Impressive.