The End of the Nightstick: Confronting Police Brutality in Chicago (Documentary)

For 20 years in Chicago, the press and authorities turned deaf ears to allegations of brutal interrogations and torture by Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. As victims speak out, this film investigates charges of institutional racism, violence and cover-up. It also tells the story of a resistance movement, as local activist groups, including the Task Force to Confront Police Violence, refuse to let testimonies of police violence remain buried.

People’s Hearing to Pass Reparations (Video)

Activists rally for the passage of the Reparations Ordinance for Chicago Police Torture Survivors at a people’s hearing hosted by Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, Project NIA, Amnesty International, and We Charge Genocide. On February 14, 2015. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Project: Exhibition showcasing proposed monuments to memorialize documented cases of torture by the Chicago Police (Video), CAN TV, 12/6/2012

Chicagoans Urge Emanuel to Support Reparations Package for Burge Torture Victims (Video), Ellyn Fortino, Progress Illinois, 12/16/2014

Standing Up for Reparations at the Chicago City Council on January 21, 20015 (Video), Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, YouTube, 2/7/2015

Peoples Law Office & KosWorks, “Ronald Kitchen: Tortured, Framed, then Sentenced to Death,” (36 minutes); another set of video-taped deposition testimony; Part I: Kitchen’s testimony about his torture; Part II (at 11:52), testimony about the impact of his torture and imprisonment on his life; Part III (at 19:25) testimony of officers Kill, Burge, and Burn

Survivor Darrell Cannon Says ‘Never Again’ to Chicago Torture (Video), Amnesty International, 6/26/2014

Police Torture Chicago Style: Darrell Cannon, Anthony Holmes & Flint Taylor Speak Out (Video), KosWorks, 1/10/2012

Jon Burge: Case History Compilation, Gretchen Hasse, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, 10/31/2011

The Exoneration of Ronald Kitchen (Video), Center on Wrongful Convictions, 7/8/2009

Joey Mogul’s Testimony to UN Special Rapporteur on Racism (Video), Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, YouTube, 5/29/2008

Darrell Cannon (Video), John Hagedorn, Vimeo, 2011

Madison Hobley Testimony, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, Vimeo, 2013