"Not even court rulings declaring such practices to be unconstitutional in the absence of a warrant
have slowed down the process. Now the police simply keep a magistrate
on call to rubber stamp the procedure over the phone. That’s what is
called an end-run around the law, and we’re seeing more and more of
these take place under the rubric of 'safety.'"
"The newspaper cites the example of one Chicago woman whom Zuley kept
shackled to a wall for more than 24 hours until she confessed that she
and her ex-boyfriend had committed a murder. She remains in prison to
this day. Another victim, Lathierial Boyd, was released in 2013 after
spending 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit."
"Regardless of departmental regulations, police frequently deny or elide
access to lawyers even at regular police precincts, said Solowiej of
First Defense Legal Aid. But she said the outright denial was
exacerbated at Chicago's secretive interrogation and holding facility: 'It’s very, very rare for anyone to experience their constitutional
rights in Chicago police custody, and even more so at Homan Square,'
Solowiej said."
"I was very frightened, and I told him to call the police and he said, 'I am the police.'"
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