The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“Internal documents from the Chicago police department show that officers used physical force on at least 14 men already in custody at the warehouse known as Homan Square,” the Guardian reports.
“Police used punches, knee strikes, elbow strikes, slaps, wrist twists, baton blows and Tasers at Homan Square, according to documents released to the Guardian in the course of its transparency lawsuit about the warehouse. The new information contradicts an official denial about treatment of prisoners at the facility.”

The article is the latest in an extensive investigation of nearly two dozen articles that have essentially been dismissed by the local media.
But the Guardian shows no signs of stopping.
“Documents released to the Guardian include the account of a man who died in police custody under questionable circumstances. His family and friends, supported by an independent autopsy that materially differs from the one Cook County performed, believe the police killed him and covered it up. The Guardian will tell his story tomorrow.”
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Previously in Homan Square:
* The [Monday] Papers: Suddenly, the CPD is a fine upstanding trustworthy institution.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #46: Explaining Chicago’s Black Site.
* The [Wednesday] Papers: Another day, another Guardian story.
* The [Thursday] Papers: John Conroy vs. the Chicago media. Again.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #47: What Chicagoans Aren’t Being Told.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #48: Carol Marin’s Blinders & What Tom Durkin Really Said.
* The [Monday] Papers: Homan Squared.
* Chicago Politicians Push DOJ To investigate ‘CIA Or Gestapo Tactics’ At Secret Police Site.
* Chicago’s Homan Square: Torture By Any Other Name . . .
* Amnesty International Calls For Federal Investigation Of Homan Square.
* The [Wednesday] Papers: Public Hearings Ignored By Chicago Media.
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The Cub Factor: Home Opener Limericks!
There once was a fielder named Schwarber . . .
The Panama Papers: They’re All In It Together
“We hear about how it’s people on benefits that are the scourge of our society, but now we finally know it isn’t the poor, the disadvantaged, the badly educated, the disabled and the obese that is the drain on our economy, no, it is the rich, the overprivileged, the privately educated.”
Prosecutorial Misconduct Rarely Punished
“In each state, researchers examined court rulings from 2004 through 2008 in which judges found that prosecutors had committed violations such as mischaracterizing evidence or suborning perjury. All told, the researchers discovered 660 findings of prosecutorial error or misconduct. Only one prosecutor was disciplined by any oversight authorities.”
Chicagoetry: Loon
Unattended packages/Or suspicious activity.
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Savages, Autolux, Chance the Rapper, Famous Dex, Abbath, Mungion, The Symposium, Scarlet Architect, Michael Kiwanuka, The Whiskey Bends, PWR BTTM, Bel-Air & The Burbs, and Michael Graves.
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BeachBook
How An Internet Mapping Glitch Turned A Random Kansas Farm Into a Digital Hell.

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In Syria, CIA-Armed Militias Fight Pentagon-Armed Militias.

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When A Feminist Pledges A Sorority.

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New Treasury Rule Could Make It Easier To Hide Money In The U.S.

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Medium Gentrifies.

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The Disaster Of Richard Nixon.

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Rare, Canceled Beavis & Butt-head Game Surfaces In Chicago-Area Arcade.

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TweetWood
A sampling.
Media coverage at historic high.

53% of Americans worry “a great deal” about crime, compared w. 39% in 2014. Yet crime rates are at a historic low: pic.twitter.com/5n8sMt8JeQ

— Bill Galston (@BillGalston) April 11, 2016

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There is an opportunity in the market for a disruptive browser.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 11, 2016

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But this is a reminder of where $ for fat speech fees originally comes from: bottom of the food chain, so to speak. pic.twitter.com/6k68RBKffC

— Billmon (@billmon1) April 9, 2016

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Boston Globe joke headline: “Deportations To Begin”
Boston Globe real headline 1/15: “Deportations Quietly Continue”https://t.co/pFgQZETxFl

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) April 10, 2016

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WaPo: “What Millennials Like In Home Decor” | MILLENNIALS DON’T HAVE HOMES

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 10, 2016

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TOD: Towers of Doom. #LoganSquare

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 10, 2016

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The Beachwood Tip Line: Heating and venting.

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Posted on April 11, 2016