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Chicago police commander resigns in wake of Homan Square revelations
Source: The Guardian
Chicago police commander resigns in wake of Homan Square revelations
Spencer Ackerman in New York
Thursday 19 March 2015 21.53 GMT
A senior Chicago police commander in charge of a major unit operating out of the controversial Homan Square police warehouse has resigned, the Guardian has confirmed.
The news came as attorneys for three Homan Square victims announced that they would file the first civil rights lawsuit over the facility with the aim of shutting down the complex likened by attorneys and activists to the domestic law enforcement equivalent of a CIA “black site.”
Nicholas Roti, the chief of the bureau of organized crime, resigned from the Chicago police department last week, Chicago police public affairs officer Mike Sullivan told the Guardian.
In an emailed reply to the Guardian on Thursday night, Maloney Martin of the Chicago police said:
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Spencer Ackerman in New York
Thursday 19 March 2015 21.53 GMT
A senior Chicago police commander in charge of a major unit operating out of the controversial Homan Square police warehouse has resigned, the Guardian has confirmed.
The news came as attorneys for three Homan Square victims announced that they would file the first civil rights lawsuit over the facility with the aim of shutting down the complex likened by attorneys and activists to the domestic law enforcement equivalent of a CIA “black site.”
Nicholas Roti, the chief of the bureau of organized crime, resigned from the Chicago police department last week, Chicago police public affairs officer Mike Sullivan told the Guardian.
In an emailed reply to the Guardian on Thursday night, Maloney Martin of the Chicago police said:
"Chief Roti left CPD to become the chief of staff for the Illinois state police (ISP), where he will work for another recently departed senior CPD official who was appointed to be the director of ISP. It’s been in the works for some time."
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/19/senior-chicago-police-commander-resigns-homan-square