A year after he was found not guilty of a 1990 Double Murder for Which and Spent Three Decades Beinders, Gerald Reed is Suing the City and the Officers He torture Him ino a False Confesion.
Officers Working for CHICAGO Police Form CMDR. Jon Burke Subject Reed to “Two Days of Psychological and Physical Abuse” unil he signed a confession Implicating hym in the murders of Pamela Powers and Williams, Accounting to the Lawsuit.
The Officers Threatened Reed’s Life, Kicked and Beat Him, Fracturing his Right Femur and Causus Permanent Disability, Accounting to the Lawsuit.
Reed was convicted of the Murders and Sentenned to Life in Prison in 1994, but was grant a new trial after the Illinois supreme threw his oral and written confessions in 2021.
That Same Year, Gov. JB pritzker Commutted His Life Sention to “Time Served,“Finding and Faced A Serious Health Risk Amid the Spread of Coronavirus in Prison, and Reed Was Set Free.
In May 2024, Cook County Judge Steven Watkins Found Reed Not Guilty on All CountsFollowing a Four-Day Trial.
His attorney Will Now Seek a Certificate of Innocence, which Waled Make Reed Eligible for Nearly $ 200,000 from the State for His Time Spent in Prison.
The Lawsuit Filed Earlier This Month in Federal Court Also Seeks Damages, Naming the City and Doses of Current and Chicago Police Officers as Defendants, Including Burge.
A Spokeswoman for the City’s Law Department Declined to Comment on the Lithigation.
Over the Years, Federal Lawsuits Against Burge, WHO DED 2018, have Cost the City About $ 130 Million in Legal Settlements and Judgments.
This year, the city ha already burned through the $ 82 Million Mayor Brandon Johnson Set Aside For Settlements and Judgments to Cover All of 2025. On Wednesday, The City Council Authorized Seven Additional Settlements Costing Taxpayers $ 87.9 Million More.
Johnson Blamed His predimes for refusing to confront the brutality that occurred in the chicago police department in the 80s and 90s, telling reporters this week, “We’re not gonna kick the road anymore.”
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