Burge Trial: Andrew Wilson, Tortured Suspect Who Died In Prison, Will Still Be Heard

Burge Trial: Andrew Wilson, Tortured Suspect Who Died In Prison, Will Still Be Heard

On Valentine's Day, 1982, Andrew Wilson was arrested in a west side apartment by Area 2 Violent Crimes Commander Jon Burge and a team of other officers. Wilson had been a fugitive for five days after killing Gang Crimes officers William Fahey and Richard O'Brien after they'd pulled him over in what must have seemed to them a routine stop. Instead of becoming a mere footnote in the annals of Chicago crime, Wilson became a driving force in the exposure of the police torture scandal.

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