A recent report from The Guardian exposed a black site run by the Chicago Police Department. It’s a place where people go to disappear for a while. A place where constitutional rights seemingly do not exist. From what people have said about the facility based on first-hand accounts, the facility is a place where you’re not allowed to see a lawyer, make any phone calls, and worst of all, no record of you being there exists. The non-existent public records make it difficult for lawyers to find their clients. Essentially, those who are unlucky enough to be brought to “Homan Square”, an old warehouse in Chicago, essentially disappear.

At least one person has died at this facility, which is said to have brought in someone as young as 15. Another described being shackled to a bench for 17 hours. The abuses that occur at this “black site” include police beatings, prolonged shackling, denying the right to an attorney, and keeping those arrested out of any official arrest databases. After their stay at the facility, a person is either sent to a police precinct for a proper booking, or is put back out on to the street.

Homan Square is also said to be home to a fair amount of CPD’s military equipment as well.

For quite a while now, police have done a pretty good job demonstrating to the citizens they are supposed to serve that they do everything but serve the community. Across the nation, they seem to abuse their power almost daily. From shooting unarmed citizens, to harassing people with little to no cause, they do it all. Sure, its not all of them, but it seems to be a lot of them. This black site in Chicago is a step above all of the other abuses. This is Chicago, not Guantanamo Bay.http://newsingeneral.com/2015/03/04/homan-square-a-chicago-pd-black-site-that-should-not-exist/