February 26th, 2015: "The US Department of Justice and embattled mayor Rahm Emanuel are under mounting pressure to investigate allegations of what one politician called “CIA or Gestapo tactics” at a secretive Chicago police facility..."
- The Guardian, Spencer Ackerman et al.
This was in response to a testimonial by protestor Brian Jacob Church that he left was handcuffed for 17 hours and denied legal representation. There has been no report of violence used against him or his compatriots other an a reported head injury.
Regardless, if these claims are true, this is still a violent effrontery of American civil liberty, and should be treated as such. Thus, a full investigation by the DOJ is necessary