August 10, 2011 - Chicago Tribune

Decision means former mayor can be deposed in police torture lawsuit

A federal judge has ruled that former Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued for alleged police brutality conspiracies that happened under former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge.

The July ruling by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer applies to just one of several lawsuits filed in the brutality cases, and it means that attorneys for the plaintiff in the case, Michael Tillman, can start proceedings to depose Daley, said Flint Taylor, an attorney for Tillman. Continue reading...