Area Two

Area TwoPolice Commander Jon Burge tortured dozens of chicagoans and got away with it. Until nowPOLICE COMMANDER JON BURGE TORTURED DOZENS OF CHICAGOANS AND GOT AWAY WITH IT. UNTIL NOWLIEUTENANT JDN BURGE was every bit the Chicago Police Department'sfair-haired boy by 1982. An Army vet who had left Vietnam with a Purple Heart, Burge quickly rose through the ranks of the Second City's fin­est. At the age of 34 he was commanding detectives for violent crimes in Area Two—60 square miles on the city...