What is Jon Burge?
'''Jon Graham Burge''' (December 20, 1947 &ndash; September 19, 2018) was an American [[police officer]] and convicted felon. He was born in [[South Deering, Chicago|South Deering]], [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He worked for the [[Chicago Police Department]] as a [[Police detective|detective]] and commander. He became well known for [[torture|torturing]] more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991 in order to force confessions. In 2010 he was convicted of [[obstruction of justice]] and perjury in relation to investigations of torture by police, and he served prison time. Burge died at age 70 on September 19, 2018 in [[Apollo Beach, Florida]] from [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-chicago-police-department-commander-jon-burge-torture-cases-died-obituary/|access-date=September 19, 2018|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=September 19, 2018|title=Former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge, tied to torture cases, has died}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/jon-burge-disgraced-former-cpd-commander-has-died/4286060/|title=Jon Burge, disgraced former CPD commander, dead at 70|publisher=ABC Chicago|date=September 19, 2018|access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burge, Jon}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Florida]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Vietnam War]] [[Category:American police officers]] [[Category:Military people from Chicago]] [[Category:Criminals from Chicago]] {{US-bio-stub}}