DENVER, Jan. 26
The student newspaper for Colorado State University alleges a former Chicago police officer detailed illicit police activities during a 2008 visit.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian reported former Chicago police officer Dexter Yarbrough told students Chicago police routinely beat suspects and paid informants for information with drugs.
The alleged comments by Yarbrough, who was a Gresham District community policing officer, were recorded by a student when the former cop lectured at the university last year.
"If there's a news conference going on, I can't get in front of a crowd and say, 'He got exactly what ... (expletive) he deserved.' You know the police should have beat him, you know. I used to beat (expletive) when I was in Chicago too. I can't say that," Yarbrough was quoted as saying in reference to alleged police violence against suspects.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis responded to the alleged comments by saying the formation of the Bureau of Professional Standards assured improved supervision of police, the Chicago Tribune said.
Information: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-crime-policeabuse-columnjan26,0,1683644.story
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