Ex-Chicago police commander in halfway house

By Washington Examiner

Published October 3, 2014 1:34am ET

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Ex-Chicago police commander in halfway house — FILE - In this June 28, 2010 file photo, former Chicago police Lt. John Burge enters the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Burge, who was convicted of lying about the torture of suspects by officers under his command is scheduled to be released from a North Carolina federal prison Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Burge will be released to a halfway house in Tampa, Fla., to serve the remaining months of a 4 1/2 -year sentence. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Rich Hein, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES | Rich Hein

CHICAGO (AP) — Some men who said they were tortured by Jon Burge on Thursday renewed calls for compensation from the city of Chicago as the former police commander left a North Carolina federal prison for a halfway house in Florida.

Anthony Holmes is among more than 100 men who have accused Burge and officers under his command of shocking, suffocating and beating them into giving false confessions.

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