More on Homan Square

About six months ago I wrote about Homan Square, a warehouse used by the Chicago Police. The thrust of the article was that at that site the police are breaking the law and violating the Constitution.  My source, The Guardian, has continued to push - via Freedom of Information requests - the police to reveal just what is going on there.

Here are some more findings: 

• At least 3,500 Americans have been detained at Homan Square. 82% were black. Only three received documented visits from an attorney.
• The charges are mostly forms of drug possession but also for minor infractions such as traffic violations, public urination and driving without a seat belt. 
• Over two-thirds of the arrests at Homan Square thus far revealed occurred under the tenure of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the former top aide to Barack Obama who has said of Homan Square that the police working under him “follow all the rules”.