Illinois AG sues to stop convicted ex-cop’s pension
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general is suing to stop a former Chicago police commander convicted of lying about the torture of suspects from getting his $3,000 a month pension.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office said today it has filed a lawsuit against Jon Burge and the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago seeking to end Burge’s pension benefits.
Burge was sentenced last month to 4 1/2 years in prison for lying in a civil lawsuit when he said he’d never participated in or witnessed the physical abuse of suspects. A pension board vote on terminating Burge’s pension failed last month.
Madigan’s lawsuit claims that the pension board unlawfully allowed Burge to keep the benefits.
Two of Burge’s attorneys declined to comment today, saying they had not seen the lawsuit.