Civil rights attorney Flint Taylor explains how the Chicago's Homan Square facility allows police to disappear, intimidate and torture detainees while a clueless local media nitpicks the the international newspaper that broke the story, and a cynical mayor uses evidence of police abuse to make the case for more police abuse.

Last week, Flint's law firm, the People's Law Office, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago and six Chicago police officers.