Flashback: Secret Settlement to Protect Mayor Daley; $7 Million Chicago Police Torture Legal Bill and Aftermath

The Chicago Reader reports:

Since 2003 the city has paid some $7 million in legal fees to fight five police torture lawsuits it probably can't win. The latest turn in this saga involves a secret settlement agreement designed to protect Daley.

Banana republics need secrecy to flourish. Just think, there's people who think Mayor Daley is a good Mayor. Has Chicago been run by the mob?