NORTH LAWNDALE — A longtime congressman and a Cook County commissioner will meet with U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday to discuss allegations of abuse at the Homan Square police station.
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin will meet with a special assistant to the Justice Department's Civil Rights division at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
Homan Square is located in the state's 7th Congressional District, which is represented by Davis. Boykin, who chairs the Cook County Board's Committee on Human Relations, toured the Homan Square facility last week.
After the tour, Boykin told DNAinfo Chicago that police assured him Homan Square "is not a black site" of the Chicago Police Department, a description derived from secret holding cells operated by the CIA. However, he renewed his calls for the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct an investigation into the CPD facility.
Boykin's tour of Homan Square came after a Guardian article published in February alleged the site is actually a secret detention facility.
Calling the article "inaccurate" and "misleading," Chicago Police said in a statement that Homan Square is not a secret facility, and serves as home base for officers working undercover assignments.
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