On Aug. 28, 2004, Chicago Police Officer Scott Korhonen did something truly heinous to a young man named Coprez Coffie. Just 20 years old at the time, Coffie was spotted by Korhonen and his partner in what they claimed was a drug deal. Coffie, who was employed as a security guard at a local hotel, was then driven to an alley, handcuffed and strip-searched with his pants down. During the strip search, Korhonen got a screwdriver and jammed it deep into the rectum of Coffie — causing internal injuries to Coffie.

That’s what Shaun King reported in his investigative article in the NY Daily News. It’s confirmed, completely true and acknowledged.

Korhonen didn’t let the incident rest, his injuries caused a lot of pain and required serious treatment. He pushed through the courts and managed to get a settlement of $4 million settlement plus nearly $675,000 for his legal fees. That was paid by the city of Chicago.

But, the officers, they got absolutely no reprimanding and King noted that they are still on the force. He wrote:

Officers Scott Korhonen and Gerald Lodwich are still employed by the Chicago Police Department to this very day. Lodwich made $90,618 last year as an officer. The rapist Scott Korhonen made $87,384.

These men not only avoided jail time, they kept their jobs in law enforcement — in spite of costing the city nearly $5 million and multiple independent investigations finding that they were guilty of several felonies.

This is far far beyond madness. How does this even happen, how can those men put on that uniform, knowing what they did!

A disgrace.

Read more in Shaun King’s article here.