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According to the articles, suspects were beaten and tortured in interrogation rooms in an effort to meet the high quota of criminal cases solved by Philadelphia detectives.

Neumann and Chadway met extreme opposition from the police department, working amidst phone tappings, apartment ransackings, and threats of death and bodily harm.

First, most of his colleagues did not think that he should pursue claims of torture from suspects; the city's crime level was at an all-time low, and some people felt that to question Rizzo's police policies would put the city's safety in jeopardy.

Third, Neumann had to find one detective willing to essentially betray his fellow officers in order to substantiate his claims.