Stalin doesn't own the word 'disappeared'. It's the word you use to describe a policy of taking someone off the street, refusing to acknowledge that they are in

Stalin doesn't own the word 'disappeared'. It's the word you use to describe a policy of taking someone off the street, refusing to acknowledge that they are in custody, denying them access to the outside world and their civil rights. That's what's happening here. What other word would you use to describe it? I'd agree the connotation is unfortunate but that's simply because 'disappearing' citizens is rarely seen outside of brutal tyrannical dictatorships and in those cases it's usually paired with things that are even worse -- they are sent to gulags and tortured/killed/etc. But the fact that something characteristic of brutal dictatorships is happening in Chicago is exactly what's shocking about the story.