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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Here's some more of that chicago professionalism in law enforcement.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/illi....asp?id=294901
The beauty of this one is that it happened mid december of last year, yet is only breaking the surface news now......and these cops are still on duty. How safe do you feel chicagoans? |
I must be an idiot because I'm going to immediately shoot holes in my own response, but since you asked: I feel pretty safe. Bar fights aren't anything new here. I've seen several in my years here, and mostly they're just entertaining since they usually involve a bunch of frat boys trying to be "bad". The exceptions are where people get hurt, and both of the recent cases fall into that catagory. The one on Belmont Avenue (with the female bartender) was a drunk off-duty cop, and I don't see where the police did anything wrong until they tried to sweep it under the rug. When the video hit the airwaves, they crafted a much better response and fired the guy.
The rumor on the street in the Loop is that story you're hearing about the fight on Jefferson (with the 6-on-4 fight) is one-sided. From what I heard, more words were exchanged than have been alleged and one of the traders took the first swing. Again, that's just a rumor I've heard from some folks and I don't know where it originated since those folks weren't there. Again, the police didn't do anything wrong until the cover-up started. After all, cops are allowed to go get drunk when they're off duty, just like the rest of us. It's when they do illegal things that things can get hairy, especially if those things are more serious than parking violations or speeding tickets.
Here's where I start shooting myself in the foot:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/3...bate28.article
Yes, the on-duty cops tried to stop the media, issued tickets for parking in their lot and generally made nuissances of themselves. I understand standing behind your brother officers and all that, but I honestly don't get why you would do this petty shit if you've seen the tape of what the officer did to the bartender. If I were a Chicago cop, I would have arrested my brother officer, maybe not happily but to stop him from sullying my image. But that's me.