Once Again, Tiny Brains

From the comments:

• SCC,

Yes?

• Be careful who you hitch your wagon to. Herman is a certified creep.

Um...duh? Anyone who worked down south or with anyone who knew this guy heard the stories. His extracurricular activities were the subject of many stories that began with, "You ain't gonna believe this shit..."

• You are acting just like the fools who sent money to the Jena 6 because they were "one of their own," only to see the money turned into Grammy appearances and gold teeth. Herman is not one of us. He is a disgrace. He should have been fired for this. He should have been fired long ago for any one of a host of other creepy complaints.

Huh? We aren't asking anyone for money. We aren't asking for anyone to defend this guy. We aren't even claiming he's been wronged. We are using his case to point out the atrocious double standard that race baiters like Mope-rah expect everyone else to adhere to while tossing around casual racially charged brickbats of their own. And if you're wondering why he wasn't fired long ago, look to the political connections of the sergeant and 30 other people we could name who weren't fired for creepy, illegal or out and out stupid behavior.

• Mitchell is a racist and she is paid to publish her racist views, but her soap box is getting larger because there are some fools on this department who should be fired. In ten years, I have come across at least ten coppers that I wouldn't trust with a dog. The department had many opportunities to fire the fools that I know of, and all of them are still on the job. Now I am painted with the same brush as these fools.

Actually, her soap box is getting smaller and that's one reason she's screeching the way she does. The Sun Times has a shrinking readership and has been accused of inflating numbers so as to charge advertisers more. They lose money at an amazing clip. Their only hope is tabloid journalism and, bad news for them, that's an increasingly bad proposition, especially when so much of their bluster is exposed as hot air. As for the other criticism of people not fired, again, politics.

• The police haters and black racists are blowing this FACT all out of proportion and the public is listening to them. And now SCC is giving them more ammo.
  
  "Due Process" has nothing to do with the fact that Herman should have been FIRED! You don't have a constitutional right to be a policeman and you don't have to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to get fired.

You stopped making sense for a moment there. Try again. And actually, "due process" has everything to do with being fired. You might not have a constitutional right to be a police officer, but you do have contractual protections in effect. The contract and Department policy delineate the process by which you may be stripped and fired. If that process isn't followed, "creepy" people have a chance to get their job back with past wages. Of course, all too often in this Department, due process and proper procedure is circumvented for political considerations.

Read what we wrote. The piece was a criticism of Mope-rah and the double standard, not in support of the sergeant. Even he deserves his day in court, though if procedures had been followed and politics had not come into play years ago, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.