Quick Hits
- Chicago Public School officials announced on Monday night that three more students had been shot. Now concerned school officials are looking to Springfield for funds to keep students safe.
- For school board president Rufus Williams, the drive to Springfield is an annual pilgrimage to get more money. But this year, Chicago Public School student bring a new urgency to this trip.
- Between now and the middle of May, as many as 16 high school groups were planned to go to Springfield to endorse safety for Chicago schools and stricter gun laws.
Because it's not the bats or the complete lack of family structure or a general disregard for rules, basic respect for the law and a willingness to abide by societal norms - it's the guns.
Suburban oddity:
Suburban oddity:
- A 55-year-old Crystal Lake man was found chained by the neck in the basement of a burning home Tuesday, police said. After the man was rescued from the building, he told police that he had been confined in the basement of his own free will and was not a victim of a crime, Crystal Lake Police Deputy Chief Dennis Harris said. "He's not elaborating on the unusual circumstances," Harris said. "We have some doubts about the veracity of his story. We are still investigating why he was where he was and is saying what he says."
Uh huh. Right.
And as soon as the Supreme Court strikes down blanket gun bans, get ready for a whole bunch of these headlines:
And as soon as the Supreme Court strikes down blanket gun bans, get ready for a whole bunch of these headlines:
- The parents of a 14-year-old boy say the teen was shot and killed while invading a home in north central Illinois.
Authorities say 14-year-old Travis Castle of Durand entered the home along with two other young men. Police say the three wore white hooded sweat shirts as they broke a window and entered the house, located near the village of Stillman Valley.
Ogle County Sheriff Greg Beitel says the owner wasn't there, but a house guest hid in a bedroom with a loaded handgun. The sheriff said the guest fired at one of the three in a narrow hallway before calling 911.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. At least we won't be paying for this jagoff's upkeep over the next six decades.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
54 Comments:
Breaking News! A teenager was arrested today on the south side. This is the 387th arrest of a CPS student this school year. In other news, CPS officials are forming a committee to try and determine why 23 CPS students have been lost to street violence this year.
The best is when they come and the news and talk about "the children".
They don't talk about their five page rap sheet.
Meanwhile back on LaSalle Street we find The Boss teaching J-Fraud the art of the "Reacharound". Ronnie the Bus Boy giggles with glee.
I bet a few of those "honor students" will be shot even on their way down to Springfield.
Holy Home Invasion Batman!!!
Can't wait till Summer. Da mayor is going to have a heart attack. The stuttering prick can levy a tax on each new gun registered.
FUCK CITY HALL. We need to run coppers for office and take over the running of the store.
Who cares... Why don't they just raise taxes.
SGT. CLASS IN JUNE OF 175 SGTS. THE DELAY IS FOR THE BUDGETD VACANT SPOTS TO EQUAL 175.
Off topic but you might want to hear this, it may tell explain the path our new regime is taking with the department.
When Mike Shield took over for Johnh Risley he told the officers at TRU that everything was going great, but a few things might get treeked.
First they dump a popular commander, and a unpopular Assist. Deputy. Next they divide the platoons in half. Then on Tuesday Shield meets with the FOP and advises them that the city plans on offering the unit a ten hour day schedule, ten hours thursday - sunday,( RDO'S MON-WED.) No rotating RDO's.
The FOP stands up to him and tells them there is no way they will go along with that, and that again it is a contractual issue, to bring it up at contract talks. Shield walks out.
Now we are hering that even though the Commander, T Williams has stated we will not be down sized, all the officers detailed, approximately 120, will be sent back to districts, this may happen as soon as change day. In adition they may not be sent to there original districts at first.
Now you may or may not like TRU, but you better watch out, because this administration does not give a rats ass about our contract or our personal lifes, and they will do whatever they need to do to better themselves.
In an interview with Sneed the new Superintendent said he would like to thank Tom Skilling and the crappy weather...Tuesday night no C.P.S. students were killed.
Let's keep busing the CPS kids to Springfield for "gun control."
This is about money, tens of millions of dollars for schools.
To call it "gun control" is ridiculous.
I'm a retired CPD guy living out in the boonies near Rockford, Il. I talked with an ISP trooper who was on scene. The 14 yr old was from the small town of Durand, Il and raised on a small farm with 3 brothers and sisters. Small town school, small town living. somewhere, somehow this kid ended up running with some homies from the housing projects in Rkfd.How he made this transition is a mystery, but they were trying to steal the homeowners gun collection. A male guest staying at the house, while the owner recovered from an auto accident and had been hospitalized, confronted the home invader and drilled him twice in the chest. He was 14 so the only pix on t.v. were of his 8th grade gradutation. They had already removed a bunch of pistols and rifles from the home and had them stacked up in the rear yard. The other 2 offenders fled and are now being looked for.
And, for all of the inquiring minds out there, I don't miss living in Chicago !!
Anonymous said...
Breaking News! A teenager was arrested today on the south side. This is the 387th arrest of a CPS student this school year. In other news, CPS officials are forming a committee to try and determine why 23 CPS students have been lost to street violence this year.
4/09/2008 12:15:00 AM
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387 is kinda low for a citywide number. Did you just mean 387 in the 6th district alone?
"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity ... will respect the less important and arbitrary ones ... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants, they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." — Thomas Jefferson
That burglary turned home invasion is exactly why I always make sure I invite Dave Sneathan to be my house guest whenever he's around. Know what I'm sayin'.
It's a shame that Daley and Duncan use CPS students as pawns to support their efforts to disarm law abiding citizens rather than using them to address Chicago's dismal graduation rate?
Now you may or may not like TRU, but you better watch out, because this administration does not give a rats ass about our contract or our personal lifes, and they will do whatever they need to do to better themselves.
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First off, TRU is not a unit subject to bid. Everyone there is on management. They have no contractual right to stay in the unit. They can be moved at any time for any reason. They should go back to their unit of assignment, but they can still be detailed for 3 months anywhere the department wants them.
This was Cline's invention. Create numerous detailed units to get around contractual obligations. This way the department has officers who do their bidding or else they get dumped.
The department wants them to work every weekend. The FOP said no. Now officers are going to get dumped.
WHAT THE F$%K DID YOU EXPECT?
If there was any solidarity among officers, this stuff wouldn't happen. When the department opens new management units, young guys crawl over each other trying to get in. What officers should say is NO, we won't go into your new unit unless its open to bid and the contract applies.
But that way guys with less than 3 years would actually have to build some senority before getting in. They don't want to that, so now they're getting screwed.
TOUGH!
How about enforcing those laws with reguards to the no guns within 1000ft. of a school? Search all homes within that range.
Off topic but you might want to hear this, it may tell explain the path our new regime is taking with the department.
When Mike Shield took over for Johnh Risley he told the officers at TRU that everything was going great, but a few things might get treeked.
First they dump a popular commander, and a unpopular Assist. Deputy. Next they divide the platoons in half. Then on Tuesday Shield meets with the FOP and advises them that the city plans on offering the unit a ten hour day schedule, ten hours thursday - sunday,( RDO'S MON-WED.) No rotating RDO's.
The FOP stands up to him and tells them there is no way they will go along with that, and that again it is a contractual issue, to bring it up at contract talks. Shield walks out.
Now we are hering that even though the Commander, T Williams has stated we will not be down sized, all the officers detailed, approximately 120, will be sent back to districts, this may happen as soon as change day. In adition they may not be sent to there original districts at first.
Now you may or may not like TRU, but you better watch out, because this administration does not give a rats ass about our contract or our personal lifes, and they will do whatever they need to do to better themselves.
4/09/2008 06:40:00 AM
Maybe they can try and figure out how to man the 8 deployments when they take 120 out of the unit, it's barely manned now. The ship is sinking boys and girls, this administration will run this department into the ground.
Mags sux also, had to throw that in....
RE: Gigantic Sergents Class. Merit picks were requested twice. Weis has over 100 names or nameless resumes as he would claim, from current and former exempts. If you were one of those names this will be the best chance of your getting a spot. 3 new exempts and a P/O at personel have all told me the same rumor. Class of 175 in the summer. The training will be extended as needed because the entire group of 175 will be detailed out for several things during there training time. That is like detailing an entire district.
anonymous said...
SGT. CLASS IN JUNE OF 175 SGTS. THE DELAY IS FOR THE BUDGETD VACANT SPOTS TO EQUAL 175.
4/09/2008 02:05:00 AM
That sounds high by about 120
Now you may or may not like TRU, but you better watch out, because this administration does not give a rats ass about our contract or our personal lifes, and they will do whatever they need to do to better themselves.
4/09/2008 06:40:00 AM
Hey, you are finally seeing the light! NOW do you understand why a lot of us don't want lock up someone for a temp tag so we can be in the tru 'unit'?
Ha Ha Jody,U dont wunt the police to be police anymore,so make arrest yourself..
Hey SCC...I have an idea??
How about we send you pictures showing what the inside of our squad cars look like.
My squad has 80,000 miles on it and half the interior molding is missing. Wires everywhere. Dirty filthy windows. The squad cars all have different equipment.
Some of the squads can operate the siren from the horn....others are not wired the same way making you take a hand from the wheel to operate your siren. Some turn the wigwags on from the high beam switch others have a toggle switch. Typical half assed work from the city.
Since the F(L)OP wont do anything but kiss daleys ass maybe we can stir up some stuff??
I wonder where all that funding for us went??? Any thoughts??
Anybody who takes a Sgt spot now is a traitor.
We cannot stop the gun violence among gang banging cps students . It all starts at home lets make the parents liable for their children actions
Yea, more bused gun protests today!
Thats right, demand more gun laws on guns that are already illegeal in Chicago. And disarm the whole state, why dont ya.
Then the lawless will just get their guns from other states like Indiana(like they do already).
Just admit your wrong, you assholes, and unhandcuff your Police...........
START THE BLUE PARTY. 30% REDUCTION IN CITY NON EM EMPLOYEES. 50 WARDS, 50 COP ALDERMAN. GET RID OF DALEY. APPOINT HONEST MAYOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
THEN GO AFTER THE COUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!
all TRU does is come onto our zones while WERE working and tie up our radio time running names on warm weekend nights. Needless to say they never give slow downs but they sure will be quick to call for a paper car. At least TRU took the retarded handful of people from my district that wanted to go.
Is Shields "Registered" sex offener or still free lance?
Gun control is being able to hit your target with every shot. People control is what we need is this city of daley, county of toddler and state of Blago(I am stealing everyone blind and think everyone is dumb).
Pat quinn has it right.
RECALL ROD
RECALL TODDLER
RECALL DALEY
If the City of Chicago thinks that they are going to walk away from some of the recent railroadings of innocent officers they have another thing coming.
4/09/2008 01:32:00 AM
I know what you mean:
2 spars and 2 CR investigation in only eight months!
Civil rights violation, I think.
I bet a few of those "honor students" will be shot even on their way down to Springfield.
4/09/2008 12:35:00 AM
The crime rate just went up in Springfield also!
Don't we already have gun laws in place? Isn't it illegal to own a hand gun in Chicago? So, we need more laws, that are being totally ignored, in order to save the kids?
FUCK NO!!! It's Darwinism my man. Only the strong servive. If your moral compass is wacked, if your laurels are skewed, if your dumbass needs a gun to be tough...FUCK YOU AND DIE!!! Laws aren't going to change or save a single kid out there. Parents puttig their feet deep up in Jr's ass will.
If you can't monitor your kids, don't have them. There's nothing wrong with being single, high and stupid your whole life. Just don't procreate and you're fine. Don't infect the rest of the world with your polluted genes.
Enough of that. Laws don't save people, Cops do!
Maybe the mayor can start a recycle program for the spent shell casings left on city streets from the west and south side this summer and invest it back in the CPS systems there!
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Let's see....Derek Starks (Dana's cousin) leaves the CPD after allegation that he framed a white PO while in IAD. Now he is the TSA Director at Midway (at least $125,000).
Maybe the coppers who get fired for forging time sheets can get management jobs at TSA and stay at the airport.
4/07/2008 01:01:00 AM
He makes $175,000 per year must be nice to be clouted with no brains!
4/07/2008 08:41:00 AM
I work at midway. Derek is arrogant. Apparently forgot he was once a sworn PO (but never the police)
His breath (hygiene) can use some TLC, too.
What the FUCK is Sgt. Billy Shield thinking? Since when does Shield have so much say for TRU?
Please tell me you meant Cmdr of Strategic Deployment Mike Shields?
My GOD TRU is fucked with those new hours. There WILL be a lot more than 120 po's heading to the districts with that horseshit!!!
I don't give a fuck about TRU, but I know a bad deal when I see one.
Looks like TRU is heading towards extinction...
-former 153
Anonymous said...
Maybe the mayor can start a recycle program for the spent shell casings left on city streets from the west and south side this summer and invest it back in the CPS systems there!
4/09/2008 09:21:00 PM
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What a great idea! Don't waste it on CPS though, have the city and county use it to lower the sales tax. If they collect it all our sales tax for City and county would be ZERO!
daddy is coming home bitches. For all you TRU haters 120 coppers are coming to a district near you. Meaning if you have less than 5 years on get ready to get bumped off your car and start looking forward to a 1a furlough did I mention midnights. Ohh snap. Karma is a bitch.to that former 153 miss jerry much?
RE: Gigantic Sergents Class. Merit picks were requested twice.
Wrong! Merit picks were requested once. The deadline for the picks was extended. Look it up on AMFN.
10:42pm
A-fucking Men bro! I too sunk with the Titanic (SOS) and fully agree that TRU seems to be getting their walking papers. They did the same shit to us shortly before we hit the iceberg. How soon we all forget? Lol!
TRU po's do you see the white light? Run....
-024 cop/former 153
Extra, Extra:
175 Sgt's right after Christmas!
After 460 new recruits hit the street.
After all FTO's are re-trained as
J-Fed'TO's.
All new Commanders in January 2009 if they don't show results.
Did I forget anything?
LMAO, rumors will be the death of this blog!
Breaking News! A teenager was arrested today on the south side. This is the 387th arrest of a CPS student this school year. In other news, CPS officials are forming a committee to try and determine why 23 CPS students have been lost to street violence this year.
4/09/2008 12:15:00 AM
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387 is kinda low for a citywide number. Did you just mean 387 in the 6th district alone?
4/09/2008 08:37:00 AM
The comment refers to beat 611
We have gun control laws that are pretty solid just a bunch of asshat Cook County judges that toss gun cases that in our neighboring counties would result in convictions.
"Weezy...gimme that mutha f*cking forty...or I gonna cap yo ass." — George Jefferson
Umm...I think the poster meant Cmdr SHIELDS. Not Sgt Shield...However, if you badmouth TRU, you might end up meeting the USMC Sarge in the backlot. You dig?
Look out Bears' fans! Brett Farve is now re-thinking his RETIREMENT. Just like SOS...Farve will never truly be gone.
-Unit 141
Disclaimer, I am a lay person (non-cop), so why does the police union make a huge showing of support for the chicago draconian gun ban when it seems that most of you here are against the gun ban..?
First off, TRU is not a unit subject to bid. Everyone there is on management. They have no contractual right to stay in the unit. They can be moved at any time for any reason. They should go back to their unit of assignment, but they can still be detailed for 3 months anywhere the department wants them.
This was Cline's invention. Create numerous detailed units to get around contractual obligations. This way the department has officers who do their bidding or else they get dumped.
The department wants them to work every weekend. The FOP said no. Now officers are going to get dumped.
WHAT THE F$%K DID YOU EXPECT?
If there was any solidarity among officers, this stuff wouldn't happen. When the department opens new management units, young guys crawl over each other trying to get in. What officers should say is NO, we won't go into your new unit unless its open to bid and the contract applies.
But that way guys with less than 3 years would actually have to build some senority before getting in. They don't want to that, so now they're getting screwed.
TOUGH!
Wrong, if you are assigned there will be a superbid, if you are detailed they will cancel your detail and send you back where you came from because you are still on their sheets.
Anybody who takes a Sgt spot now is a traitor
Why? because you have no ambition?
sorry but I think most would like to make more money and a better pension, if you don't that's fine.
Disclaimer, I am a lay person (non-cop), so why does the police union make a huge showing of support for the chicago draconian gun ban when it seems that most of you here are against the gun ban..?
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cause they're political animals
I wonder where all that funding for us went??? Any thoughts??
4/09/2008 01:20:00 PM
?????????????????????????????????
Federal money to be spent for the police?????where did it go???????
Somewhere over the rainbow in Daleyland. Can you say indictments?
Good ridence now they need less money to educate them. Lower the taxes!!!!
Anonymous said...
Umm...I think the poster meant Cmdr SHIELDS. Not Sgt Shield...However, if you badmouth TRU, you might end up meeting the USMC Sarge in the backlot. You dig?
4/10/2008 12:33:00 PM
usmc he was head of delivering mail yea tough guy!
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