Once Again - Always Guilty

The insanity continues, but maybe the officers won a round:

• Three federal appellate judges had tough questions Tuesday for a freelance journalist and 28 Chicago aldermen who want the names of Chicago Police officers with more than 10 complaints against them.

  The questions were so tough, in fact, that lawyers for the journalist and the aldermen, are hoping the judges won't use this case as a vehicle to shield a broader swath of documents from public view.

  The issue that Judge Diane Sykes, in particular, focused on, was whether “unfiled” documents in a court case should ever be considered “public.”

The ACLU would have a field day if the State tried to introduce evidence of some dirtbag's previous run-ins with the law, regardless of conviction or acquittal. There's a reason that previous criminal records are only introduced at bond hearings and sentencing - it's overly prejudicial.

But not if your a cop according to aldercreatures, various media muckrakers and scumbag lawyers (but we repeat ourselves). Hopefully, the Federal Appeals Court smacks Lefkow's decision down with some overly strong language attached reminding everyone that Police are citizens also.