Gee Whiz Governor...
She lost 20 teeth. She suffered a brain injury and seizures. And she struggled to pay her medical bills because she didn't have insurance.
Jen Hall was the victim of a brutal, disfiguring beating outside a Jewel store in the South Loop in August 2008.
Her attacker, Derrick King, was later sentenced to three years in prison for the crime. King, 48, went into state Department of Corrections custody in early October, but he was paroled only two weeks later under a policy change by Gov. Quinn's administration.
On Wednesday, Quinn announced he would reverse that policy, which allowed 1,781 inmates to leave prison early between Sept. 16 and Dec. 14 -- when the governor suspended the program.
Does anyone else think that maybe, just maybe, there are another few dozen, possibly a hundred other stories of these early releases going bad? Anyone have the list of inmates released or is this going to be one of those FOIA requests that the media is going to have to pull to get things rolling?
Labels: state politics
posted by SCC at 12:33 AM
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"Jen Hall was the victim of a brutal, disfiguring beating outside a Jewel store in the South Loop in August 2008.
Her attacker, Derrick King, was later sentenced to three years in prison for the crime."
See how clueless these media freaks, that play at being reporters of the news, can't even manage to point out that this shithead was never convicted, nor sentenced, for the actual crime(s) he committed.
Sure, they mention, in passing, that the jag off copped to a plea bargain, but to say that he was "...sentenced to three years in prison for the crime." misleads the casual readers of the scum times 'news' article into believing that the criminal acts, for which the shithead got a 3 year sentence, included the heinous violence committed upon the victim.
The incompetent Queen Alvarez has got's sum splainin' ta do.......
SPLATTT! That was the sound of Governor (flip-flop) Quinn throwing Corrections Chief Michael Randel under the bus on Wednesday. Oh by the way, he is Governor Quinn's HAND PICKED corrections chief.
look at the victim information notice and it tells you how to go about filing for compensation for medical bills if you are the vic of a crime... hey mr j-fed, were this ladies civil rights violated, she lost half her teeth and has a multitude of health problems but her attacker only did a few months in the penitentiary.... you sent a good cop to federal prison for four years for nothing--- hey dipshit, i checked off tonite with the usual 000000's and will never do shit until you are long gone---
Hennessey Williams (Ghetto playwright) parked his Bro-ham (Brougham and its really a shopping cart) next to his milk-crate in the empty lot.
He admired his Bro-ham with his good eye. The cart was replete with white wall tires (made from white out)curb feelers and the tire cover from a Coup de Ville(attached under the push bar)
Filled with wanderlust he turned to his friends Ashe McGee and Captain Drumstick and stated;
"I has twenty teaf knocked out befo, yes suh I dit. I was all f-ed up on toulie,crank, girl, reds,sherm, rock, weeds and some Ripple!", and he let out a guttural laugh,"Ha! Hah! Ha!" that must have come from the bowels of the earth. He continued,
"Yes suh! I was goot and f-ed up and shi...I ended up trying to eats a frozen piece of dog crap I thoughts was a M-f-in Ding Dong! I musta done lost me 20 or so teaf dat day.
I love how Quinn made the head prison guy take the fall for him. Does he really think voters are that stupid? Um.....never mind.
Welcome to Democrat land.
Does the guy who authorized this get fired? NO just a verbal warning from Governor Asshole "don't do this again especially before the primary."
What does happen? He announces that he is going to hire a special oversight Czar to ensure this dosn't happen again.
Barry Obama, Dickie Daley, Quinn the Kook - we are screwed.
See. This just proves my point. Why bother doing ANYTHING! We follow the rules ( and common sense ) and lock these assholes up. The politicians change the rules ( showing no common sense ) and let them out.
Governor, if you wish to save the state money, why not do it the way the common folk do it and start right in your own house. How about lowering your salary? Last time I looked, you have that sweet mansion in Springfield to live in (rent free) so you don't have to worry about mortgage payments. How about the rest of the politicians take a pay cut? Or at least freeze their salaries?
D.U.M.B. Of all the places to cut the budget, letting criminals out of prison just ain't one of them.
I had considered voting for him, but after the way he handled the University situation (most trustees resigned and then he let the two hold-outs who threatened to sue stay) and now this I don't know who I'm going to vote for.
---not a cop
do we have a ghoul pool going???
Quinn was quick to blame his corrections chief. He claims he had no knowledge of this program. He discovered the daley syndrome. I did not know. I was not aware. Quin really brought reform to this state.
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/fired-police-officer-seeks-review-by-judge.html
Hoyle? Was he conceived at a card game?
What ever happened to "The Buck Stops Here?" Harry Truman (one of the greatest Presidents ever) had that sign on his desk. What it meant was he was ultimately in charge when someone or some federal agency messed up.
If Quinn is the man of the people that he says he is, he needs to take the blame for this mess in the prisons. The Buck stops at his desk in this state.
Throw violent people into prison and then letting them out after a couple of months to save a couple of million bucks is just plain dangerous to the people.
At least I have a handgun to defend myself, it is too bad the average Joe can't in this state.
I heard if you've killed less than three people and don't live in Pat Quinn's neighborhood, you qualify for IMMEDIATE release from IDOC custody!
This governor is a MORON!!!
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This is ONLY ONE of several early release programs this a**hole governor has going.
Can't we just give HIM an early release from the governors' office?
Quinn is like all the other professional liars that infest Illinois/Chicago politics. He couldn't even man-up to his bone head decision to release these criminals on the law abiding citizens of Illinois.
Quinn you are done.
They left out the best part...
Within 24 hrs., Derrick King went back to the same area and committed another SA Robbery.
He was apprehended again.
NEWS FLASH - Thomson Correctional Facility -
Early Thursday Morning, several high ranking Al-Qaeda prisonors were released at Thomson, for good behavior. The only stipulation was they be released into Iowa(Mike Mette is providing tour information). Also, Iowa has joined the the Asian Carp law suit in an attempt to stop the influx of terrorist organization.
- Follow The Money
equal justice and a po cozzi is in jail for slapping a prisoner
when will citizens wake up and vote out the democrats
One has to wonder why the state's attorney did not try to convict on the more serious charges?
the criminals know the system . . . just plea to a lesser charge then the state's attorney gets a "win" in their win column and bad guy does minimal time.
OR, the state's attorney did not have the competence or the cajones to take the matter seriously and try to convict the beast.
there's an old story about police officer calling felony review to get PSMV charges. "Offender had keys? no charges." typical story. then the victim, an ASA, called felony review and miraculously the charges were approved after further review. ASAs forget when a crime is committed, they represent the victims, not their "win column."
I hate to imagine how many other victims might be hurt or killed if more violent offenders like this creep, or habitual drunk drivers, are released even 1 day earlier than the full term of their sentences. I don't care how "good" their behavior is while they're in jail. Creeps who commit this kind of crime should never be released early. PERIOD.
CHARLIE BRONSON WHERE ARE YOU? DEATHE WISH VIII IN PRODUCTION! OR MAYBE STAR CHAMBER! WHEN THE COURTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CANT INTERVENE ITS TIME FOR CHARLIE BRONSON!
So, Sgt. Dago Floorme of vice says one day to a girl in the front office I have a good idea could you let our team take some pictures of you scantily clad so we can put them on the internet. Being the good team player that she is and not a bad looker, she agrees. Sgt Floorme and team go over to her house and pictures are taken. Eve Gushes thinks what a great idea and said pictures are then posted on the internet for some scam investigation that never works. Great idea, put a half naked police officer on the net. One thing you can say about vice they do have a good time there. Oh and how about the $10,000 bucks Eve Gushes has one of her teams spend in a strip club and not one arrest made. Then Ernie Brown and Eve blame some P.O. for this shit and are going to throw him out of the unit. I can go on and on and on..... The entire unit should be closed down.
Anonymous said...
equal justice and a po cozzi is in jail for slapping a prisoner
when will citizens wake up and vote out the democrats
12/31/2009 09:25:00 AM
Cozzi got fucked,all by j-fed and now we have no brains quinn letting out hardened criminals!
I don't understand this stupid shit. Time for being good???? You should have no choice but to be good. Be good or get locked in the hole! Be good or get beat down. You should get more time if you are not good, not less time for doing what you should be doing in the first place!
Jen Hall and all CITIZENS of this COUNTRY look to Bernard Getz as inspiration. I know I do!!!
It makes you wonder why the gov had a "secret" program for early release and did not bother to ask law enforcement.
also, under Blago, the parole board was stcked against the honest citizen, allowing gang related reverends and pols to have a big say in the process.
Will Quinn keep supporting the bad guys??
three year plea bargain for ruining a woman's life This was a terrible vicious crime and there were witnesses so why offer a plea for 3 years
Why do PEOPLE OF THIS STATE continue to vote for these DEMOCRATS. You get what you vote for. All you patrolmen and women who continue to support the Democratic Party are at fault as much as anyone. So as you like to say. SHUT THE FUCK UP!
there's an old story about police officer calling felony review to get PSMV charges. "Offender had keys? no charges." typical story. then the victim, an ASA, called felony review and miraculously the charges were approved after further review.
12/31/2009 09:25:00 AM
Sounds like the Bill Kopeck red firebird story - circa 1982 or so...
And they put Cozzi away for a few cracks on some sh*tbag!! And u idiot liberals wonder why us street Cops have an attitude and think you and fed friends are all a bunch of stupid, incompetent losers......
Some things never change, no matter who the palers are! The real question here, as I see it, is that this viscious street mope nearly beat an innocent young women to death and was only sentenced to 3 years in prison, then given time off for good behavior? I would like this to happen to the wife or mother of a prominant person and see what the guy would get. The citizens just do not matter to the courts or the the county ASA, only getting their numbers and clearing the court calender so they can go play golf. The democratic party is responsible for this, they slate and elect the judges and the prosecuter and run the prisons. The answer is NO TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR. There is no empirical evidence to show that time off for good behjavior works to calm the prison inmates and hold down violance. This atate law is just some theory of a few. Keep these bandits locked up and make the streets safer!!
Ive spoken to reporters many times about this topic as a possible feature, but get no response.
I heard if you've killed less than three people and don't live in Pat Quinn's neighborhood, you qualify for IMMEDIATE release from IDOC custody!
This governor is a MORON!!!
He lives in Galewood. How many people qualify?
Fucking Injustice, Free Bill Cozzi!! I think he has earned enough good points to be released and his crime doesnt even compare to the ones these animals have comitted and will continue to.
Fuck You J-fed may you rot in hell!
Quinn makes his underlings take the fall sounds like the mayor all gold star police boss's the Madigans the Kennedy's even our president. Only Bush got the blame for everthing that happened on his watch. Whoever contols the media controls the masses.
Anonymous said...
CHARLIE BRONSON WHERE ARE YOU? DEATHE WISH VIII IN PRODUCTION! OR MAYBE STAR CHAMBER! WHEN THE COURTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CANT INTERVENE ITS TIME FOR CHARLIE BRONSON!
12/31/2009 09:40:00 AM
If anything ever happens to my family or friends do to these idiots I will make Charlie (RIP) Bronson look like a small child! "When police officers cannot enforce the law,there is no law"!
even if we wanted to keep the criminals in jail there is no money to do so. something has to give and you can bet the employees unions and welfare leaches won't be where the give is.
Personally, I believe there are far too many people in prison.
This guy is an exception to that belief.
As was stated earlier the States Attorneys office should also shoulder some blame for plea bargaining with this violent nutjob.
Three years?!!!!!
Shit.
Even in Crook County three years is a little light for this ATTEMPT MURDER!
I'm not giving a pass to the ASAs and the judge, but this victim clearly signed-off on this agg batt plea bargain. Even she doesn't complain about the sentence, only the fact that he didn't serve any of it.
Lesson for everyone, including fellow cops: If you're the victim of a crime and you don't insist on justice, you ain't gonna get it, especially here. This woman should have been screaming her head off on TV once this POS was sentenced to 3 years. My guess is that she just wanted it to all go away and let Derrick King be someone else's problem in a year and half.
That said, no judge outside of cook county would sign off on a 3 year sentence in a case like this. If this happened in Texas, he would be spending 50-60 years behind bars.
Cook County is really the shithole of the universe. Derrick King should be the president of the Cook County board, for he truly represents the soul of this county and its citizens.
I remember when this attack happened. I was outraged then and I'm still outraged -- more so now. I know that neighborhood and I've been in that same dunkin-donuts on Wabash outside of which these two dogs were panhandling. I remember thinking I wish it was me they were hitting up for cigs. I would have cut them to pieces (or died trying) and if we had concealed carry I would have blown their goddam brains out. They deserve nothing less, fucking savages.
The problem is most white people are afraid of these pieces of shit and the dogs know it and they are getting a lot more brazen. I've seen more panhandling this year downtown than in years, for example walkiing south on Clark between Chicago Ave and the River is like passing through a fucking gauntlet. WTF? Where's Bernard Gets (sp?) when you need him?
A. Citizen
One can only guess how many of the convicts released were in for aggrav ated battery to the Police. I can think of one that copped a plea for slashing an officer's neck with a razor!
Hey Weisel ~ do you still think the goof in the wheelchair that got cracked by Bill Cozzi was the worst case of brutality you have ever seen?! Do the right thing & FREE BILL COZZI!!!!
I worked at 26 st for several years some of that time was spent working in court rooms and its all a numbers game with the asa's and judges thats all it is.This pos knew a gift when it was offered to him with 1 year already served at county the most he would do is 6 months.i recently attended a class where the instructor was a retired judge and he said that if he was sentencing someone and wanted them to do 10 years he would have to impose a sentence of 20 years which as you all know is hard to do when there are limits for crimes.
I can't understand why there hasn't been more public outrage about early release and the IDOC parole program. Lee Cration (murdered a man on Christmas Eve while on parole for murder) and Julius Anderson (raped a woman at knifepoint just after his release) are two recent examples.
Early release was the #9 story on my Chicago 2009 top ten crime stories list
Thanks for running SCC. You do a great job.
Happy New Year!
Joe the Cop
Arresting Tales
Jen Hall and her boyfriend should have kept their mouths shut and kept walking, instead they confronted this fool and paid the price. Can you say common sense...
Quinn did'nt know what to do, then he said to himself what would Daley do???? I know!!!! Throw someone else under the bus!!!! Then claim you just did'nt know!!!! SILLY, SILLY!!!
Deanne E. Benos was appointed the first woman to serve as the assistant director of the Illinois Department of Corrections in November 2003
Michael P. Randle began his career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODCR) in 1990 as case manager and later was promoted to unit manager at the Ohio Reformatory for Women
Randle is considered by many to be an outsider. The problems start with Benos.
Vote out all Democrats.
This was Quinn's plan to cut the budget, how it was put into action may be at the Dept of Corrections feet but he authorized it. Typical, instead of taking the heat he throws th Corrections Chief under the bus.
Why would Quinn not use the Thomsen facility to ease the over crowding of jails instead of selling it to bring terrorists here? WTH are people thinking? Money is the root of all evil.
Did you see the look on the face of Corrections Chief Michael Randle during the press conference? It was the disgusted, defeated look of "taking one for the team" ( complete with the textbook "eye roll") when Quinn absolved himself of any wrongdoing or knowledge of the early release program as he promptly lujacked the blame onto his subordinate. Absolutely priceless!
Kind of like the CPD where those is power can do no wrong while the clout-less, little guy gets it stuck in his ass for the smallest of infractions.
The report went on to say that there are roughly 10 or 12 Parole Agents responsible to apprehend the approximately 1,200 parole violators currently running loose in the city and surrounding suburbs. (Thank You! Governor Quinn!!!)
Vigilantism coming soon to a neighborhood near you...
Pssst, Let me let you in on a little secret- I am not ever going to vote for that imbicile Quinn. I'll vote for a machine candidate before I waste a vote on him. At least you know the machine candidate is an an ass beforehand. No violent criminals will be released in this program-RIGHT.
First of all, shame on the ASA's to do a lame 3 year "plea bargain" jail term. That is horrible. They should have tried that crime and sent him to the max.
And Cozzie did his 2 year suspension for bitch-slapping a bust-out swearing in a wheel chair then gets 4 fed years and this guy gets out after 2 weeks. Unf*ckingbelievable. And they want to know why morale is low.
Czar - a Russian emperor from Russia; a tyrant or autocrat. How about these dummy democrats stop using this term. How about having someone in office with some plain old common sense???
That tea party group is looking better and better.
Incidents like this street POS attacking citizens and beating them into a pulp occur a lot less in states that allow their citizens to carry guns to defend themselves with.
Dumbocrats like easy victims.
..and the Ryan that is running for governor as a Republican has said that is any CCW law reaches his desk he will veto it.
Under Governor Quinn's new plan, some people will not only get released directly from court, having already earned more Merit Time than their entire sentence, (at the rate of 65 days good time for each day served inside) but they will be able to submit a bill for payment to the state of Illinois for money owed them due to serving more than their sentence.
Under that plan, the guy who beat that women will be released on his current charges by next Wednesday due to his good behavior and not beating anyone unconscious while in solitary confinement in jail.
This is so wrong on so many levels, I wish she had a gun to blow offeneders head clean off.
1:56 PM
I know your heart is in the right place. However, you must consider that uninformed visitors may read your post and draw egregious and erroneous conclusions by your use of the word "wheelchair" without explanation.
THE MUTT WAS ABLE-BODIED! He continued to wreak havoc from the wheelchair while cuffed. Hospital personnel seated him in the wheelchair for mobility purposes before Cozzi's arrival. When all efforts failed to have the mutt behave himself, Cozzi gave him a few harmless "pimp slaps" causing him to shut up and stop spitting at people. He began to softly giggle; no injuries.
What would you have done?
Cozzi made a mistake and paid a draconian penalty: TWO YEARS SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY!
Then before he's even sworn in, this half-cocked, sadistic, psychopathic, careerist WEISel runs to his fed pals and tags Bill with gross "overkill"--a civil rights violation which results in a FORTY (40) month prison sentence a thousand miles from home and his loved ones. There was no Christmas Mass last Friday.
At the stroke of midnight with couples kissing, champagne flowing and revelers singing "Auld Lang Syne", it will be just another night for Bill, locked in a cell.
Bill phoned me this afternoon. He wishes all of us a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2010. He also asked me to thank more than 200 folks who mailed Christmas cards that brought some cheer to his otherwise miserable situation.
Please keep those letters coming.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
FREE BILL COZZI!
Quinn might be the most inept cock-sucker in the history of Illinois politics.
Just another future shot you called SCC, the day this illustrious man announced his intentions to empty the dog pound. Sorry to offend the real dogs.
What happens when he starts releasing our GITMO goofs? Nice job Gov. You a man of the people. The Village people!
This worthless violent beast gets sentenced to 36 months and gets out in 2 to prey again.
Meanwhile, poor Cozzi rots for 40 months for bullshit.
Jen Hall and her boyfriend should have kept their mouths shut and kept walking, instead they confronted this fool and paid the price. Can you say common sense...
12/31/2009 02:38:00 PM
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From what I was told, they had already walked past- the assailant ran after them and grabbed her from behind when he didn't get what he wanted.
He should have stayed inside. You should get outside.
liberal democrats= mental illness
Anonymous said...
Deanne E. Benos was appointed the first woman to serve as the assistant director of the Illinois Department of Corrections in November 2003
Michael P. Randle began his career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODCR) in 1990 as case manager and later was promoted to unit manager at the Ohio Reformatory for Women
Randle is considered by many to be an outsider. The problems start with Benos.
Vote out all Democrats.
12/31/2009 03:05:00 PM
Benos is "connected" to the greeks who own the restaurants downtown! She started her career as a gofer for the felon laski,and then the "greeks" got her patched into rod blago,and now she is here! she is dumb as a box of rocks who do the greeks keep paying off! What a goof!
Anonymous said...
Hey Weisel ~ do you still think the goof in the wheelchair that got cracked by Bill Cozzi was the worst case of brutality you have ever seen?! Do the right thing & FREE BILL COZZI!!!!
12/31/2009 01:56:00 PM
I second that,how about a petition drive,think barry obama will sign it?
Jen Hall and her boyfriend should have kept their mouths shut and kept walking, instead they confronted this fool and paid the price. Can you say common sense...
12/31/2009 02:38:00 PM
How can you blame the victim? You should be ashame of yourself.
IF WE LOOKED A LITTLE HARDER U MAY FIND SOME CLOUT HACKS THAT WERE RELEASED 4 BLUE COLLAR CRIME.
THE MEDIA IS JUST SO LAZY NOW IT WANTS TO BE SPOON FED.
THEY CANT EVEN FIGURE OUT THAT HOMICIDES R DOWN B-CUZ SINAI AND COUNTY R GREAT AT FIXING MUTZ THAT R SHOT.
IF THEY ONLY CHECKED THE NUMBERS 4 PERSON SHOT IN 2009 NOT REPORTS GENERATED!!!
J-FED U R LEARNING WELL FROM UR MASTER.
AGG BATS H-GUN
AGG BAT OTHER (2 BY 4 ETC!)
I will NOT vote for the Idiot Quinn. Despite Chicago's archaic
gun laws I always have a weapon (secured) in my home. I'm just not stupid enough to walk around with one. The early release was moronic. Did he consult anyone in LE? Quinn should resign now.
Jen Hall and her boyfriend should have kept their mouths shut and kept walking, instead they confronted this fool and paid the price. Can you say common sense...
12/31/2009 02:38:00 PM
How can you blame the victim? You should be ashame of yourself.
12/31/2009 11:46:00 PM
I agree with the first poster. I wouldn't say it's blaming the victim, but a lot of these city yuppie whatever you want to call them, don't have the sense God gave them. And they don't seem to get any smarter living in the city, which I find amazing. Keep scanning the horizon. If you see some piece of garbage walking towards you, if they try to talk to you, come up to you, move to block your path, whatever, keep walking. There's nothing to say but bullshit. Just keep walking. She'd still have all her teeth if she had kept her mouth shut and moved on. And since she got the worst of it, the boyfriend who was with her must be quite an asshole.
---not a cop
From what I've read of Miss Hall's injuries, I was just wondering why her attacker was not charged with attempt murder? I'm not condong Gov. Quinn's actions, but wondering how did the attacker in this case get off with a sentence of only three years? Did the SA's office do as they so often do, reduce the charge and accept a plea for a lesser crime to avoid trying the case, or was it a liberal judge who took pity on the culprit? When will we start to see the victims of crimes getting the justice they so rightly deserve?
I'm confused. Don't we have an empty prison somewhere out in western Illinois? I just can't figure out the "overcrowding" issue. Must be me.
I agree with the first poster. I wouldn't say it's blaming the victim, but a lot of these city yuppie whatever you want to call them, don't have the sense God gave them. And they don't seem to get any smarter living in the city, which I find amazing. Keep scanning the horizon. If you see some piece of garbage walking towards you, if they try to talk to you, come up to you, move to block your path, whatever, keep walking. There's nothing to say but bullshit. Just keep walking. She'd still have all her teeth if she had kept her mouth shut and moved on. And since she got the worst of it, the boyfriend who was with her must be quite an asshole.
---not a cop
1/01/2010 03:50:00 AM
So..because she said something to him, she is somehow culpable for this? Walking downtown is like walking through a minefield these days. These OFFENDERS have multiplied like mushrooms because they haven't been challenged or arrested for years. Like wild dogs, if you make eye contact, it's on.
Anyone, even a 'mouthy broad' should be able to walk downtown without an ass kicking that necessitates brain surgery.
Years ago, the IDOC had an agent right at 26th street bond court that would file violations for any parolee charged with a felony. Then they cut that out and had the LEADS people working there do it for them. Then they only accepted violations on a narrow class of crimes.
Illinois can't afford it anymore. There are too many useless things that have to be paid for first.
Did I miss the part where this will be charged as a hate crime? Oh yeah, that's right, that charge doesn't seem to go both ways. Run Jesse Run will be on TV any minute now to express his outrage about this crime.
So..because she said something to him, she is somehow culpable for this? Walking downtown is like walking through a minefield these days. These OFFENDERS have multiplied like mushrooms because they haven't been challenged or arrested for years. Like wild dogs, if you make eye contact, it's on.
Anyone, even a 'mouthy broad' should be able to walk downtown without an ass kicking that necessitates brain surgery.
1/01/2010 11:58:00 AM
1. What did she have to say to him? Nothing. Let me give you an example:
No, I don't have a cigarette.
No, I don't have a solid quarter.
No, I don't want any socks.
Get my drift? So why say anything. Keep your mouth shut, move out of range of arms, legs or whatever keep walking, hopefully faster than the pond scum can think.
2. You do not make eye contact. Yeah, it is a minefield. And as such one should watch out for exploding objects, like people who spend their Social Security check on crack instead of their meds or unpredictable drunkards or homeless assholes that are upset with society because they can't seem to function in it.
3. Do you want to exercise your right to shoot your mouth off or do you want to keep your teeth?
It's simple, these areas are no place for children and adults should know better.
And, no, she didn't deserve to get what she got, but if she used some common sense, she could have avoided it. If you dig saving people, then you're in the right profession. And I sure want the police to be there for me if I need them, I just don't want to be part of the reason they have to come.
I'm sorry if I'm not as emotional about shit as you are but I think most of life's problems can be avoided with a little common sense.
---not a cop
Sounds to me like this "not a cop" fella has a rare commodity in Chicago. Common sense.
Time to start suing the political hacks that make our lives miserable.
Sounds to me like this "not a cop" fella has a rare commodity in Chicago. Common sense.
1/02/2010 08:26:00 AM
Female, and Sicilian.
---not a cop
@not a cop - well said.
Back before the Howard-Englewood-
Jackson Park L became the all-f'ing-
stops Red Line, when the green and
white railcars had windows covered
in greasy pomade replete with the
occasional hair, slashed seats with
broken springs, mumbling conductors,
and smelled like burnt fluorescent
lamp ballasts at best, I was a DePaul
student.
I lived over by the Jarvis L, CTA
being my only means of transportation.
As a woman, I learned some new skills
fast, including:
*Put on your "don't f-with me" game
face.
*Walk like you know where you're
going and how to get there - don't
wander around like a stupid tourist.
*Don't wear or carry anything that
makes you look like a good target.
Leave the gold jewelry to Mr T and
the Marshall Field's bags to some
Mag Mile rich bitch.
*Don't talk to anyone you have no
reason to talk to. Ignore panhandlers,
bums, etc.
*Know where you go - taking the #36
Sedgwick bus through Cabrini-Green
after the "Happy Bus" driver's shift
ends might not be such a great idea.
And this was back when Chicago cops
were respected and held in high esteem
by the good, and the force most feared
by the evil.
Fence the mutts off in their own area
(like Mad Max 2, Escape from NY, etc.)
and let them fight it out amongst
themselves. Or, is that what CPS is
for?
not a cop must have crazy-rays. He's right on. You never want to make eye contact with a nutjob.
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