March Coverage
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And of course, the argument about numbers begins:
And of course, the argument about numbers begins:
- They say they're tired, they need help and they're worried about their safety. And so are their loved ones. Hundreds of Chicago Police officers raised signs of protest and their voices Wednesday, saying they need more officers on the street.
Rank and file officers are marching around Chicago Police Headquarters Wednesday morning, taking aim at their boss, Supt. Jody Weis. Such a protest has never happened before.
The media consensus seems to be "300 officers." They must have learned their shady counting from the people who have been telling Chicagoans crime is "down." Including family members, interested citizens and supporters from other unions, our headcount, and the counts of those we traveled with had it around 600. Not the thousand or more hoped for, but still, not the bomb others were predicting.
Meeks and Fioretti were the big mayoral hopefuls on scene. The Sun Times had pictures of Colleen Lawson marching. Ms. Lawson was one of the lead plaintiffs in the McDonald v Chicago case that restored Second Amendment Rights to Chicagoans. We saw some brass marching, too, but we'll see if anyone else noticed - like when the dumps start in a day or two.
Meeks and Fioretti were the big mayoral hopefuls on scene. The Sun Times had pictures of Colleen Lawson marching. Ms. Lawson was one of the lead plaintiffs in the McDonald v Chicago case that restored Second Amendment Rights to Chicagoans. We saw some brass marching, too, but we'll see if anyone else noticed - like when the dumps start in a day or two.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
56 Comments:
We saw some brass marching, too,
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Are you kidding?
Those were plants to observe and report. You know better.
Being on tape or camera is not a good thing. Hope they did not see me.
Rahm wants to be Mayor and is dictating what and who will do what. Rahm is telling Jesse Jr to run or to have his wife run if Rev. Meeks is the strong unified black candidate or get indicted for the Blago affair.
Never let a crisis go to waste!
WASHINGTON--White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)--both mulling Chicago mayoral runs--huddled in Washington on Wednesday night.
"It's fair to say they had a conversation not only about the race, but about the city itself," said a source who declined to be named.
Emanuel and Jackson are among the more than two dozen potential contenders pondering jumping in the Feb. 22, 2010 nonpartisan Chicago mayoral primary in the wake of Mayor Daley's decision last week not to seek another term.
Jackson's wife, Sandi, a Chicago alderman, also is on some long lists of maybe candidates.
Emanuel is wrestling with what is a major life decision for him, one being made in the context of having to juggle major domestic and international matters for the Obama White House. Emanuel commissioned his long-time pollster, Stanley Greenberg to poll Chicagoans to help Emanuel test issues and his own viability.
Thanks for marching Ms. Lawson. We appreciate your support.
Channel 7's coverage of the protest was sickening. They insisted upon broadcasting their "interview" with some shitbird "supporter" of J-Fled. He's described as "Albert Thompson, a 35th street resident". This clown, who is clearly absolutely clueless about the problems facing this city and this department in regards to manpower and everything else stated the following "I guess it's just when you have a leader that's hard and wants you to do the job, you just have to, uh, get with the program and do the job that's required." Clueless. Its on the abc7 website. Check it out.
The City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!
SCC, you hit it right on the head. I counted about 600 at its peak. There should have been more of us thought. We need to quit dividing ourselves.
Shields was there and left right away. What was his point of coming, starting to march and then walking away? Is this kid a little strange?
"The City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!
9/16/2010 06:53:00 AM"
post your personally owned plates and we'll get that ball of yours rolling.
"Shields was there and left right away. What was his point of coming, starting to march and then walking away? Is this kid a little strange?
9/16/2010 07:14:00 AM"
try asking him.
The reason for the low turn out of support may be because Weis may have been right all along. Those that didn't show are truely Weis supporters. Everyone talks the talk been when it comes down to it they can't walk the walk. Sad, just sad. I was there and talked the talk and walked the walk. These colors don't run.
The only chant missing from the march was "Dump the clown, Ernie Brown!!". How did that get overlooked???
I went to say a big F-you to J-Fled. Put a smile on my face each time I walked past the front doors.
Might have been more fun if we all had worn the great yellow t-shirt I saw that said "Gotta Run."
That's what this was all about for me. Making sure that this will follow him, and making sure they don't extend his contract.
The "march coverage" ,from the media, made the rank and file look divided. I did not attend the march because it was wrong to protest J-fed. J-fed is on the way out anyway.
the F.o.P knows that that police hiring is out of the hands of the police department. It always had been and will always be out of our hands. J-fed sat before the city council and stated that the number of police we had was becoming dangerous and that more hiring had to be done.
stop using cozzi as a scape goat to get rid of Jodi! Alright, he got a raw deal however he pled quilty and is not going to be set free until his sentence is done. His family deserves better then having again to read what he did in today's Sun-times. You want to help the man F.O.P, give him a job when he is released from prison.
I have to say I agree with J-fed that it is the F.O.P. who has let us down. This protest is as if we were going to protest G. bush to leave after Obama was elected. it made no sense to me.
I think the membership needs to think about the real reason the F.O.P. had this march? I don't even have the answer to my own question ! I do have a feeling it had nothing to do with man power or the needs of the rank and file
Congrats to all the Sergeants who Graduate today! Don't ever forget what it's like to wear a blue shirt.
To poster at 0653 am. You are obviously an inside moron. What you fail to understand,as do some clueless W/C's, is that we are running from job to job. In addition the city revenue agents and private parking Nazis are on every corner. The City has chosen revenue over officers safety you dumbass. When you do go on the street why don't you practice your theory on a carload of M/1's instead of sandbagging old Jewish Women or anonymously writing parkers you Cloutskank.
It's so clear that the FOP has it in for Shields on the blog. If you're gonna say something, sign your name. He did when he sent his e-mail.
Shields, keep doing what you're doing. Never mind what one or two guys cry about. You'll never make these back stabbers happy. Keep doing the right thing.
The Sun Times was worse today publishing comments from citizens like, "the only reason the police do not like Weiss is because he cleaned up all their corruption and they can't abuse citizens anymore".
Anonymous said...
" The City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!"
Thanks for posting Mr. Daley!
We all know that your policy is to "serve & collect."
The City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!
Are you F#*(@'-ing kidding us.....I stopped writing anything that had the city receiving $$$$ two years ago. Get off the blog MASTERS!!!!!!!
I didn't see any news coverage of the Mexican riots in 025 either.
I hope you are not proud that Meeks and Fiorettt were at the rally.
Those two chumps are also what is wrong with this city.
I'm glad the turnout wasn't too laughable, but the message was. Weis should not have been the message. Manpower is.
Sorry, I got notified for court last minute so I couldn't go. I wanted to be there. The more I spoke with people, the more I learned that a lot more officers had court and wanted to go to the march but couldn't because like myself, we all elected to go to court avoiding a deviation. I don't think my To-From saying I went to the March Against Weis instead of court would have flown over too good with the bosses. So I'm sure that number of 600 in attendance marching might have been over say 800 or so.
Weis will be gone in about 6 months. Daley will be gone in May. I worry tremendously about what is to come after that. Can you imagine what would happen to this city if someone like Meeks were to become mayor? Or Alderman Ed Smith? A decade from now, I think we're all gonna be looking back at the Daley years and thinking just how good we had it. I think we're all fu**ed. Police and working citizens alike.
As you can see and read in todays press, the march did not garner any support from the public.It made the issues seem petty that has divided support among the rank and file. As much as the trial and conviction of Cozzi irks every active and retired police officer, you will not find the general public very sympathetic. When , and if, someone in the press really writes an investigative article on promotions and assignments within the department, then maybe it will cause some stir. Until then, frankly, no in the public, or the media, really cares about the everyday internal struggles of the police department.
This is what happens when a clout-ocracy implodes. Daley walks away and all the cronies (with no skills are in charge).
I read the comments after the Sun-Times article and they were not flattering to the rank-and-file.
The Vice Lords sent an EMail to the union???? It's THEIR city???
There will be some big crisis or firefight and we will see how bad leadership is.
Average citizens? Better start carrying. CPD won't come to your aid. Or they will, after they take care of the other 6 calls they have backed up on their list.
As for all of you that keep voting the same way - you GOT what you VOTED for.
As for you marginal coppers - clout babies, whatever - better start going to the range and practicing up. Hopefully, you are prior military - but I doubt it.
Sharpen those skills you never honed.
If you were there and you do not have major clout, then enjoy being wherever you are because that will be where you forever stay.
Policy group members were at the march and they weren't there for the chants. They have photos of everyone there. Exempts are identifying you as I type.
You poor bastards are about to learn just how unfair this department can be.
Northen - Nowhere to be seen.
Shields - Nowhere to be seen.
They were at the alternative march on City Hall. ALl by their lonesomes.
This is the beginning of the end of the current FOP administration. The FOP should have waited until the next union meeting to a grasp of what the membership wanted regarding a protest. Instead the FOP went off the cuff and let's give them the benefit of the DOUBT that 600 protesters including family members and FOP staff were there. OK - Now What?
The was march scheduled prior to the Mayor stating he was not going to run for re-election. Duh FOP...easy excuse to postpone the protest. Everyone knows J-Fled is gone! THIS PROTEST WAS ABOUT THE CURRENT FOP ADMINISTRATION RUNNING SCARED, BECAUSE OF THEIR ELECTION! FOP Board, it is to late now. New leadership is on the horizon.
The showing was a a travesty for FOP. The march did not garner any public sympathy and very little CPD support.
P.S. Greg you could have at least worn a suit, instead of looking like a guy selling "Street Wise".
OT - From the FB page of Lt Andrews
John R Andrews - The protest at Chicago Police HQ by police officers today also inspired one gang — the Vice Lords — to fire off an e-mail message to the police union. “Get a grip my man and stand down to the greatness of the Almighty Vice Lords Nation,” said the message to an FOP board member. “This is our town cupcake!”
Is this the Chicago YOU want? As I wrote, we are fast-tracking to anarchy.
9/16/2010 07:14:00 AM
Good point there citywide member! We all know Shields makes you look asleep at the helm, so hide behind the blog and make childish accusations!
write more tickets? bring in more money for the city? why? for a hired truck scandal, maybe we could have the olympics, planters in the middle of the streets, expand our air ports with no bid contracts. you must be stupid!
The City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!
Wilder (Andy Rooney) 025
9/16/2010 06:53:00 AM
City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!
U either work for the mayor or some liberal from Hyde Pk or Rogers Pk. The Mayor has been stealing money from the police budget for years. He shouldn t have to look 4 more money to hire more police because money for 13,200 was already in the budget. Why should we give him more revenue so he could blow it on buddies of his. Maybe if u take those tif zones away with about 700 million we wouldn t be in this mess.
Mike knows that we are the ones that go out there every day. Mike Shields is fighting for our pension to be maintained the noble way. Mike has stuck his neck out and courageously went face to face with heavily clouted people in this city fighting against people attempting to dip into our pension unworthy. Mike is doing all this without knowing most of the names and faces of the police officers that will soon be retired or one day will retire. He is doing it because that is what Mike said he would do if he was elected to the pension board. Image what he would do for us as FOP PRESIDENT!
MIKE SHIELDS you need to run for FOP PRESIDENT we need someone like you.
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Hey Mike, I have a few questions. I have my concerns about your experience. I worked with you in 011 and let's be honest you were not a ball of fire. The pension funded level has gone done since you have been our pension trustee. I am not saying it is only your fault, but you are partly to blame.
Also how are you going to fight this two tier pension system that the mayor is attempting to shove down our throats.
And doesn't Ariel Management still have our money at the fund. I don't think you are the answer.
I'm not feelin like the public's got are back on this march. Oh well, nothing new.
The City is broke and we are not helping the problem. Instead of writing less parking citations and moving ticket offenses, we should be writing many more. This would bring in revenue that would go towards the shortfalls!
9/16/2010 06:53:00 AM
Sorry have to disagree with you. I was not hired as a ticket writer and a revenue generator for Daley
Meeks what a racist mother F**ker, I can't believe he was there. Hey, we did forget about the incident in the 005th dist. w/Sgt.
I'm sure you won't get alot of police votes. Does Meeks actually live in the City? Can the IRS do an audit of his finacial doings?
No Republicans running???
If you were there and you do not have major clout, then enjoy being wherever you are because that will be where you forever stay.
Policy group members were at the march and they weren't there for the chants. They have photos of everyone there. Exempts are identifying you as I type.
You poor bastards are about to learn just how unfair this department can be.
9/16/2010 01:59:00 PM
And the paranoia continues. Wow they have photos of me. So what? Im a beat cop in the ghetto with over 20 years on and can leave anytime I choose. They can't move me off the watch, I have seniority. Stop being afraid of your own shadow and grow a set already. WTF has happened to the new educated police dept?
Sorry, I got notified for court last minute so I couldn't go. I wanted to be there. The more I spoke with people, the more I learned that a lot more officers had court and wanted to go to the march but couldn't because like myself, we all elected to go to court avoiding a deviation. I don't think my To-From saying I went to the March Against Weis instead of court would have flown over too good with the bosses. So I'm sure that number of 600 in attendance marching might have been over say 800 or so.
9/16/2010 11:27:00 AM
Wow you didn't want a deviation or you couldn't part with that big 3 hours of o.t. that you got. Big fucking deal a "deviation" Good excuse though. If you really wanted to show support you would have taken the fucking deviation and marched.
Congrats to all the Sergeants who Graduate today! Don't ever forget what it's like to wear a blue shirt.
9/16/2010 09:56:00 AM
Congrats??? are you fucking kidding me. Well deserved merit picks lol. I'm sure they will never forget the blue shirts while working inside a unit, headquarters or CAPS office.
If you were there and you do not have major clout, then enjoy being wherever you are because that will be where you forever stay.
Policy group members were at the march and they weren't there for the chants. They have photos of everyone there. Exempts are identifying you as I type.
You poor bastards are about to learn just how unfair this department can be.
Do you see dead people? Most of the people in that building were supportive. Watch out for the red squad. Look out! LoL
The "march coverage" ,from the media, made the rank and file look divided. I did not attend the march because it was wrong to protest J-fed. J-fed is on the way out anyway.
the F.o.P knows that that police hiring is out of the hands of the police department. It always had been and will always be out of our hands. J-fed sat before the city council and stated that the number of police we had was becoming dangerous and that more hiring had to be done.
stop using cozzi as a scape goat to get rid of Jodi! Alright, he got a raw deal however he pled quilty and is not going to be set free until his sentence is done. His family deserves better then having again to read what he did in today's Sun-times. You want to help the man F.O.P, give him a job when he is released from prison.
I have to say I agree with J-fed that it is the F.O.P. who has let us down. This protest is as if we were going to protest G. bush to leave after Obama was elected. it made no sense to me.
I think the membership needs to think about the real reason the F.O.P. had this march? I don't even have the answer to my own question ! I do have a feeling it had nothing to do with man power or the needs of the rank and file.
Well said Jody! Shields? Bueller?
Anonymous said...
The "march coverage" ,from the media, made the rank and file look divided. I did not attend the march because it was wrong to protest J-fed.
Hey, jerkoff. Ever think the reason behind the protest was to make sure that the moron doesn't get a second chance to fuck us all again?
You may be right that he doesn't do the hiring, but he certainly does manage the deployment of the few of us that are left. This isn't the lowest our manpower has ever been, but his predecessors knew how to make the best of what they had. This guy doesn't have a clue or just doesn't give a shit about us. Maybe you have been lucky enough to never have to wait for the troops in a 10-1. Let me tell you pal, it's a bitch and it's thanks to him.
He's a lying piece of shit who made promises to the rank and file that he either had no intention of keeping or not enough juice to keep them.
Anonymous said...
Shields, keep doing what you're doing. Never mind what one or two guys cry about. You'll never make these back stabbers happy. Keep doing the right thing.
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Please oh Please oh Please oh Please oh Please tell me one thing that Mike has done.
He constantly beefs about Stephanie Neely, but what has he done to remove her from her position? Wait, that might be too hard.
He constantly beefs about the FOP. He spent a whopping 7 1/2 years on the street. Was he ever a watch rep? A unit rep? Ever involved in any FOP committee? Ever negotiated a contract?
Now, that's experience! He should go right to the top. Put him in charge of the FOP and he would be about as effective as your Superintendent who knew nothing about the organization he was going to run either.
Be careful what you wish for brothers and sisters.
As you can see and read in todays press, the march did not garner any support from the public.It made the issues seem petty that has divided support among the rank and file. As much as the trial and conviction of Cozzi irks every active and retired police officer, you will not find the general public very sympathetic. When , and if, someone in the press really writes an investigative article on promotions and assignments within the department, then maybe it will cause some stir. Until then, frankly, no in the public, or the media, really cares about the everyday internal struggles of the police department.
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I could give two shits what the public thinks abou us cops. The only time Joe blow supports something or is in an uproar is when starbucks no longer makes vendi size drinks or they pay more for thei overpriced piss. This was not for garnering support from Joe schmo it was about POs banding together. The public will always hate the police get that through your head. They get a ticket because of their stupidity. They hate the cops. Husband beats wife up you lock him up they hate you. Being a cop is not about being popular with the public. It's about doing a job and not second guessing yourself to see if you are going to be liked by the public. The public has already made up their mind, have you.
If you were there and you do not have major clout, then enjoy being wherever you are because that will be where you forever stay.
Policy group members were at the march and they weren't there for the chants. They have photos of everyone there. Exempts are identifying you as I type.
You poor bastards are about to learn just how unfair this department can be.
9/16/2010 01:59:00 PM
thanx KB when all is said and done some fall harder than others. There is something called a contract What are they going to do send me to midnights? Already there. Send me to the ghetto? Ooooooh I'm scared. Already there. Take my car away. Woof woof motherfucker.
Who is this Detective David DeMato who wrote a letter published in the Chicago Tribune against the march at headquarters? His opinion is definitely in the minority.
To whoever wrote "Shields was there and left right away. What was his point of coming, starting to march and then walking away? Is this kid a little strange?
9/16/2010 07:14:00 AM"
Why would shields continue to associate himself with something again that the flop put on and failed at again. He clearly stated he was unsure what he was even out there protesting. He has direct contact with these people and he's still couldn't figure it out. Imagine us who the FOP ignored felt about it.
"The pension funded level has gone done since you have been our pension trustee. I am not saying it is only your fault, but you are partly to blame."
can some one tell me or show me a retirement pension/401 k that hasn't taken a hit in this economy ? Shields does not control the stock market. Nor does he control the rate of funding. But he is able to prevent it from being looted by the daley's family and friends plan of investing at city hall.
Anonymous said...
If you were there and you do not have major clout, then enjoy being wherever you are because that will be where you forever stay.
Policy group members were at the march and they weren't there for the chants. They have photos of everyone there. Exempts are identifying you as I type.
You poor bastards are about to learn just how unfair this department can be.
9/16/2010 01:59:00 PM
thanx KB when all is said and done some fall harder than others. There is something called a contract What are they going to do send me to midnights? Already there. Send me to the ghetto? Ooooooh I'm scared. Already there. Take my car away. Woof woof motherfucker.
9/16/2010 09:37:00 PM
I already work a beat car in the place where I want to stay forever so if they want to hurt me, they can send me to some real shit place like driving the superintendent around or the mayoral bodyguard detail.
As it is, with 25 years seniority it would be hard for them to move me but if they do, that is fine, I need a good lawsuit and my lawyer needs the work. And there are those pesky minor surgeries I have been meaning to get.
Four years left and half can be spent recuperating from my various ailments as I prepare to fix nagging medical issues.
As for retaliation for exercising my 1st amendment rights, oh boy, bring it fucking on! Let's go! I'm ready and so is my lawyer!
I think it will be a bit more difficult for jodypweis to get another top job in law enforcement. There isn't a law enforcement agency in the country now that hasn't heard of jodypweis and his problems here.
Best of luck weis, I hope it was worth it to you to ruin a man's life as you started your time here.
Rank and file CPD has a way of fucking some people to a standstill. witness jodypweis, may he toss and turn at night for many moons after his term here is done.
Now what's next for the skull?
Northen - Nowhere to be seen....
He's RETIRED numb nuts. He shouldn't have to carry your water for you.
You're probably one of those jagoffs that never goes to court and makes his partner testify.
"Officer, raise your right hand and repeat after me."
"Where's Northen?!?"
I don't know Northen. Never met him, but I will guarantee that you will NEVER do as much, when YOU are retired, as he has.
Carry on.
9/16; 2:05 PM
Northside already responded. See "On the Way Downtown" on 9/15 at 11:46 PM.
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