Sunday, June 05, 2011

Still No Gang Problem - Just Heat

This time, seven arrests though:
  • More than a dozen young men attacked a person Saturday night in the Streeterville neighborhood outside a building on Northwestern University's downtown campus, according to an alert issued by the university.

    Seven people thought to be part of that group, mostly youth, were arrested on "mob action charges" when Chicago police and Northwestern police responded, according to police News Affairs [...].

    About 8:30 p.m., the victim had parked his motor scooter outside the building on Chicago Avenue, a little west of Lake Shore Drive, when about 15 to 20 males--believed to be in their mid-to-late teens--approached him, according to the alert, which categorized the incident as an attempted robbery. One of the males in that group threw a baseball at the victim's face and knocked him to the ground, the alert stated.
Remember though, this is an isolated phenomenon (with no descriptions of the offenders anywhere in the article):
  • Other recent mob action or flash mob incidents downtown include one in April, when a group of about 70 youths stormed a McDonald's restaurant on Dearborn Street and Chicago, and created a disturbance. The restaurant was closed for nearly three hours.

    In February, Loyola University warned its Water Tower campus students and staffers about "flash mob offenders," who would exit from Chicago Avenue's CTA Red Line station and allegedly steal items from retail stores around the campus.
And only a mile or so from the dangerous "heat" of North Avenue Beach. Right?

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Anonymous Hey, I'm Just Sayin, said...

Interesting, isn't it, that these two incidents weren't reported until AFTER Loyola U and Northwestern U police sent out a warning to their students?

Maybe Chicago's citizens should all sign up for security alerts from the local university's if they want to be advised of dangerous conditions around here.

6/05/2011 08:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It will take some off duty cop or security guard to light up several of these animals before widespread attention is paid.

Either that or some tourists or students get seriously hurt. Don't the people in charge know how dangerous and bad this is?

6/05/2011 08:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago has a major weather problem, the mayor should have hired a meteorologist for a superintendent.

6/05/2011 08:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am cpd and I'm training for the marathon. A lot of my long runs are going to be on the lakeshore path. I have one of those belts that holds the waterbottles, keys, some power gel, and my ruger lcp. I may even leave my ipod exposed with headphones on even though I don't listen to music when I run. I promise I will do what needs to be done when the flash mob comes for me.

6/05/2011 08:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Call the Media and tell them they are endangering the public by not giving descriptions of possible offenders to watch out for. Let it lie where it lays, Chinese, Afro American, senior citizens, whatever...

6/05/2011 09:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a PO that has to deal with these problems constantly, I can honestly say that nothing will change until we at least can identify the problem. What is wrong with saying black youth? I have noticed lately that even some other POs don't state race. It is NOT racist to state the race of an offender!

6/05/2011 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From Wikipedia....

A FLASH MOB (or flashmob)[1] is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment and/or satire.[2][3]

These gangbangers are not showing up to put on a coordinated dance for our entertainment!!! There is nothing entertaining or satirical about a bunch of gangbangers showing up in force in "nice" area of the city for the purposes of comitting crimes. The only thing "satirical" about this has been the CPD's response. Now can we please find another term for these "flash mobs" - I liked the term "wilding" - that made so much more sense considering we are talking about animals and all

6/05/2011 09:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i hope one of these victims has a gun and LITES these MF's up.

i know the flash mob's will see my flash muzzle.

6/05/2011 09:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From the Chicago Citizens Dept. of Public Awareness.

Urgent travel advisory to be issued immediately:
Law Abiding U.S.citizens are advised to stay away from the lakefront and Downtown areas. Conditions can become extremely dangerous and volatile on a moments notice, comparable to violent third world nations. If you must, move through the area quickly with extreme caution. DO NOT STOP. Be prepared to resist attackers, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. The C.P.D. is undermanned and CANNOT be expected to have the resources to adequately provide a protective presence throughout this area. Law Abiding Citizens are authorized by the U.S. constitution on a federal level to use whatever customary and common means of defense if necessary. Including the use of personal firearms, if met with a violent disparity of force. Repeat; this is an emergency situation, take all caution.
This is a public service announcement that should have been brought to you by the city.

6/05/2011 09:38:00 AM  
Anonymous a reader said...

THe WLS website identifies the race and age (16 to 20) of the attackers: http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2204405&spid=

6/05/2011 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting how these "Heat related incidents appear to be occurring so close to "The Ave".

6/05/2011 09:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was downtrown in 018 last night. I work down there. I am not a cop but am a lifelong Chicagoan. I saw several bands of these black "youths" roaming in groups down there on Clark Street and up by the old Water Tower and I can tell you for the first time in a long time I felt in fear of my safety down there -- only because there are so many of them together at once. Several of the males were shirtless and had their pants down below their asses showing off their boxers in full ghetto regalia fashion. In groups of 15 and larger, all loud and boisterous and obnoxious, talking their usual shit -- Fenger H.S. type citizens. I almost called 911 twice to report the groups but I didn't what to say (I'm reporting a roving flash mob on Chicago Ave??). I would not be surprised if the one group I saw by the tower are the offenders involved in the Northwestern campus attack as they appeared primed to commit an act of violence. I did not see any cops anywhere near the water Tower and I am not at all criticizing deployments but I'll tell ya what these little bastards are on a roll and probable cause to stop should be a given as soon as they appear from the subways. Good luck. I do not envy your job having to deal with this shit and here it's only early June.

6/05/2011 09:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Amazing! Now Chicago Breaking News is matter-of-factly alluding to previous incidents which the public learned about from SCC, as though they (and the print Tribune) had reported them at the time. Which we all know very well they did not! And now we all deserve an explanation about why not.

I was getting set to write a snarky letter to the editor starting "Nothing to see here folks" end ending up with something about Kool-Aid. Now I may take a different tack. But first I'll wait to see what John Kass has to say about it, now that the whole thing is finally coming out from under wraps.

--Civilian

6/05/2011 09:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

all you need is three simple little words to protect you.
POW POW POW

6/05/2011 09:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Must've been those roving bands of 'Canadians' that don't like all this heat. Is there a white version of Jesse Jackson who could hold a vigil at the scene of the crime and fire off a few choice rhymes? 'If it's night watch out if you're white.'

6/05/2011 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.suntimes.com/5787657-417/cops-charges-filed-in-murder-of-man-run-over-by-own-car.html

Ghetto assholes with no coping skills or impulse control, getting all dramatic on one another. When shit goes bad, time to redirect blame.."If the police had come out in the first place,we would not have a dead man in the street on kedzie avenue."

Well, my thoughts.."Fuck you!..You ghetto breeding pieces of shit! NO sympathy from me. People watch out for the shit in the street on Kedzie..wouldn't want to get any on your shoe!"

Fucking losers!

6/05/2011 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We need help in 006!!! Even with the MSF/TRU bodies working the rapids, we are getting our asses handed to us! No offense, but we really need to hire more police before we lose the City. 79th on the Westend is blowing up!!!
We need help and 50 more bodies ain't the answer. Where are the Task Force po's we keep hearing about? Aren't they the new MSF???

-006th Dist desk

Nope, Area 2 task force is being staffed by TRU officers

6/04/2011 11:22:00 PM

Sorry but each area has 20 PO's detailed to their task force. This number is greatly reduced with RDO's. At best you'll get 6 cars for the area nightly. So you must look for relief somewhere else!

6/05/2011 09:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The scandinavians are known to do their best plundering at night - in the rain. Luckily they were large oversize tees and speak a strange tongue so they are readily identifiable....just bought my anti-scandinavian lead spray and hope to stop this "anomaly".

6/05/2011 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll bet the victim is busy scraping off the "Obama Biden" sticker from the rear of his Vespa scooter rigt now! One less voter for the Democrats!

6/05/2011 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When will the press finally admit that most if not all the victims are non-African American while the roving bands of thugs are African American.

Nope that would racist for any news source to admit that most of the killing, robbing, raping and dope dealing is being done by African Americans.
It is what it is!

This is the huge fucking pink elephant in the middle of the room that no one wants to talk about. Until Rahmmy and McFly acknowledge this savagery of this criminal element, nothing will change.

Chicago has become a place where a minority of individuals have impacted the life of the majority of the citizens. These savages behavior is no longer confined to Englewood, Woodlawn or Austin. They have franchised there violence and mayhem to the Mag Mile, Lincoln Park, Downtown and Lakeview.

It will only get worse.

6/05/2011 10:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My wife is a student on NU's downtown campus and received an alert email from the school last night that did give a general description of "african-american" and 16-20 years old.

These attacks are getting alarming... I'm especially worried because my parents live a block from this attack, my grandparents are also right in the Michigan Ave. area as are my aunt & uncle. Plus, my in-laws are here from overseas for a sabbatical and living right near Lake Shore and regularly take walks between Navy Pier & Oak St. beach.

6/05/2011 10:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Um, how come the pod cameras in the area didn't jump off the pole and save that poor man from being attacked?

How come all the cameras in the city didn't prevent this bold attack?

How come all the cameras in this city aren't preventing the gangs (shh...they ARE gangs!) from going into gentrified areas and committing bolder and more serious crimes? The shoplifting has turned into beatings and robberies--why didn't the cameras put enough fear into them to prevent them from attacking someone?

? -chirp-
? -chirp-
? -chirp-

6/05/2011 10:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just to follow up, Breaking News is allowing comments on the story but they have apparently been deleting a lot of them. Separate comments on same story are on the Tribune site. Can't tell if any of them are being censored, but a lot of that discussion is about media cover-up and continuing spin, and giving props to you, SCC. I don't think they will get away with removing all the comments this time.

--Civilian

6/05/2011 10:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Might I suggest that we stop using the phrase "loud reports" and replace it with "thunder"

If you come upon a body with gun shot wounds we'll use the phrase "lighting strike(s)".

I mean no-one can prevent these acts of God right...so we should all just accept it as normal climate change.

6/05/2011 10:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some of the Thugs were areested but we all know they will get a "station adjustment" and sent home with Momma. Put these creeps in detention for a week and I bet they will think twice about attacking citizens on the street. There is no punishment today for these little rats. You can bet they won't be dealt with at home. We have to allow citizens to carry firearms and begin fighting back. Shoot a few of these animals and the word will get out.

6/05/2011 10:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.t.
I apologize.......
Just curious where do all the whiteshirts go in 019 every night?
Good luck finding one after 1900 hrs.....
Some one has to remember she is suppose yo be a boss.....

6/05/2011 10:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those damn amish kids again... I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them...

6/05/2011 10:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

♫ Temperature's rising / Fever is high / Can't see no future / Can't see the sky... Cold Turkey has got me....on the run.

6/05/2011 10:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just read a story about a woman high school art teacher in St. Petersburg Florida who was charged with child abuse when she cold cocked a student who was threatening her and had her up against a wall. The "kid" stood about a foot taller than the teacher and wouldn't back off. So the brave teacher gave him a right hook and knocked him right on his ass. The teacher is 64 years old. The charges were later dropped. This goes on all the time in our schools. Stop protecting these little animals and give them the punishment they deserve. We now see these same fools in the Flash Gangs terrorizing our lakefront and shopping areas. Time to put these little creeps in their place!

6/05/2011 10:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hate crime?

6/05/2011 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Tribs breaking news comments are still open, but any comments mentioning race in any way, or criticizing the Trib. are being removed. This is sick.

6/05/2011 10:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As the number of "wilding" attacks amount, the media can no longer ignore this phenomena. They still persist, however, in failing to describe who the "wilders" are and why they are doing what they are doing.

The article noted in this post is a case in point. The Chicago Tribune reported what it characterized as a "mob attack." It described the offenders as "mostly youths," and as being "in their mid-to-late teens," confronted the victim. The article went on about crime statistics, but never mentioned who are committing these crimes.

This is where the liberal media's agenda creates even larger problems going forward. Here is how these problems will manifest themselves.

Everybody knows that black youths are responsible for these attacks. The failure to publicly say this is related to the liberal mantra about stereotyping blacks as criminals. This mantra has scolded us that we should not be prejudiced. Indeed, any notion that blacks are stereotyped as criminals is evidence that those who believe this are racists. Thus, the logic is this: if you believe roving black youths are potential criminals, as opposed to being "shoppers," then you must be a racist.

With this "logic" in mind, the reality of roving bands of black youths seeking to commit crimes leave police and security officials with a very delicate circumstance. Here is how this works. Do police confront black youths before they commit crimes? If they do, they also run the risk as being labeled as "racists." Why else would you confront a group of black youths who have not yet committed a crime?

Further, when the police confront these youths, do you think they will be inclined to cooperate? Remember many (or most) of them intend to commit crimes. What are the chances that these confrontations will go well? Do you think they will "resist" arrest or other police intervention. You bet they will. You can also bet that videos will be taken.

The videos will depict the police "harassing" and "abusing" these poor black kids. You get the picture. Do you think the media will "resist" showing these videos? I think not. It perfectly fits the template of the abusive (and racist) police officer abusing these poor black kids, who were doing nothing wrong!

Now that the media realizes the "monsters" that have been created--and the implications to public safety, and the economic viability of the city, it is even possible that the videos will not be shown by the media. If this happens, it will create controversy in the black community. Why are the police allowed to abuse our children? Why are the media refusing to shown these videos (which will be posted on YouTube)?

Do you see the inevitable dilemma? If these videos are shown, the hand-ringing will commence. Shame on the police! If they are not shown, conspiracy theories will prevail. Given that these will be embedded with the explosive racial component, it will inevitably lead to more black youths going "downtown" to make their own videos--and to commit crimes. As these occur more frequently, an inevitable conflict will occur, either with police or with some victim who happens to be armed.

The "explosive" nature of these implications is clear. Riots and urban unrest will result. Some percentage of the rioters will carry weapons, possibly assault weapons. If this occurs, the impact will be far reaching.

In the end, there is a "cause" to this effect. All concerned will have different perspectives of what precisely are the "causes." They will also have different notions of the "solutions." I offer neither causes or solutions. I simply connect the dots...

Dr. James F. Pastor

For more, see http://securelaw.blogspot.com/

6/05/2011 10:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Send those roving bands of savage Mormon youth back to Utah.

6/05/2011 11:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can't the legislators in Springfield draw up something making these "flash mob" wolfpacks go down for say a Class 3 forcible felony?

6/05/2011 11:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nicknames that fit
tiny dancer and mcguff

6/05/2011 11:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lotsa lotsa incidents this weekend: several strong-arm robberies in Streeterville, mob at 645 N. Michigan refusing to let pedestrians pass

http://www.chicagonewsreport.com/2011/06/strong-arm-robberies-on-streeterville.html

6/05/2011 11:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They better address these assholes and quick . I heard on zone 4 last night that a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at cars on the North Ave. overpass on Lake Shore Drive and one driver called right before the Navy Pier fireworks started. What is going to happen or what we need are more Bernard Getz's from New York , or Paul Kerzy's ( Charles Bronson from Deathwish ), and it will happen eventually. This city is lost!

6/05/2011 11:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

no gang problems at the beach , it's the heat , that's what the district commander told me

after reviewing all resumes , mcguff cannot find one non merit boss to fill 1st deputy spot

where's phil cline , do the brylcreme kids miss him now

6/05/2011 11:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If these wilding and flash mobs are hitting all the stores and tourist spots they are going to love the new casinos!

6/05/2011 11:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it wrong to want to be attacked so I could take out a couple of this p.o.s's?

6/05/2011 11:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is bullshit. I wunt to do my job and lock up these savages But the fear comes from the bosses won't back me up. The lawsuits are killing me along with the crs. so why should I put myself on the line when the bosses have no skin in the game. I'm thier for police and thier family sorry citizen Your on your own.

6/05/2011 12:09:00 PM  
Anonymous THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM said...

Well. I'll be damned. Most local media is finally admitting that the roving bands of young predators in the attack near Northwestern on E. Chicago Avenue are all BLACK.

In the compelling interests of public safety, the media should have been truthful from the git-go.

6/05/2011 12:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ot kind of, another macing today in 023. 2 M/B maced a women and took her purse. 0800hrs. 400 block ow arlington.

6/05/2011 12:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do these people ever ask, or know where thier chidren are at?

6/05/2011 12:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let

it

BURN!

Give them the Police Department that THEY want!

6/05/2011 12:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I get emails from Northwestern about such incidents and recently they've actually given "complete" descriptions of offenders in recent robberies/attempts.

6/05/2011 12:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those crazy Northwestern students and their violent ways!

6/05/2011 12:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's all heat no gang's in Chicago, this city is fine look at all the pretty flowers, our mayor Obama's buddy and the new Police Superintendent that we never see, interesting I am sure he is getting a check though tax payers... Where is this guy and how come he is not held accountable it's the Chicago Lake Front!

6/05/2011 12:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wilding on a bus in 012 last night. Battery victims got off at Roosevelt and Ashland and Roosevelt and Halsted.

6/05/2011 12:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

with shorts and a t on my wallet paints more of a picture than my front pocket .380 ,, nothing better for deep conceal. Should someone try to mace me and take the wallet,they will get more than a little surprise...

6/05/2011 12:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We see and hear form the new CPS Boss 5 times a day, yet one has to ask WHERE IS OUR NEW BOSS

6/05/2011 12:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Man, we have a problem here.

The Loyola/Northwestern/University of Chicago police departments which patrol parts of those areas didn't get the memo. There is no crime around there. It's all heat related and merely mischievous children having some fun.

Seriously the first requirement of dealing with a problem is acknowledging a problem exists. Groups of black kids are coming downtown to cause trouble. I'm sure most of them are from the south and west sides, but perhaps a relative few are from the suburbs like our former mayor said last year. It really doesn't matter where they come from.

What matters is what they do and how the city and the police department respond. Do we acknowledge the problem and deal with it proactively or do we deny a problem exists? Do we wait until some tourist from South Dakota tries to defend his family and gets beaten to death and the video is posted to YouTube by the proud thugs?

This problem can be dealt with rather quickly if it is acknowledged. Put an appropriate number of cops downtown on bikes and have some Sheriff's buses on standby for the inevitable arrests. Put some cops in plainclothes as "targets" and wait till the young scalawags attack. Then hit back with an overwhelming and appropriate use of the escalating use of force model.

Let them rot in county until the summer is over and the States Attorney cuts them probation deals. Maybe in time so they can go back to school and terrorize their classmates.

Do this for a few weeks and the word will get out to the young rapscallions that downtown is off limits for violent crime.

Or just keep denying that a problem exists and close beaches and cancel fireworks and festivals.

It freaking amazes me. In 2003 this department "herded" anti Iraq war protesters onto Lake Shore Drive and then arrested them for being on Lake Shore Drive. I forget which clouted genius made that call. I recall Sheriff's buses being used to take those peaceful folks in.

If we can arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters it seems to me we can find a way to deal with a likely smaller number of lead paint sandwich eating thugs.

Call Sheriff Dart. He has the buses and I haven't seen him on TV for a day or two. Perhaps he can even let a few CCSPD personnel assist us in "thug wrangling". That's if they can be pulled away from arresting "rub and tug" operators in unincorporated areas.

6/05/2011 12:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One last thing to add to my rant.

If the city and police department don't get a handle on this then we might as well cancel Taste of Chicago right now. For that matter let's wall off the lakefront and any inland parks where trouble might occur.

Shit, in fact let's just evacuate and wall off the entire city and then let the airport cops patrol the fence line.

6/05/2011 01:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is there no place along the lake downtown that is free of gangbangers at this point? from citizen who just wants to sit down by the lake and relax and not worry about being in danger

6/05/2011 01:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The victim probably hallucinated due to a heat injury, tripped and fell.

6/05/2011 01:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't panic folks, we just need more cameras to deal with all this heat. Unfortunately we are broke and need to raise your taxes to purchase said cameras. Remember folks, when you are approached by that disadvantaged group of Amish teens who simply want to borrow your ipod, look towards the nearest pod camera and yell, "help, help."

6/05/2011 01:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

***suspenseful music*** duh dunt.... duh Dunt.... DUH, DUNT!! DUH DUNT, DUH DUNT, DUH DUNT!

"SHARK!!!"

6/05/2011 01:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There wouldn't happen to be a *ahem* racial component to this attack, would there? Oh wait, I see no hate crime charges were filed. Never mind. Silly me.

6/05/2011 01:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bring back the Edge Mission!

6/05/2011 02:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did you hear the MacStupid on 102.7 this morning? He was asked outright by the radio host exactly what led to the shutdown of the beach on Memorial Day. Before he answered the host played interviews from individuals at the beach. Each one mentioned gangs, fights, rowdy crowds, etc and then a police presence shutting the beach down. When it was his turn to respond, I bullshit you not, he said, "I've been trying to set the record straight for a week now. That's not what happened. It was extremely hot and the water was cold. People were trying to stay cool but weren't going in the water and they passed out. Emergency personnel had a difficult time getting to them with all the crowds so the decision to shut the beach down was made."

Second statement regarding gangs. He wants to have a meeting with them and let them know they need to change their behaviour. He is going to tell them, "We aren't going to arrest you, but we will if we have to? Now what can we do to help you change?"

I just laughed hysterically. CRAZY!!!!

6/05/2011 02:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

6 PODS going in a North Ave Beach next week

6/05/2011 02:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heard that some districts on the beachfront are breaking out the 'Mob Action" charge this weekend.


Did the Exempts grow balls?

6/05/2011 02:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off Topic:

We here at the UCPD are praying that the cycle of abuse is over! Word around the UCPD is that John Doty's job has been advertised on the UofC website; It seems to have been taken down today.

If this is true, then Doty has either left the UCPD, or his departure is imminent. We are ecstatic at the news here! If Doty has left/or is leaving, we here at the UCPD want to thank you, SCC. By airing our disgust at working conditions under the guidance of Doty, it has obviously caused U of C officials to do something a mountain of grievances and a few lawsuits have failed to do; admit that they hired a seriously disturbed and incompetent man to the #2 post in our dept., a position in which he has failed miserably. You have our thanks again, SCC, along with the thanks of those in the CPD who have worked for Doty in the past, and provided colorful insight into the workings of a truly sick mind.
We look forward to better working conditions in the near future!

6/05/2011 03:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Person shot by officer during West Side burglary call

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12:41 p.m. CDT, June 5, 2011

A police officer shot a man while responding to a burglary-in-progress call this morning near the United Center on the Near West Side officials said.

The incident happened about 6:45 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Monroe Street, said Chicago Police Officer Michael Sullivan, citing preliminary information.

Police said the person fled the residence and tried to escape the scene in a car. At one point an officer was pinned between the vehicle and a building.

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Shots were fired and an officer fired a gun, hitting another person, who was taken to Stroger Hospital, Sullivan said. That person's condition was not known.

The police officer that was hit by the car was taken to Rush University Medical Center in stable condition, said Chicago Police Officer Laura Kubiak. He was treated and released for a minor injury, she said.

Investigators from the Independent Police Review Authority, the agency that investigates police-involved shootings, were on the scene as of about 9 a.m., said IPRA general counsel Eric Muellenbach.

The location is about a block west of the United Center.

OK, now there are two comments in here from CPD, IPRA reports that it is investigating. No weekend work for FOP?

6/05/2011 03:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why are they so afraid of saying that the offenders are black?

Kind of gutless on the part of the liberals. Oh, wait. They are gutless liberals. Never mind.

6/05/2011 04:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just read in fox news app the description of the15-20 youths ranging in age 16-20 and "black." pretty funny I thought

6/05/2011 04:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Two man beaten and robbed in separate incidents by roving bands of teens near Chicago Ave and LSD last night. The media is finally acknowleging that the offenders were all black.

6/05/2011 04:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Newsradio 78 won't say what race the offenders are still.

But if there is a white offender wanted, they sure say it.

6/05/2011 04:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe the Northwestern alert should read like this: Hey, elitist students. This description of the robbers is useless. But because you're so clueless, at least take away from it that you might get your white face smashed, especially when it's hot out!

6/05/2011 04:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

92 degrees 2 days this week...wonder what kinds of plans McFib is putting together. Wonder if he's sorry he took this job yet.

And SCC, please, an official ruling on the supe's nickname:)

6/05/2011 04:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any truth to the rumor that the lieutenant in charge of traffic is going to be moved. He has 5 secretaries that could be on the street, and two time keepers but he wants to keep them all inside.

6/05/2011 04:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

cfd needs to patrol doc areas with pumper trucks to reduce heat related crimes

6/05/2011 05:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe we need another "Great Society" & another 45 years of the Government susbstituting Fathers for a check.

Thank you Democrats!

6/05/2011 05:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Someone should ask the new CPD Supt, just like Tommy Lee JOnes did in the Fugitive, "would you like to change your bull_ _it story now" concerning the North Ave Beach "Heat" closure.

6/05/2011 05:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Mr. McCarthy,

It would go a long way to boost morale if you advise some of your underlings who apparently are afraid to make a decision that restrictive time due means just that restrictive and not PROHIBITED. You have several officers who have paid for trips that are still waiting to see if they are allowed to attend them next week. Trips that they have planned for at the beginning of the year. Some of these officers are all in limbo because they happen to be working for bosses who will not make a decision to approve their requests.

To deny time is one thing but to take away money as well is another matter.

Because of the time taken to make a decision most of these officers have already gone past their refund period, so if their time is denied they will be out money for the trip.

Officer in limbo

6/05/2011 05:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, big story on Channel 5 at 5 today. With all that is going on, the city should cancel Bud Biliken and Puerto Rican fest. Those are two powder kegs ripe for a spark.

6/05/2011 05:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"One of the males in that group threw a baseball at the victim's face and knocked him to the ground, the alert stated."


+++BREAKING NEWS+++
Superattendent Jersey McFibbler slams unhelpful reporting of an incident on Lake Shore Drive. Contrary to earlier reports what actually happened was a group of baseball honor fans was returning home from playing honor ball in the honor park when a baseball accidentally slipped out of someone's hand (due to having sweaty palms from the heat) and smashed a citizen in the face. The 15-20 honor yout rushed to help the injured man but in the crush caused by their stampede to be good samaritans the citizen accidentally suffered further injuries.

Some items belonging to the gentleman were also mislaid in the darkness.

6/05/2011 05:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago trib actually posted the letter NorthWestern issued describing the attackers as Africa-Americans mid teens - 20's. Where is rev Jackson now? And you know there is going to be no mention of hate crime with all vics being 2's.

6/05/2011 05:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It will take some off duty cop or security guard to light up several of these animals before widespread attention is paid.

--
Nah, the headline would read:

Police Shoot CPS Student

Police Shoot Young Man

Police Shoot Promising Rapper

Police Shoot Young BBall Player

......you get it. But I'd love to see it happen. Then they'd think twice.

6/05/2011 05:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Four Asaian tourist were also liberated of thier cameras and wallets by Pookie and the Blowfish last night on the lake front.

6/05/2011 05:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“Nothing to see here! Please disperse! Nothing to see here!”

Just more sun n fun.

Lt. Frank Drebin

6/05/2011 05:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am cpd and I'm training for the marathon. A lot of my long runs are going to be on the lakeshore path. I have one of those belts that holds the waterbottles, keys, some power gel, and my ruger lcp. I may even leave my ipod exposed with headphones on even though I don't listen to music when I run. I promise I will do what needs to be done when the flash mob comes for me.

6/05/2011 08:51:00 AM

-------
Loevy and Loevy now have you on their list. Don't brag about stuff like that. The headline will read:
Police Runner Taunted Gang, Violence Results, ___ Students Dead

6/05/2011 05:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Chicago has a major weather problem, the mayor should have hired a meteorologist for a superintendent."

Bring back P.J. Hoff. He could draw a mean chalk outline.

P.J. Hoff, a Chicago television icon who did the weather on Channel 2 in the 1950s and 1960s. P.J. would show a large U.S. map on which he would place hand-drawn symbols of sun, clouds, showers, highs and lows. He also had regular cartoon characters in his presentation, among them "Achoo" to give the pollen count, and the "Vice-President in charge of looking out the window" to relay the forecast or the current conditions. P.J. would write the temperature down and then turn the numbers into a cartoon that would be usually be tied in with the current weather conditions or an upcoming holiday.

6/05/2011 05:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago has a major weather problem, the mayor should have hired a meteorologist for a superintendent.

6/05/2011 08:37:00 AM

Thanks. Coke out nostrils.

6/05/2011 05:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Those damn amish kids again... I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them..."

Yep, watch out for those Amish with their hats turned sideways.

6/05/2011 05:46:00 PM  
Blogger Paul McMurray said...

The papers still aren't saying it; they just quote the Loyola U. release.

6/05/2011 05:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The Tribs breaking news comments are still open, but any comments mentioning race in any way, or criticizing the Trib. are being removed."

The truth is lower *average* impulse control. It's always been the truth and always will be the truth.

By lying about this the media prevented anything being done about it. The number of victims over the last 40 years who wouldn't have been victims if something had been done about it must be in the millions.

6/05/2011 05:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The papers didn't actually state any "race"--they just found it convenient to quote the Loyala/NU release.

6/05/2011 05:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Is it wrong to want to be attacked so I could take out a couple of this p.o.s's?

6/05/2011 11:57:00 AM


Just don't say then when you are being interviewed by detectives.

6/05/2011 06:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They better address these assholes and quick . I heard on zone 4 last night that a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at cars on the North Ave. overpass on Lake Shore Drive and one driver called right before the Navy Pier fireworks started. What is going to happen or what we need are more Bernard Getz's from New York , or Paul Kerzy's ( Charles Bronson from Deathwish ), and it will happen eventually. This city is lost!

6/05/2011 11:42:00 AM

this poster hits it right on the head...it's coming to the time that the citizen...decides enough is enough...and then.......

6/05/2011 06:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

...and the lame media attempt at propaganda continues.


SCC,

Look at this crap on that half-marathon death and the 11 others that were hospitalized "apparently for HEAT related" issues

The autopsy now comes back inconclusive and I challenged the readers to look up the definition of the word "apparently" as used in the context of this story.

Let me help...

ap·par·ent·ly/əˈparəntlē/Adverb

1. As far as one knows or can see: "the child nodded, apparently content with the promise".

2. Used by speakers or writers to avoid committing themselves to the truth of what they are saying.

If you recall and checked the link I posted previously not one temperature reading in that original story at breakingnews.com about the "HEAT".

You may also recall that I posted the NOAA hourly recorded temperatures for Midway Airport during the race times of the 07:14am start time and 09:51 the time that the race was black flagged if my memory is correct.

What were those temperatures again during those times? 77 at race start and 82 when the race was called right?

Now look at the breaknews.com update:

"Lakeview resident Zachary Gregory was among 11 runners in the 13.1 Marathon Chicago who were hospitalized before organizers shut down the race on a muggy day that reached 90 degrees"

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/local/chibrknews-chicago-half-marathon-recalled-as-a-great-kid-20110605,0,2749423.story

The race was called well before the temps at Midway hit 90 degrees. The marathoners reason for death was inconclusive and apparently we're being mis-lead into believing that all 11 of the others that became ill was do to the heat.

I'm not buying it!.

This my friends is an attempt by the media to create fear in the public to "stay in their homes" 77 degrees is hot and should you go outside you are risking your life as even marathon runners are dropping dead.

This is how we fight crime in this city. Scare people hoping that they stay inside.

6/05/2011 06:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

First of all, thank you to Second City Cop for providing this information. The alert posted by Northwestern University Police was the FIRST of its kind, despite the reports by SCC and other sites about wilding for months.

As a concerned and, quite frankly, scared shitless NU student and area resident, what can I do to protect myself and take action?

Also, I found it quite difficult to navigate the website to determine if/when there is a CAPS meeting for that area's beat. Any info?

6/05/2011 06:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The "explosive" nature of these implications is clear. Riots and urban unrest will result. Some percentage of the rioters will carry weapons, possibly assault weapons. If this occurs, the impact will be far reaching.

In the end, there is a "cause" to this effect. All concerned will have different perspectives of what precisely are the "causes." They will also have different notions of the "solutions." I offer neither causes or solutions. I simply connect the dots...

Dr. James F. Pastor

---------
That is some scary stuff doc. Unfortunately, I believe you are right on target. We will see a reverse riot of the '60's civil rights movement.

I believe racism is worse now than it ever was. Sure, blacks have more opportunities, which they should--but race relations are in the toilet.

Where's our change and hope prez? Curiously silent on these events happening in major cities across the country he leads.

--chirp--

6/05/2011 06:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 6/05/2011 08:51:00 AM

If that is your intention, do yourself a favor and bring a couple extra magazines just in case.

6/05/2011 06:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Northwestern University security alert:

http://www.northwestern.edu/news/breaking-news/

mentions the race of the attackers.

Let's see how long it takes the Emanuel Administration to successfully pressure Northwestern's brass to sanitize the alert, remove all references to race, and then re-post it.

6/05/2011 06:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can't the legislators in Springfield draw up something making these "flash mob" wolfpacks go down for say a Class 3 forcible felony?

6/05/2011 11:30:00 AM

--

These offenders are juvies...the victims either don't cooperate or they can't I'D the offenders...this all adds up to a big 19P or at the most, a station adjustment.

6/05/2011 06:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mass Transit/ CTA Special is the first line of defense. Lock the bastards up as they are jumping the turnstyle at 79th, 95th, Pulaski, Cicero wherever. Next lock them all up for every little infraction on the train, walking between cars, D/C etc. Lock them up as they are leaving the train station to enter downtown, lighting up, drinking littering whatever. Have spotters in covert clothes and or cars with enforcement teams nearby for reckless conduct, criminal damage, d/c, battery whatever. Make this a mission that will have a starting narrative that will draw the ASA and the judge's attention to the specificty of the problem. Now, all you need is money, because you are going to have to open up Special and other o.t. initiatives to counter this problem. Why tact and gangs are in uniform in these districts is beyond me, they need to get out on foot and be able to watch these fuckers. I know these are bullshit arrests, but if you make enough of them maybe the shitheads will start spreading the word that it is not as easy as it was and stay away. If we wait only for the big calls to come the problem will not go away. If we flood the fast districts with unecessary personnel to the point where 5 and 6 guys are going in on a bullshit arrest, then the shitheads will come downtown to spread the mayhem. This city concentrates too much on the murder total. Not that many innocents are murdered every year. Who cares if the number of scumbags killed goes up? Darwinism at its best.

6/05/2011 06:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well. I'll be damned. Most local media is finally admitting that the roving bands of young predators in the attack near Northwestern on E. Chicago Avenue are all BLACK.

In the compelling interests of public safety, the media should have been truthful from the git-go.

6/05/2011 12:12:00 PM

Would someone please fill me in? The identifier 'colored' is out. Then we went to 'black' I believe. Then we went to Afro-Americans.
The 'N' word is strictly banned, except for it's use by black people.
Are we at 'black' or 'African-Americans' or have we changed something again? Is black ok?

The reason race relations are so bad in this country is because everyone is afraid they will say the wrong thing--black people are still angry, and white people are starting to get pissed off.

Three and four generations of handouts, yes, to blacks, have improved NOTHING.How many Mexicans or Chinese, or whatever populated the projects?

Black males making babies like crazy and don't have to raise them.

Black females having babies like crazy because they know they will get more money from the gov't the more babies they have.

What's the solution? I wish I knew. But being afraid to say 'black' is ridiculous. It's no more racist than calling Mexican people Mexican, or the Chinese, Chinese. Or the whites, white. I'm not really white you know, I'm kinda pink or beige. Who gives a crap?

6/05/2011 06:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

turn your squad car air cond. on high, open yopur windows and PROBLEM SOLVED.

6/05/2011 06:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
If these wilding and flash mobs are hitting all the stores and tourist spots they are going to love the new casinos!

6/05/2011 11:55:00 AM

I disagree with you. The newest casino in Des Plaines will not put up with the bullshit from Chicago. Off duty police will quickly make arrests and bosses that back them up. We have handcuffs on. Out side Chicago they can do real police work.

6/05/2011 07:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cbs stated the offenders were all black males in their report.

6/05/2011 07:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tiny Dancer ordered McGuff to lie about the roving bands of black youth and blame the 6 PM beach closing on the heat.

Historically, no Chicago beach was ever closed due to "heat". To the contrary, people have always gone down to the lake to seek relief from the heat.

6/05/2011 07:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The analogy of these thug mobs is like this, they are like a large disgusting looking pile of shit in the heart where tourist visit Shitcago. The big pile of shit is large, ugly to look at, and unbearable to smell. The Yuppies, Liberals, and Mayor want the police to clean up the mess. So the police say, okay we'll clean the shit up! So the police want to use disinfective, wear breathing aparative, biological suits, and latex gloves so they do get some of the shit on them. The Yuppies, Liberals, and Mayor tell the police that they look offensive to the commutuies where the shit come from and set up policies and laws that preclude the police from wearing the gear and demand they do it without these equipment. The police tell the Yuppies, Liberals, and Mayor if they want them to clean up the shit(MOB OF THUGS)they must be allowed to clean up the shit the way they know how, if they dont agree then the shit will remain smelling up the tourist areas.
For years SCC has posting here about these thugs and sevral hundred posts from police officers on the beat confirming the stories. In a way its like a, I told you so and looking for support from the community to back the police. But I tell you, Fuck That! I will not risk my Families source of income or my FREEDOM for a single Yuppie, Liberal, or Mayor. The first time an officer is caught on camera being alittle to ruough with these honor students they will be thrown to the wolves (A La Cozzi). I say fuck them all, they are the ones who caused this climate where honor students are not scared of anything. Until they demand and allow the POLICE to due whatever it takes to clean up the shit, I SAY ENJOY THE SMELL!

6/05/2011 07:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The problem is the lack of an effective CAPS program for the troubled youth. When the mayor and super get CAPS rolling again all the problems will stop. I will now put my tin foil hat back on.

6/05/2011 07:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NOT A COP....

Let me get this straight. The mayor hates cops, the new supt is in line with the mayor, the bosses don't have a clue, the media is against cops, the public hates cops??? Did I get it all?

The PO's that I know don't complain as much as what I read on here. I know this is a sounding board but damn, pick up the paycheck and chill. Nobody ever complains that they don't get paid on time!

6/05/2011 07:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ot kind of, another macing today in 023. 2 M/B maced a women and took her purse. 0800hrs. 400 block ow arlington.

6/05/2011 12:13:00 PM



fight fire with fire, ladies and lasses.

6/05/2011 07:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it illegal to open carry an asp if you are not a LEO?

6/05/2011 07:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In the compelling interests of public safety, the media should have been truthful from the git-go.

6/05/2011 12:12:00 PM



what the hell do the media give a shit about 'public safety', the media feeds off of public perils.

6/05/2011 07:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it wrong to want to be attacked so I could take out a couple of this p.o.s's?

6/05/2011 11:57:00 AM



yes, it's wrong.

because it's an inefficient use of your natural desire to be free of unnecessary perils.

do you wait for there to be a thousand cockroaches running across your dinner table, before you start squashing the little bastards?

which do you prefer, to be the hunter or the hunted?

the tactical choice is yours.

6/05/2011 07:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If these wilding and flash mobs are hitting all the stores and tourist spots they are going to love the new casinos!

6/05/2011 11:55:00 AM



papa needs a new pair of shoes!

6/05/2011 07:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What is going to happen or what we need are more Bernard Getz's from New York , or Paul Kerzy's ( Charles Bronson from Deathwish ), and it will happen eventually. This city is lost!

6/05/2011 11:42:00 AM



what makes you think it isn't happening already?

6/05/2011 07:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can't the legislators in Springfield draw up something making these "flash mob" wolfpacks go down for say a Class 3 forcible felony?

6/05/2011 11:30:00 AM



it's called CCW, or, if you prefer, the 2nd Amendment.

6/05/2011 07:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In the end, there is a "cause" to this effect. All concerned will have different perspectives of what precisely are the "causes." They will also have different notions of the "solutions." I offer neither causes or solutions. I simply connect the dots...

Dr. James F. Pastor

For more, see http://securelaw.blogspot.com/

6/05/2011 10:53:00 AM



the dots connect back to the promoters of chaos, said promoters' agenda being:

1) destroy orderly society, by all and any means.

2) present themselves as the only means to restore orderly society.

3) declare that the only way in which they will bestow, upon us all, their blessing of restoring orderly society, we must surrender our free will to them.

4) and, thus, we are faced with the classic lose-lose scenario.


all because we refuse to call it as it is: assholes being assholes, and being allowed to be assholes by the idiots they are being assholes to.


here are 2 solutions:

assholes: stop acting like assholes.

idiots: stop acting like idiots.

6/05/2011 08:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Breaking News comments are now gone. Weren't many of them left uncensored. As of this writing, Tribune site has 276 comments up on same article. They may have censored some, but there is still a pretty frank discussion. Don't understand differing policies from same organization--which still has a whole lot of 'splainin' to do, starting tomorrow morning. Let's insist on it.

--Civilian

6/05/2011 08:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Frickin monkeys with lasers on their heads..really scotty dont? Lol LIFM

6/05/2011 08:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Somewhat OT question for the officers on here: can citizens carry telescopic batons? I saw a "youth" riding the Red Line last week--with 5-6 friends--carrying what I am fairly sure was a telescopic baton. He didn't extend it, but he was holding it in the open and kind of playing with it in his hands.

If they're legal, maybe I should look into getting one for myself, as I am frequently in the areas that are being targeted.

"Maybe Chicago's citizens should all sign up for security alerts from the local university's if they want to be advised of dangerous conditions around here."

Not a bad idea. I live near the Loyola Water Tower campus. I wonder if anyone can sign up for their campus security alerts.

6/05/2011 08:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now can we please find another term for these "flash mobs" - I liked the term "wilding" - that made so much more sense considering we are talking about animals and all

6/05/2011 09:17:00 AM




they're mugger mobs.

6/05/2011 08:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't the people in charge know how dangerous and bad this is?

6/05/2011 08:34:00 AM


it's hard to know anything with their heads up their asses.

6/05/2011 08:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"I am cpd and I'm training for the marathon. A lot of my long runs are going to be on the lakeshore path. I have one of those belts that holds the waterbottles, keys, some power gel, and my ruger lcp..."

6/05/2011 08:51:00 AM

You mean "hair gel," not "power gel," right? JK, LOL

6/05/2011 08:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just heard from Superintendent-meteorologist Garry Skilling-McCarthy that the extended forecast shows very hot temperatures afflicting the North Side every Saturday until August 20th. Thus, every beach north of 12th St is to be closed on the above days.

6/05/2011 08:40:00 PM  
Blogger Shawn said...

Six paragraphs in the 'Chicago Breaking News' is a description of the offenders, which is very disappointing since its from the Northwestern University Police alert and not via any reporting from the less than stellar 'Sam Zell owned' Chicago Tribune.

If you have Twitter, it wouldn't hurt to complain to the Chicago Tribune Twitter accounts, @ChicagoBreaking @ColonelTribune, @ChicagoTribune and @bill80 who is the Chicago Tribune VP for Digital Stuff.

I said it before, I'll say it here again, if these youths are hell-bent on causing harm to anyone that comes in their way, why can't Chicago ask for Federal help? Designate these youths exactly what they are, domestic terrorists, get the Illinois Intelligence Fusion Center to track their command and control network, be it via SMS, Twitter, or Facebook and when they attack, none of this IL State Atty BS charges, full Federal mob action charges.

This will only get worse before it gets better!

6/05/2011 08:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a civilian, I have a question for the officers: if I'm downtown with my family and we were attacked by one of these mobs, if I pull a concealed weapon and shoot one/some of these animals what would the police do to me? Here's another: if for whatever reason I'm discovered to have a concealed weapon to protect my family and myself, what would an officer do to me? Would I be told to move along? Or would I be told of my miranda rights? This state and it's blind politicians are making the good people of this state agoraphobic.

6/05/2011 09:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Can't the legislators in Springfield draw up something making these "flash mob" wolfpacks go down for say a Class 3 forcible felony?

6/05/2011 11:30:00 AM


Sure but they can't do anything about the Cook County States Attorney office who only prosecute sure things and liberal judges who believe there is no such thing as a bad boy.

Bring us a downstate prosecutor's office and downstate judges and in a couple of years, with the prisons bursting, you might see some improvement here.

Until then, keep yourself safe and take those reports.

6/05/2011 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery -- then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."

Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the PUSH convention in 1993.

6/05/2011 09:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Downtown Gary Indiana sounds safer then the Chicago lakefront and mag. mile.

6/05/2011 09:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://206.18.146.25/rfcViewFile/11cv3735.pdf

Pleines v. FOP

Holy Fuck. How much money is OUR union going to give away to attorneys because of THEIR fuck ups???

6/05/2011 09:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's what I think might happen. One of us, either active or retired, will be down there off duty, get attacked by a bunch of these jagoffs, and the ODPO will light one (or more) up. The rest run away making " I was in fear of my life" a tough sell. Especially if the ODPO shoots before being attacked, which is sure the fuck what I would do. The dicks get called in, some stand up detective says self defense,some pussified W/C (imagine if Henny Penny is the fill in) will be afraid to RWOC, then who knows what will happen.

Then the media will step in. We will get the obligatory "he was thinking about asking someone what he has to do to get a GED" or else he was a future neurosurgeon on his way to Water Tower from Englewood to go to Lord and Taylor to drop 3 large on some jewelry for his Moms when the racist, just looking for a boy to shoot ODPO shot my baby who is a 20 year old sophomore at Englewood HS, never you mind that he gots three gun pinches, a dope case and is due in court in two weeks for a burgary. HE AIN"T DID NOTHING TO SHOOT HIM FOR.

Then in swoops Loevy and Loevy to clean the ODPO out of everything he owns because the CPD is gonna say he was on his own at the time, even though witnesses heard the ODPO say "get away, I am the police" meaning no city indemnification meaning the ODPO is FUCKED.

But then we throw him the biggest fundraiser in history and help him out.

This city is fucked. Stay home. Defend your castle. Fuck these animals.

6/05/2011 09:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

...and the lame media attempt at propaganda continues.


SCC,

Look at this crap on that half-marathon death and the 11 others that were hospitalized "apparently for HEAT related" issues

The autopsy now comes back inconclusive and I challenged the readers to look up the definition of the word "apparently" as used in the context of this story.


Since you're obviously not a runner, let me fill you in--the temps have been so low lately, that a sudden change to high temps and humidity requires more time to acclimate the body to the sudden stresses it undergoes while running.

Not bitchin' at ya, just settin' ya straight. In this case, this is NOT a conspiracy. Let's not go making them up--we've got enough real shit going on.

6/05/2011 09:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a civilian, I have a question for the officers: if I'm downtown with my family and we were attacked by one of these mobs, if I pull a concealed weapon and shoot one/some of these animals what would the police do to me? Here's another: if for whatever reason I'm discovered to have a concealed weapon to protect my family and myself, what would an officer do to me? Would I be told to move along? Or would I be told of my miranda rights? This state and it's blind politicians are making the good people of this state agoraphobic.

I would shake your hand!!! Then read you your rights and tell you to get a lawyer and not to speak to anybody until you have counsel.

6/05/2011 09:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I vote for "McGuff". Added benefit, it's a play on "McGruff", the crime-fighter character.

Come on SCC, a ruling!

6/05/2011 09:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a civilian, I have a question for the officers: if I'm downtown with my family and we were attacked by one of these mobs, if I pull a concealed weapon and shoot one/some of these animals what would the police do to me? Here's another: if for whatever reason I'm discovered to have a concealed weapon to protect my family and myself, what would an officer do to me? Would I be told to move along? Or would I be told of my miranda rights? This state and it's blind politicians are making the good people of this state agoraphobic.

6/05/2011 09:11:00 PM


I cant speak for my fellow Officers but I know I have stopped "Good" citizens like yourself in the past who have carried a concealed handgun and I have never arrested or taken the gun away. I believe in the right to bear arms.

Now if you should need to use that gun to protect yourself and you are legitimately defending you or you families lives you should not have a problem. The CCSA will not prosecute you. The worst that would happen is your gun would be confiscated.

6/05/2011 09:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Dave in Albany Park said...

"...the victims either don't cooperate or they can't I'D the offenders.."

If I get attacked downtown, I intend for CPD to be able to ID at least one of my assailants by his severe facial injuries.

6/05/2011 09:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“Now can we please find another term for these "flash mobs" - I liked the term "wilding" - that made so much more sense considering we are talking about animals and all” 6/05/2011 09:17:00 AM

These attacks are not accidental, spontaneous or random gatherings of hoodlums. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. “Wilding” does not imply electronic command, control and communications.

Sorry, nerds, ‘flash mob’ will have to do until someone comes up with a clever new term.

6/05/2011 10:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Breaking News now saying FOUR different mob assaults in Streeterville?
Holy shit, as much as I love the Grant Park Music Festival, 4th of July, etc. I will NOT be doing any of that this year. To hell with that. I'll hit the suburbs for outdoor festivals.

6/05/2011 10:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is there no place along the lake downtown that is free of gangbangers at this point? from citizen who just wants to sit down by the lake and relax and not worry about being in danger

6/05/2011 01:09:00 PM



pick a different lake.

6/05/2011 10:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a civilian, I have a question for the officers: if I'm downtown with my family and we were attacked by one of these mobs, if I pull a concealed weapon and shoot one/some of these animals what would the police do to me? Here's another: if for whatever reason I'm discovered to have a concealed weapon to protect my family and myself, what would an officer do to me? Would I be told to move along? Or would I be told of my miranda rights? This state and it's blind politicians are making the good people of this state agoraphobic.

6/05/2011 09:11:00 PM

To the person carry a weapon, who is an honest law abiding citizens who needed a gun for protection!

Da Pelon, would NEVER lock you up for carrying a gun and write report up as self defense, if necessary!

I don't do pimpy numbers arrests against the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution!

The laws in this state are stupid and in conflict with the U.S. Constitution!

Fuck what the bosses think!

Da Pelon

6/05/2011 10:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT
anyone else notice the Chicago Tribune qouting McCarthy on wed Jun 1. : "Right now, I'm looking for my bills in there. i've got to pay some bills before I lose my house in New York."

POs go ahead and sell your homes, get a cheaper, larger, house in the suburbs with better schools and rent a garage and list it as your residence.

6/05/2011 10:19:00 PM  
Blogger 30 pending and what said...

i say the pre-anal-unit should focus all its efforts on where the next flash mob violence will occur, because we sure as hell know they cant predict anything in any of the districts so why not just focus on one. leave our districts alone, we already know what to expect, you never been on the street assholes so stop pretending like you know whats going on. Maybe you can FINALLY get it right and take the credit. Otherwise stop throwing shit our way and come and do some real police work for a change

6/05/2011 10:37:00 PM  
Blogger 30 pending and what said...

Is there no place along the lake downtown that is free of gangbangers at this point? from citizen who just wants to sit down by the lake and relax and not worry about being in danger

6/05/2011 01:09:00 PM

yea, the south side because that's where they're all coming from. so just go chill by rainbow beach.

6/05/2011 10:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As long as Chicago/Cook County stays as Liberal as it is the thugs will just keep pushing the envelope to see how far they can go. Chicago Govnmt. can learn by example; just look at other areas of the country that have well manned police depts. and legal CCW. Sometimes all you need is the perception of possible consequences of criminal behavior. That could go a long way as far as deterrence and a possible ray of doubt in a thugs actions. Give more power to Mr. & Mrs. citizen to protect themselves and thus help the police. You can't carry, you can't have mace, you can't carry a baton, you can't have a stun gun, no knife, on and on it goes. How the heck are we supposed to defend ourselves?

6/05/2011 10:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

6 PODS going in a North Ave Beach next week

---------------------------------

Big deal they can have all the cameras they want but no one is watching them.

6/05/2011 10:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...Anonymous said...
As a civilian, I have a question for the officers: if I'm downtown with my family and we were attacked by one of these mobs, if I pull a concealed weapon and shoot one/some of these animals what would the police do to me?"

Think of you as a victim and hero and tell you to keep your mouth shut until you are out of the state.

Here's another: if for whatever reason I'm discovered to have a concealed weapon to protect my family and myself, what would an officer do to me?"

Depends on your attitude and that of the officer, more than once it just been a warning. If arrested "I want a lawyer." is the answer to any questions.

6/05/2011 11:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know how to do this but don't these gangbangers make and publish their own videos of this stuff. can some reader find them and post them here.

Then start sending them to media in every corner of the country, and the world. When there's no terrorist news this will pop-up.

6/05/2011 11:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Now what MAC-Daddy? said...

J.F MAC-Daddy Says:

We have a "plan" for flash mobs.

--- So what is it MAC-Daddy?

6/05/2011 11:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These "wilding" incidents reflect poorly on the entire black populace.

I was wondering if anyone could put up the link to where Rev. Jesse Jackson and Fr. Michael Pflegler publicly address this issue and condemn it.

...if you can find it without toooooo much effort.

..it is out there, right???

Uhh, yeah

6/05/2011 11:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blame the courts the politicains and the CPD Brass that all have no BALLS!!! Arm yourselves good citizens it is going to get worse and come up north all teh way to 16/17 one day. or on LSD. All they have to do is start breaking windows etc. My quiet street in 16 has nobody on it during the day all working and No cops patrolling either

6/05/2011 11:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Downtown Gary Indiana sounds safer then the Chicago lakefront and mag. mile.

---

Indiana allows their residents and non-residents the right to CCW, So to confirm your assumption, Downtown Gary Indiana IS safer than the Chicago lakefront and mag. mile.

6/06/2011 12:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A couple of thoughts:

Saw that CBS news is stating on its web site that the offenders were Black. The thing about Truth is that, ultimately, it cannot be hidden. Truth is not an opinion; it is real. When civil society is threatened, it has no choice but to speak the truth. So Truth is on its way. Chicagoans will not just let their city go down the crapper.

Also, I wouldn't necessarily despair about your new Commander, yet. Yeah, he may really be a shitty political hack, but you can't be sure at this point. Most managers keep their heads down when they start a new job, until they can figure out the lay of the land. He has to learn what's going on with his co-workers in the department. Maybe he feels exactly like you do, but the time is not ripe to act. In the meantime, he's going to go with the flow and say any damned thing Rahm wants. A lot of people get into management because they are dicks who want the power at any cost, but a lot of them get into management because they believe they can do a better job and are leaders of men. What's this guy's background like? Any clues? It may not be time to despair. Yet.

6/06/2011 12:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-northwestern-chicago-police-warn-about-mob-action-attacks-20110604,0,7878457.story

Now with photos.

South side bangers REPresentin

6/06/2011 01:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK, there's always been savages, but why are they in the human areas fucking with the humans? The libs have always been soft as baby shit, no change there. I would say the change is all the cops we're dumping into the war zones are forcing the shitheads to go elsewhere to pillage. Yeah, the warzones are still warzones, nothing changes there, but the no impulse control shitheads are seeking easier prey.

We need to put the cops where the taxpayers are! The fucking ghetto will always be the ghetto until the shitheads who live there sort out their shit themselves, which is scheduled for the 32nd day of Never. We aren't gonna change that. We can keep the savages from ruining the few nice parts of this city, even with all the bullshit from the libs and the lawyers.

We have to fight this fight; if the city goes under, there's absolutely no money for the pensions or anything else, we're fucked. I'm not into conspiracy theories, but these fucking idiots in Springfield and on the 5th floor may just be driving it into the ground just for that reason.

6/06/2011 01:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

9:38 A.M.
LOL

6/06/2011 02:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...Anonymous said...
"There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery -- then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."

Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the PUSH convention in 1993.

6/05/2011 09:31:00 PM"

Commedian Chris Rock, "People blame the media for the perception of black folks. When it's 2a.m. and I am getting cash from my A.T.M I'm looking over my shoulder. I ain't looking for the media, I'm looking for Ni##a's!" *

*(He can say it, I can't.)

6/06/2011 02:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Once again University officials deal in reality,thus the alert, while Chicago officials have their head in the sand and deal in make believe.
I gues Chicago officials go by the addage that if you lue to yourself often enough you start to believe your lies!
Once a tourist inevitably gets raped,seriously hurt or killed the city's tourist economy will suffer irreparable damage. Even some god forsaken places put a premium on protecting tourists because that's their bread and butter. Why in the Hell can't the city figure this out?

6/06/2011 03:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

" Bring back P.J. Hoff. He could draw a mean chalk outline.

P.J. Hoff, a Chicago television icon who did the weather on Channel 2 in the 1950s and 1960s. P.J. would show a large U.S. map on which he would place hand-drawn symbols of sun, clouds, showers, highs and lows. He also had regular cartoon characters in his presentation, among them "Achoo" to give the pollen count, and the "Vice-President in charge of looking out the window" to relay the forecast or the current conditions. P.J. would write the temperature down and then turn the numbers into a cartoon that would be usually be tied in with the current weather conditions or an upcoming holiday.

6/05/2011 05:43:00 PM"

Thanks for the memory... As a former Channel 7 Engineer, those were the good old days. 16mm motion picture A & B roll newsfilm. Fahey Flynn, Joel Daley, John Drury and John Coleman were people you could trust, not like today.

6/06/2011 04:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe these teens are angry about the stupid first names they have.

6/06/2011 04:32:00 AM  
Blogger Was that a SPEEDBUMP?! said...

In the mid 80's to early 90's, Miami had a similar problem. The European tourists were getting lost trying to navigate from the highway (I-95) to the beaches. They would get off at the wrong exits and stop at gas stations in Liberty City etc and get redirected to streets where they would be robbed and murdered. Miami refused to acknowledge anything for years. That severly deterred tourism. Now, you see exit signs with a picture of the smiley sun to let you know its safe to exit in Miami. The Mayor had better get this problem under control quick, it's making national headlines.

6/06/2011 04:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To all the Officers who responded to the citizen's request about what action you would take if you caught him CCW, and responded in favor of the citizen-THANK YOU. We good people, both civilian and Police, have to stick together and get CCW passed in this state, and soon. Our safety and the safety of our families depend on it.
-NRA and ISRA Member

6/06/2011 07:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago breaking news reports 7 M-1's in custody for Mob Action....your future doctors of America!!! This whole time i was looking out for those out of control Asian kids....

6/06/2011 08:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

>>>Anonymous said...
These "wilding" incidents reflect poorly on the entire black populace.

I was wondering if anyone could put up the link to where Rev. Jesse Jackson and Fr. Michael Pflegler publicly address this issue and condemn it.

...if you can find it without toooooo much effort.

..it is out there, right???

Uhh, yeah

6/05/2011 11:24:00 PM<<<

Yeah, Jackson and Pfleger are the ultimate poverty pimps. They would blame the white man and it's the fault of the police and the heat which cause such a misconception.

They would want grant money to build cooling centers for these youths to play basketball at 2 in the morning.

They would want Com-Ed to provide free air conditioners and electricity to the ghetto so no one would want to leave for the lakefront.

They would threaten to boycott Taste of Chicago if they didn't get what they wanted. Hey wait a minute, didn't J.J. do that one time and it was the best time ever there.

6/06/2011 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What does "hand-ringing" sound like?

6/06/2011 09:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Amazed to see a rather long story about teen mobs downtown, starting on page 1 of the paper Tribune this morning. Wow, who knew this stuff was going on? Oh, wait, I did, and anyone else who reads SCC or at least has been listening to WLS radio for the past week. And again, the story brazenly mentions things that happened over the past several months, as though the paper ever reported them at the time!

Updated story on Tribune site this morning shows over 400 comments, except you can't read any of them now. Older version I saved link from yesterday still shows many up to 7am today.

By the way, what should I read into the biggest page 1 Tribune story about the new police chaplain? Is that the paper extending an olive branch to you police officers? Or is that just an attempt at distraction?

Seriously, I want to know why I should ever again trust the Tribune to tell me what's going on in my own city... state...country...world.... And I want to know where I'm going to go for the truth. I'm afraid you've taken on more than you intended when you started this blog, SCC, but you sure do deserve a medal for it. How does a Pulitzer Prize sound?

--Civilian

6/06/2011 09:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From Crimefilenews.com:

"Chicago, IL—Most people see the danger of police work only involving death or injury in the line of duty. Interrupting armed-robberies, burglaries or entering the scene of a domestic disturbance can be dangerous. There are other risks that can ruin you life.

More cops by far are victimized by life changing lies and injustice than being injured or killed. Cops can’t get a fair trial these days in Cook County should they be accused of a crime. The jury pool is loaded with cop haters and waiving a jury is no bargain when the judges are all beholding to prosecutors for political reasons.

Being a cop requires becoming embroiled in disputes, temper tantrums and real violence, that is, if you do your job.

The late Democratic Congressman Roman Puchinski had a drug-addicted son who was a prolific burglar. No less than six Chicago cops were lied about, fired by the Chicago Police Board and disgraced over a five-year period. Their transgression was to simply arrest the younger Puchinski for his very real crimes.

Police commanders simply considered anyone who’d arrest Puchinski’s son too stupid to be a Chicago cop. Finally the younger Puchinski ran out of clout coupons he could cash in to get out of jail free and went to prison. He died young

African-American criminals playing the race card too often target cops with the help of local community leaders. There is a very real race war going on in Chicago. In Chicago most cops are white and the vast majority of criminals are African-American.

Any cop who risks his life, reputation or freedom to serve and protect will eventually have to hire lawyers, defend against bogus allegations and stand a real chance of being victimized.

The Cook County State’s Attorney ran on a platform of prosecuting cops and the mainstream Chicago media is not known for kindness when it comes to cops. Every accused cop can count on getting smeared by public officials garnering votes with the eager help of the local media.

The moral of this story is for cops to simply avoid conflict. Let those domestic disturbances either cool down or end violently before you get there. Learn how to simply write reports and avoid making arrests at all cost.

Being a cop is not what it used to be. GPS surveillance, thugs with cell phone cameras and a miserable political climate has made the job undesirable. A few parking tickets, perhaps a meaningless contact card or two and some creatively written reports about the unknown offenders that got away will help keep you out of danger.

Why risk anything for an ungrateful community and its despotic politicians?"
-----------------------------------
There is a copper that got fired and a sgt. that got 180 days for locking up a shit head on SIGNED COMPLAINTS.

Heed the warning and protect yoursleves and each other.

6/06/2011 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Northwestern gets credit for mentioning a physical description of the offenders in its press release/student warning bulletin.

Yes, my worst fears have been realized: these misguided young fellows are M/1s.

6/06/2011 10:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"which do you prefer, to be the hunter or the hunted?

6/05/2011 07:50:00 PM"


Yes.

6/06/2011 10:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Didn't take long for the Emanuel Administration to lean on Northwestern University officials and get them to sanitize and/or remove the security alert that was posted on the NW website. As of 10:27 a.m. CDT today, it has been removed from the NW website. Move along, sheeple. Nothing to see here...

6/06/2011 10:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Breaking News has a new story up, about the scooter-riding flash mob victim, and comments are being posted. One of them reads:

"Gee - how long until this comment board gets disabled? Message to Tribune: if stories like this stir up controversial language, it might be because these are essentially hate-crimes. If you'd call it that in the first place, your commenters probably wouldn't get so riled up. Either have comments sections or don't."

--Civilian

6/06/2011 10:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Hate crime?"

--6/05/2011 10:35:00 AM

Black-on-white crime? Never. Those are just "randon occurrences."

You know, like the famous Carr Brothers' sexual torture and execution of five whites in Wichita, Kansas...

6/06/2011 10:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery -- then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."

--Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the PUSH convention in 1993.

--6/05/2011 09:31:00 PM


Racial profiling at its best!

6/06/2011 10:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Breaking News is taking down new comments almost as fast as they appear. Wish I'd been able to save one from a twentysomething African-American woman who said (I paraphrase) that she's outraged at the situation and the mobs must be stopped. Please, Tribune, explain to us what's so out of line about that sentiment!

--Civilian

6/06/2011 11:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Now can we please find another term for these 'flash mobs' - I liked the term 'wilding' - that made so much more sense considering we are talking about animals and all."

--6/05/2011 09:17:00 AM

I feel for you. It's really too bad that violent criminals aren't scrupulously respecting the fine points of current white adolescent vernacular.

Your repeated complaints have become annoying, and in any case will not be heard by the right people when posted here.

I'd go down to Chicago and State and catch a mob as it comes off the train -- 2000-strong, shirtless, hats on sideways, popping their fingers and looking for trouble.

Stop them and remonstrate with them about, you know Dude, it's cool and everything but us kids really don't like you messing up our "flash mob?"

You will get your beating.

I'd confront them up in the station area; on the platform, they might shove you in front of a train.

See ya. And good luck.


(What can I say? Guy's getting his head kicked in and he's still fussing over what to call it.)

6/06/2011 11:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"I know these are bullshit arrests..."

--6/05/2011 06:50:00 PM

...but they put them behind a locked door just the same. The more, the merrier. The more, the slower. Place jammed full, everyone look for cigarette butts on the floor and wait your turn.

Enjoy.

6/06/2011 11:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Four Asian tourists were also liberated of their cameras and wallets by Pookie and the Blowfish last night on the lake front."

--6/05/2011 05:39:00 PM

Gee, someday someone is going to bother the tourists.

Then something really bad will happen to the city.

*

Uh -- it's already all day and all night, every day and every night, in case no one has noticed.

6/06/2011 11:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In the meantime, he's going to go with the flow and say any damned thing Rahm wants.

6/06/2011 12:09:00 AM

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. McNocchio had an excellent opportunity to capture our hearts and minds, but instead, he chose to "go with the flow". It was a bad move. He out and out lied and there is no way to justify his actions.

6/06/2011 11:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm spending my time in du age county. At least they will indict them.

6/06/2011 11:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well... for the second week in a row, Drudge has this attack on his home page. At somepoint does tinydancer wonder exactly whats going on??????

6/06/2011 11:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

..lakefront liberal democrats, how do you like your lakefront now? A lot more stinks than an occasional dead fish. Enjoy the smell.

6/06/2011 12:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"About 8:30 p.m., the victim had parked his motor scooter outside the building on Chicago Avenue, a little west of Lake Shore Drive, when about 15 to 20 males--believed to be in their mid-to-late teens--approached him, according to the alert, which categorized the incident as an attempted robbery. One of the males in that group threw a baseball at the victim's face and knocked him to the ground, the alert stated."

What the "alert" DIDN'T state was that THE (white) VICTIM FOUGHT BACK LIKE HELL against the mysterious "youths," AND KEPT HIS BELONGINGS.

He was just shown on Channel 9 News - face a little the worse for wear, but all there, including his nice motor scooter. Lives in a "northern suburb."

Way to go.

20-on-1 and the scum still lost.

I swear fo' God!

Whoo!

*

6/06/2011 12:52:00 PM  
Blogger SouthLoopScot said...

As an ordinary citizen, I find it absolutely appalling that the mayor and the local media are downplaying these events. Because of inaction by our city leadership, these thugs no that the mob rules. It's so disheartening to see the city that I've called home for the past 13 years slip into chaos, I'm just waiting for a Bernard Getz situation to happen in Chicago...

6/06/2011 12:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Smash Mob:
Noun: Group(s) of young thugs (activated by heat and direct exposure to sunlight) who possess a form of invisibility to mainstream media and certain political appointees/ elected types. Smash mobs are cowards and prey upon seemingly defenseless humans to compensate for institutional funded lack of education. Known to possess link cards, other peoples iPhones and be on local school honor roll although no one can confirm last actual date of CPS school attendance (additional evidence of invisibility powers). If a CPD kills one they become mommas lottery ticket.
Which is amazing that a POS could be worth millions.

6/06/2011 01:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OMG people, I just noticed it's 91 degrees outside! Everyone should stay inside so they don't die.

If you go out and get sick. The city is either unwilling or unable to get help to you. The crowds are just too big out there..

6/06/2011 02:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a thought: Since the majority of these thuggery crimes are happening in 01&018 can anyone explain why neither of these districts got any of the manpower from TRU/MSF?
That manpower was earmarked for only 8 of the 25 districts. Most of these districts have small percentages of tax paying citizens.
Every district in the city could benefit from extra manpower. Why the inequity?

6/06/2011 02:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Now can we please find another term for these 'flash mobs' - I liked the term 'wilding' - that made so much more sense considering we are talking about animals and all."

--6/05/2011 09:17:00 AM

Yeah, we don't want to be giving dandruff a bad name...

6/06/2011 02:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd be interested to see any foreign government issue a warning about visiting Chicago.

If you find one, please post it.

6/06/2011 02:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

" Bring back P.J. Hoff. He could draw a mean chalk outline."

--6/05/2011 05:43:00 PM

OH, MAN! Thank you! That name had not crossed my mind in -- well, a lot longer than I like to say.

...back when programs ended with the National Association of Broadcasters' "Seal Of Good Practice."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Practices_
for_Television_Broadcasters

(I like how the little libero-fascists at Wikipedia have demonized this by tagging it under "Censorship." Oh, the horror of not being able to pee wherever you want...)

6/06/2011 02:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression...[McCarthy] out and out lied and there is no way to justify his actions."

--6/06/2011 11:37:00 AM

So true -- and it's gone beyond even that. With this "sit down with the bangers," he's doing a full-fledged Jody Weis rerun.

It's as though the guy wants to cause another explosion in the rank-and-file -- right from the get-go.

What the hell kind of a Police Superintendent asks --

"What's gang activity?"

6/06/2011 03:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Breaking News: "Acting police boss: 'we're going to find every one of them.'"

Several comments up as of this moment, very frank ones, including the following: "In my opinion from officers I have spoken to they are to afraid to do the job because they fear getting in trouble because the department is way too quick to disciplin them before they have all of the facts. I dont blame them. Officers are going to jail for just about anything they do wrong no matter how small the infraction... I wouldnt do a thing either. The only bad this is that we suffer. The people of this city cant have it both ways. Either you have a police department that is willing to go above and beyond to make us safe by doing what ever it takes to but the criminal away, or you clamp down on the police and let the city run wild."

I'll give it a rest now and watch to see how this thing plays out. Thanks for patiently posting my comments.

-Civilian

6/06/2011 03:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Commedian Chris Rock, 'People blame the media for the perception of black folks. When it's 2a.m. and I am getting cash from my A.T.M I'm looking over my shoulder. I ain't looking for the media, I'm looking for Ni##a's!"

(He can say it, I can't.)

--6/06/2011 02:33:00 AM

Polite question -- why is is that whenever I am around lower-class black people, that terrible "forbidden" word hangs around them like a palpable fog, used about five times in every sentence, mindlessly repeated and repeated and shouted to the skies by them until I'm about to lose my mind?

Everyone else is supposed to take this all very seriously. I suspect by now that we are merely on the receiving end of an enormous practical joke.

6/06/2011 03:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The late Democratic Congressman Roman Puchinski had a drug-addicted son who was a prolific burglar...Finally [he]the younger Puchinski ran out of clout coupons he could cash in to get out of jail free and went to prison. He died young."

--6/06/2011 09:52:00 AM

Thanks, I couldn't remember the conviction. I do remember that he died when the family house in Sauganash caught fire. He was left all alone in there on some kind of stipend from the family, life of Riley. Crackhead who lit the wrong thing.

Was he about 44 years old? That's a long run for those who are real hard on themselves...

People over in Ravenswood Manor are using the backs of old "Blagojevich" campaign signs to advertise "Garage Sale Today."

How the mighty have fallen...

6/06/2011 04:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I visited North Ave beach over the weekend. Police were very present with searches galore of coolers and ticket writing for open alcohol galore. The mounted unit was out with 3 as well as foot and bike patrols. Nothing major happened and I was there from 11am until 3 pm.
Non-LEO and questioned the cooler searches without PC. I'm guessing they can play the Homeland Security card to keep the public safe card?

6/06/2011 04:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

0_0 THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN!. 0_o

Acting police boss: 'We're going to find every one of them'

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/local/chibrknews-acting-police-boss-were-going-to-find-every-one-of-them-20110606,0,1615111.story

heh.. a quote from above..

"McCarthy stressed the importance of awareness, telling reporters, "You don't want to walk in dark areas by yourself after having a fight at a bar with a friend and you're going home. We still have to pay attention to common sense things to do. ... That's the nature of the world today."

See how we shift the attention to the victim?!

The victim being at fault for not being aware of his/her surroundings.

These victims having no common sense and are not taking responsibility for their own actions!

OMG they have no business being on the streets. The victims are asking for it.

That's why we have these problems right? It's the victims fault.

Just what exactly is the common sense thing that you're referring to...the thing that a person should do when they get hit in the face with a baseball upon parking their scooter Mr Mac? RUN!

Or maybe you have time to call 911 and wait for a car to come out of backlog -- to come from across the district freed up from doing a bullshit Spanish speaker, Polish speaker, Asian Speaker interpretation call needed for some illegal immigrant who is...."just trying to make a better live for themselves doing the jobs Americans do not want to do"

Yeah... they are so concerned about making a better life for themselves.

How about taking a damn English class. This is our country not your country. Why are we required to bow down

Broken windows right?

Sweat the small stuff right?

Get tough on crime right?

How about those illegal immigrant cartel members bringing the contraband into this city funding all this crap and creating this environment.

How about those "broken windows" Mr. Mac,

How about when you're not in a fight and you're minding your own business not giving cause for anyone else to attack you -- walking in broad daylight down the street or on the beach by yourself?

How about when your girl, wife, daughter is riding her bike and she get's knocked off of it, slammed to the ground? Huh? Do you think having the video from a pod cam helps? It doesn't it

How about that?

Are the pod cams going to save you or only provide you with a memento to watch on video from a hospital bed or for your family to view when you're in the morgue.

So very-very comforting you know..

Send a paper car to do the paper work and send a flash. Review the video if you can find a video and have the manpower to investigate it.

This double standard of the city being safe yet the ex-mayor and alderman continue to demand 24/7 security details is bullshit.

Why? Why isn't the standard police protection good enough for them. But we are suppose to be satisfied with it right? Why?

Rahm, why do these people "have no skin in the game" in making sacrifices. Why? Tell us!

The City that works is not working. Not working for me.

6/06/2011 04:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So they arrested three guys. Big deal.

Will the paperwork and reports now get lost like that...ummm what was that guys name again? That guy that cold cocked someone down around Rush street and killed him a few years ago?

Vanecko, Veniko, Pendejo...you remember right?

They'll be back on the streets in no time. The states prisons are jammed to the rafters and we have no tax money to care for anymore.

6/06/2011 04:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Once a tourist inevitably gets raped, seriously hurt or killed, the city's tourist economy will suffer irreparable damage."

--6/06/2011 03:17:00 AM

"...some tourists or students [will have to be] seriously hurt...before widespread attention is paid."

--6/05/2011 08:34:00 AM

"Once this happens, once that happens."

Talk about "thought viruses." This is a particularly bad one.

Why is this assertion repeated and repeated here as though it were a prospective occurrence?

Why do people absolutely refuse to grasp that this very thing happens all the time now, and that the city's economy has already "suffered irreparable damage?"

What the hell event are you looking for? Here. Is this enough?

* * * IRISH WOMAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN CHICAGO AFTER BASEBALL BAT ATTACK * * *

By PATRICK COOPER

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Saturday, April 24, 2010, 10:01 AM

"A young Irish student is in critical condition in Chicago after being attacked with a baseball bat in the early hours of Friday morning.

"Natasha McShane, 23, a student at the University of Illinois, was returning home after being out when she and another woman, McShane's friend Stacy Jurich, were attacked by the baseball-wielding mugger who hit the women and made away with their purses.

"McShane is believed to be from South Armagh and her family is on their way out to Chicago to be with her.

"Consular assistance is being given to the McShane family by Department of Foreign Affairs representatives in Chicago.

"McShane had just started an internship after finishing her studies at the University of Illinois.

"McShane has an impressive academic record. After completing a degree at Queens University, the 23-year-old did her MA in Urban and Regional planning at University College Dublin."

http://www.irishcentral.
com/news/Irish-woman-in-
critical-condition-in-
Chicago-after-baseball-
bat-attack--92002084.html

How many of these stories do you need? Ten? Ten thousand? What?

6/06/2011 05:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Channel 9 News now saying that McCarthy claims that there is "no reason for concern about lakefront mobs," but that "everyone should be aware of their surroundings at all times."

Which one is it?

The WGN reporter covering the 20-man assault on the suburban fellow at Chicago and Lake Shore Drive referred to the attackers as "kids."

*

Then they trotted out a tech weenie to show us "cell phone apps" that will somehow be of help.

How about a "full shot with a lug wrench across the fucking shins" app?

Get real.

6/06/2011 05:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There were a awful lot of fine, husky-looking young white men at the North Avenue Beach just now.

Don't look at me -- that's what Channel 9 pointed their camera at, that's what I saw.

It is my opinion that these young men should consider the possibility that they might suddenly get the urge to whip up a scratch game and hit a few. They should bring their bats and other equipment along on summer days.

"Sound body, healthy mind" and all that.

Besides, that guy on his motor scooter ran off 20 all by himself. Think a minute...

It must be said --

"You don't have to worry about choosing up sides in a race war. The other side will take care of that for you."

--Col. Jeff Cooper, U.S.A. Ret.

6/06/2011 05:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...mob at 645 N. Michigan refusing to let pedestrians pass..."

Uh -- excuse me?

6/06/2011 05:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thats why I live in the suburbs. Fuck this town...

6/06/2011 07:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the guy who thinks that the cops that post on SCC are bitching too much, and should just take their check and shut up, consider this: This website provides a very valuable service by allowing POs to vent about the BS that the job brings. It relieves stress. Stress is defined as what happens when the mind overrules the body's overwhelming desire to choke the living shit out of some asshole who desperately needs it. Thanks for the forum, SCC.

6/06/2011 07:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Everyone else is supposed to take this all very seriously. I suspect by now that we are merely on the receiving end of an enormous practical joke.

6/06/2011 03:34:00 PM




it's impractical and not funny.

6/06/2011 07:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you see these large groups walking around and you want to call 911, just call, give the description and say you smell pot. The cops will come pretty quickly. That will give the cops probable cause to stop them.

6/06/2011 08:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am not happy that these wildings are occurring. But, as I have no choice about their occurrence, I am happy that it is happening in the bastions of liberalism known as Chicago's private elite universities. When I go to NW hospital announcing that I am an officer, they send security personnel to escort me wherever I go. Civilians can come and go as they choose. Fuking unbelivable. Not a tale but my own experience.

6/06/2011 09:49:00 PM  

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