Horses Get Equipment
Horses in the Chicago Police Department’s Mounted Unit assigned to crowd control during the NATO and G-8 summits will be outfitted with “riot gear,” just like the officers riding them and those on the ground facing off against protesters.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is soliciting bids for “police horse riot gear and training aids” in preparation for the May 19-21 summits at McCormick Place expected to shine an international spotlight on Chicago.
An officer assigned to the Mounted Unit, who asked to remain anonymous, noted that some of the 30 horses “may not be street-ready” in time for the NATO and G-8 summits.
“If you look at our manpower, there’s enough of us where we could take a city street. If they split us up, we could possibly do two locations, but our effectiveness would be diminished. That’s the most they could get out of us: two locations. And these demonstrators could be everywhere,” the officer said.
We're waiting for the bid to come out for "Lances, Shields, Maces and Plate Armor." A good old fashioned cavalry charge might be exactly what is needed to clear the streets at some point.
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posted by SCC at 7:01 AM
159 Comments:
Wilbur no way!!!!!
Vanecko Bros. horse equipment ???
Two-thirds of the department isn't street ready!
I've always appreciated the horses when I've been assigned to Rush St on New Years Eve or the Bud Killagain Parade, but for G8/NATO, give me a couple of these!
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useless parade unit! Ok there good at one location and then will the horses control the crowd NO! they aren't trained to move through the crowd like they do in the UK.
Spend the money on Cops!!!!
Horses and gas don't mix. How many officers signed up for MFF? How many officers signed up for bike patrol? How many "TIER ONE" officers do we have??? This clusterfuck starts in 10 weeks and Tom Skilling just said it's going to be "68" and sunny for the month of May.
I can't wait to film this nonsense from my downtown condo.
Ohhhhhh, WILBUR!
Wilbur Post: [after Mister Ed makes a great shot in a ring toss game] Good throw, Ed! I bet you're also good at pitching horseshoes!
Mister Ed: No, Wilbur, I don't play horseshoes.
Wilbur Post: Really? Why not?
Mister Ed: Because Mom always taught us kids not to throw our clothes around!
**********************************
Wilbur Post: Ed, I haven't got time to play games. Mr. Wells wants to go for a ride.
Mister Ed: Tell him to throw a saddle over a taxi.
Wilbur Post: He is not that heavy.
Mister Ed: Oh, no? He's got fat in places where you're not even supposed to have places.
Wilbur Post: Ed, you're exaggerating.
Mister Ed: Oh, yeah? If you put us both on a seesaw, my feet would never touch the ground.
***********************************
Mister Ed: Don't be sore at me, Wilbur. I'm only a nine year old kid.
Wilbur Post: Well, nine years old in a horse is equal to sixty in a human being.
Mister Ed: Then stop yelling at an old man!
They pay for the horses gear but not the officers?
Think of all that horse shit they will have to throw at us?
Who's idea was it to have these summits here anyways?
McCormick Place will be the setting for Full Metal Jousting May 19-21. The mayor will charge for the event to raise revenue for the city.
NOTHING LIKE WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE.... is any of this shit he has said in about buying equipment for G8 going to be here in time... it's 2 months away
Custer's last stand
Will there be Avaiation assests? Or just Horse shit
Again this is training. Where's the water cannon
MY sister works for a large travel agency so I asked her what her numbers look like for May. Her response verbatim... "BROTHER, THEY ARE NOT ONLY COMING BUT THEY ARE COMING IN DROVES, GOOD LUCK".
I'll pay my alderman handsomely if they let me use a lance and a horse!!!
Of course I'm allergic to horses but the whole idea is so insane that it would have to work!
This May Chicago will also host the "G8 Games" downtown.
The events include: who can throw rocks the farthest and hit a police officer, bare knuckle homeless man wrestling in Grant Park or a cage match option on an underground CTA platform, horse jousting with the Mounted Unit, who can hold their breath the longest while tear gas and/or OC is dispersed, who can set a police officer on fire with a Molotov cocktail the fastest, which group can tip over a CTA bus the fastest, the longest Sleeping Dragon chain, drum/ bucket beating contest held beneath Richie's condo window, who has not showered the longest contest, the first CR obtained by OPS, the first CFD member to punch out a CPD officer at an emergency scene, how many protestors can fit into the mission at 14th and Canal, the best spray paint mural on a public or private building judged by students from the Art Institue of Chicago and Columbia College, the best video footage of an officer striking a protestor presented by Loevy and Loevy, and who can defecate on top of the Bean in Millenium Park first.
A special disability event will also be included this year. Only participants with 9 and a half fingers on one hand may enter the sewer cap toss at business windows competition, but must register by April.
The "G8 Games" will be broadcast by every major news, broadcast, radio and print agency in the world. And will be sponsored by the company making millions on the Chicago parking meter lease and the Vanecko/ Daley families.
The city encourages all competitors and spectators to provide their own gas masks, black clothing, rocks, bags of urine and feces, spray paint and protective shields.
Hey there's idea for a new unit Full Metal Jousting! Perhaps the city may send them into 007 and 011 for practice before the mayhem on Michigan Ave.
As the city BURNS tiny dancer can stand there and say "this was my way to showcase the city".
The equipment will be purchased from the Vanecko Dude Ranch and Riot Gear Company, a newly formed minority contractor in Canaryville.
The horses work. Period. We need ten times as many as we have, stat. I was at the Taste that went up with the million plus. The horses were everything. Get more. Start training tomorrow.
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Rahm refusing to release doc regarding decision for speed cameras, cusses out Tribune reporter
There are not enough of any of us! Think of all the places these idiots will be, State St. , Michigan Ave., Navy Pier, Gold Star Park right near McCormick, Soldier Field, the stupid bean, the City will be gone in a matter of hours! I hope this is a nail in tiny dancers coffin!
Nice to see politicians providing protective cover for entire horses, instead of just themselves (ie, the horses' asses). On a serious note, I wonder if the police horses will need to get acclimated to the new equipment?
2 1/2 months away and many of us haven't been to any training or have even been briefed on what hours or assignments we will have. Think of all the training and preparation that was done for the D-Day invasion , and look at all the casualties and the things that went wrong. This City is really putting it's first responders , businesses', and the public in harms way!
http://www.businessweek.com/politics-policy/joshua-green-on-politics/archives/2012/02/barack_obama_greatest_gun_salesman_in_america.html
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http://tinyurl.com/7uaugeh
Emanuel attorney Steve Patton told the Tribune that the city does not need to reveal any more documents than it has to this point, insisting that Illinois’ open records laws allow municipalities to withhold documents relating to policy formation.
“If you’ve got a beef with that, then you need to take it up with the state legislature,” Mr. Patton told the newspaper.
The Tribune is pursuing the records related to the speed camera law because it says the lobbyist representing the city vendor that supplies the city’s red light equipment also worked on Emanuel’s legal team that defended challenges to his residency last year during his campaign for mayor.
Who is going to answer the 911 calls?
It was a no-bid contract thru Vanecko and Vanecko Animal Law Enforcement Protective Gear Inc.
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They can get all the stuff from Camelot. King Arthur doesn't need it anymore he has nuclear power. He bought it from Iran.
Just as our "leaders" are having strategy sessions, so are the organized protesters. Get ready bros, its not going to be pretty. Blood is going to be spilled, I can feel it. I pray to God its not ours...
meanwhile...
Here come the cuts!!
See how this works?
You borrow money to give your corporate friends tax breaks. Then when the bills come due you play the victim saying your busted and blame the taxpayers for living beyond their means.
Now you're going to put it all on the backs of the poorest of the poor?
Forget contracts, the constitution and law and order as there is none. If there were we would of seen over 100,000 counts of fraud on the bankers that neither admit of deny anything making a settlement where the majority of the settlement money is going to come right out of peoples pensions and 401K investments raping the people even more.
Follow the money trail.
The people will be in the streets soon. Permits or no permits is my prediction. We're following Greece and the rest of the EU down the sinkhole. The only people being protected are the bankers.
I guess on this job I should have been born a horsie. Good for you "Twinkle Toes".
(OT) At least ISP is hiring! Not many but some!
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Lyons police taking laterals!
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Good. Everybody has to be equipped. The city cannot get "cheap" when dealing with G8.
All I want from the horses is not to leave their crap all over the street. Useless os shit on a pump handle.
What??? Riot gear for horses? Come on this has to be a joke right? It's not even April 1.
CHICAGO
Two men were driving through
Chicago when they got pulled over by a cop.
The driver rolls down the window and "WHACK," the cop smacks
him in the head with his
nightstick.
"What the hell was that for?"
the driver asked.
"You're in Chicago, son," the cop answered.
"When we pull you over in Chicago, you better have your license ready by the
time we get to your car."
"I'm sorry, officer," the
driver said, "I'm not from around here."
The cop runs a check on the
guy's license--he's clean and gives the guy
his license back.
The
cop then walks around to the passenger side and taps on the
window.
The passenger rolls down the window and "WHACK," the
cop smacks him on the head with the nightstick.
"What the hell did you do
that for?" the passenger demands.
"Just making your wish come
true," replied the cop
"Making WHAT wish come
true?" the passenger asked.
"Because I know your type,"
the cop says, "two miles down the road
you're gonna turn to your
buddy and say, 'I wish that asshole would've tried
that shit with me!'
These guys will be fine. I heard they all work a side gig jousting at Midevil Times.
I want a mace! Please can I use a mace! I would gladly accept the lawsuit over that one! A mace would be 10X better than the trident from "Anchorman"!
Why are we not marching on rahms house
Like 30 horses would have any impact. We need about 5-6,0000 Cossacks, all armed with lances and sabre, supported by Tachankas with machineguns mounted on them. Settle it all old school Tsarist.
You can learn things from watching Dr. Zhivago.
glad to see they are going to protect the horses. They can easily get hurt and are usually the first targets of knives and thrown objects.
"We're waiting for the bid to come out for "Lances, Shields, Maces and Plate Armor."--SCC
CHAIN MAIL!
"Occupy" meets the Black Knight.
Sounds like big trouble.
Seriously, though, why are they bothering with this? Lori Healey says that we shouldn't engage in "doomsday thinking," and that we'll all be OK if we "focus our energies."
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Visualize World Peace.
Horses? You shouldn't be using horses. The animals might get hurt.
Tanks. Now there's a crowd control vehicle that's battle proven.
Activate the National Guard and get a battalion of tanks downtown. No anarchist is going to stand their ground if a tank is rolling up.
Those stars on McCarthy's shoulders aren't command stars for leadership, they're marshmallow stars. I have four stars of steel - he has four lucky charms signifying his rank.
You give me a battalion of tanks and I'll push those Commie Bastards to the lake.
K-9, Won't somebody pleeeeeease think of the dogs!
Non-competitively, of course.
Charge of the Light Gear Brigade
Here is an idea. Use the snow plows to "gently" push the crowds back. Mount half a dozen P.O.'s in back with riot sticks and rubber bullets. Kinda like that scene in Soilent Green...
Horses get protection but police don't. Just was informed that 2nd watch personnel will now be detailed to G8 instead of 3rd watch which reduces detail strength by at least a third. Also, same source says the officers detailed will wear the uniform of the day including the round crown cap. Helmets will be left on the bus and used as needed. Is the Supe and his circle that clueless. People are going to get hurt.
If they had let the mounted unit go into the Rush Street fools during the first Bulls " celebration" with riot clubs swinging, they would have had to open up only two suburban kids heads and the riot would have been over. The TV media keep showing them jumping on taxicabs and turning them over, basically letting all the ghetto rats know it was time to go shopping for TV's, clothes,liqour etc...
"Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is soliciting bids for “police horse riot gear and training aids” in preparation for the May 19-21 summits at McCormick Place..."
Christ Jesus, is the Mayor saying there's going to be a RIOT?
"...expected to shine an international spotlight on Chicago."
Yeah, we know, "the whole world is watching."
1968. Been there, done that.
>yawn<
These people are truly Solzhenitsyn's "perpetual adolescents."
If you want to see real balding, sagging old hippies in full color, watch Geoffrey Baer's "The 60s" segment on Chicago - Channel 11 shows it sometimes. They smoked a joint in Piper's Alley nearly a half-century ago and they'll never come down off it.
Lets have the G/8/Nato people stay in hotels on the south or west sides of chicago. Have their meetings there. That way we won't have to worry about the protesters. When they show up they will all be robbed, beaten, raped or killed and we won't have to deal with them. Problem solved.
Why don't they put the officers in mass transit on g8 as well? I think that would only help manpower!
We are so screwed that it's not even funny anymore. May is right around the corner.
This is the last unit that should be complaining! Clout unit, D2 pay? No sympathy here. 1 horse alone can do major damage. As far as the Guys on foot and front line, still not a peep of how when and where riot gear and equipment will come from.
"We're waiting for the bid to come out for "Lances, Shields, Maces and Plate Armor."
And sabers. Don't forget the sabers.
Yes horses can clear a street. But how often are they even utilized? They have outlived their usefullness and are only kept around for PR purposes.
Important comparison -- from farther down in the blog.
"Channel 7 just had a "special segment" and talked about Toronto summit...they spent over 800 MILLION for security, and had fencing to keep the jagoffs out, but in [Chicago] we won't have that barrier and will be open for business!"
--2/20/2012 10:29:00 PM
When are the rest of us getting new face sheilds? or Ninga Suits? or Training? The city has plans for all of us to participate. As the first 3,000 fall out they will be replaced by 1st and 2nd watch and units.
Surrender and full retreat are still an option.
those horses are worth their weight in gold.
Two-thirds is not ready? Sorry more like 90 percent of this department is not ready!!!!!!!!
Clearly against a crowd of the OWS nature, a good calvary saber would serve you much better than a lance (you have to stop and kick the body off the lance after you impale it). I think you guys should embrace this, demand Deaths Head Hussars headgear and everything, if you're going to do it, do it right.
If you're worried about the horse manure being "returned to sender", see if you can't get someone to buy 30 horse diapers. Yes they have them, just Google Image search "horse diaper".
"The city encourages all competitors and spectators to provide their own gas masks, black clothing, rocks, bags of urine and feces, spray paint and protective shields."
--2/21/2012 08:50:00 AM
It's OK. George Soros is picking up the tab for both "sides" here.
A lot of noise will be made, a lot of glass will get broken, trash cans hurled, etc., a lot of people will get hurt, and things will continue to worsen.
As in Oakland -- $4 million of physical damage to City Hall and environs, without a hair on the head of one scheming, criminal banker, sheister, or vicious real estate swindler being touched.
Way to go, "Occupy."
Not going to bite the hand that feeds you.
The officer who was a trainer for G-8 who was outspoken about a lack of equipment was threatened that he would be sent back to a district if he didn't stop.
He dug in and instructed his bosses that he was going to be a "whistleblower". His immediate lieutenant backed down and he got his spot back.
Thanks SCC. Without the blog he would have lost his spot.
why cant they just kick the shit out of these g-8 dignitaries already so we dont have to have these tyrants in our country.
Who's idea was it to have these summits here anyways?
2/21/2012 08:15:00 AM
It's ALL RHAM's idea!!!! If Gary Chico were still in office, or God forbid Daley we wouldn't have had these stupid summits. This city is gonna turn upside down come may and it's all on Rhams shoulders. Hang on for the ride boys and girls.
protester are a minor problem it is the g-8 and its member who want to destroy america.. so drink the koolaide of the bought paid for media..
"Why are we not marching on Rahm's house?"
--2/21/2012 11:24:00 AM
Enough guys could pick it up, carry it out to Englewood, and just leave it somewhere.
>>>Anonymous said...
Two-thirds of the department isn't street ready!
2/21/2012 07:29:00 AM<<<
One-Third or the Department is missing. Retired and replacements not hired; many too old, not adequately trained, poorly equipped and really demoralized.
But on the bright side, the BEAN is well polished, the flowers have been ordered for all the medians and the Rahm speech machine is honing the fine points of telling people that making due with less and paying more so that the Vaneckos can continue to cash in is a great thing.
the entire G8 and NATO summit training....a complete and total failure of management.....
Not enough horses in the Northern half of this state to control these assholes.Horses,and their handlers do a great job.
Stay Safe Officers.
Sam Horse
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CHANNEL 7 NEWS -- TEENAGER SHOT 71ST AND YALE
I mean, a day without gunfire is like a day without sunshine.
Or something.
If you're worried about the horse manure being "returned to sender", see if you can't get someone to buy 30 horse diapers. Yes they have them, just Google Image search "horse diaper".
They do exist brother thanks to a former alderman, "Bert da' Squirt."
He made all the horses pulling carriages around Michigan Ave. wear the diaper. His idea was to 'catch crap coming from an orifice.'
They were correctly called...
the 'Natarus Napkin.'
>>>Emanuel’s legal team that defended challenges to his residency last year during his campaign for mayor.
2/21/2012 10:03:00 AM<<<
How would this question have been answered? Or be answered now.
Mr. Emanuel, during the time you and your family lived in Washington D.C. working as the White House Chief of Staff, did you file ILLINOIS INCOME TAX returns on a timely basis?
I'd really like to know.
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Amazing and a little scary at the same time....
http://videos2view.net/texas-light.htm#.TpjYMP3QiMM.aolmail%3E
Posted as a comment in the Sun-Times on the story:
"Chicago Police horses will also get riot gear for NATO/G8 summits
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter"
Replay as follows:
"Only two malignant narcissists, Rahm and BHO could think that inviting disaster to Chicago could have any good. Will they will be able to show off Chicago to the visiting dignitaries or will they be bottled up between McCormick Place and their hotels surrounded by rioters. Unlike the Olympics the Chicago Citizens never got a chance to say we didn't want this. G8/NATO will bring an invading army, not swarms tourists.
The RIOTERS goal is to have a thrill as they cause as much chaos and cost taxpayers as money as possible. Then go back where they came from and brag how they injured (maybe even killed) or maimed police officers and left their mark on the city and history. These RIOTERS will come with weapons aimed at police horses that will include razor knives to cut reins, marbles to throw under their hooves, stun guns and chemical sprays. RIOTERS will be in cahoots with lawyers to sue the city.
Stay Safe. Thanks Rahm and BHO for bringing Chicago disaster. Remember this on Election Day."
The equipment will be purchased from the Vanecko Dude Ranch and Riot Gear Company, a newly formed minority contractor in Canaryville.
2/21/2012 09:05:00 AM
Now THAT is some funny shit!
Midevil Times must be having a going out of business sale???
I'm wearing cargo pants so I can load my pockets with food and water since the city won't supply it and I will wear the wrong uniform and tell them to write me up and send me home big deal.
Georgas is as dumb as a box of rocks leave your helmet in the bus and wear a crown cap that's safe u merit hack do u ever look in the mirror and see how fat and stupid u look with ur 80/20 on
12:33 Quit spreading all that BS, none of its true, but you might cause a bunch of the 2nd watch po's to have heart attacks. Front office po's will start preparing for the medical now
If its over 70 shorts baby from after summer inspection on
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Two-thirds of the department isn't street ready!
2/21/2012 07:29:00 AM
That's being generous!
Is it true that 9.5 wants all of the pool-horses on the front line so that he can bill the G for replacements?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Good. Everybody has to be equipped. The city cannot get "cheap" when dealing with G8.
2/21/2012 11:00:00 AM
Keep telling yourself that kid.
once again we have to protect the world scum elite from the citizen of the greatest country in the world..
It would be nice if they use the dogs, but wait it a minute that's too inhumane.. now the horses unbelievable..if anybody remembers the last protest that we had, the horses where kind of useless because we where also being pushed just like the protestors.
Anonymous said...
This is the last unit that should be complaining! Clout unit, D2 pay? No sympathy here. 1 horse alone can do major damage. As far as the Guys on foot and front line, still not a peep of how when and where riot gear and equipment will come from.
2/21/2012 01:38:00 PM
I don't work for the Mounted unit but you know what? GFY! Typical Me Me Me generation mentality. You must be a joy to work with.
Confucius Say
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.
Stay safe and away from Rahm
Is Rahmbo and McJack gonna be cruising in the pope mobile that week?
Those horses work harder than 90% of the coppers on this job.
A horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse. Make no mistake all you hair gels that back in the day horses did their part in the 1968 riots. So remember, a horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse.
horses work just ask the inca's just sayin......the city will burn,tiny will dance, mc nero will fiddle
FYI
this was competitively bid.
see http://www.cityofchicago.org/bids
OT- Fact #1. Rahm ,Jody , Mc Shitfaced,etc...want and need to decimate the ranks of the current CPD. Fact #2. Now if a little devious vindictive prick wanted to get rid of a lot of officers, real quick what would they do???
Fact #3.Why they would invite the most violent and disturbed international professional protesters to the city for the G8 conference, thats what they would do.
Make no mistake there are countless idiots ready to take your job for a mere fraction of what you get paid. Rahm wants you dead, retired , disabled or fired. It don't matter to him. He just wants you out.He's gonna let the G8do it.The more the better. He knows that the cameras will catch at least 100 "rogue cops" mistreating poor protesters. Why do you think you are not being trained??????
You heard it here first. HANDS OFF THE PROTESTERS!!!! Like Rahm gave the city to the gangbangers, give the keys to the city to the protesters and watch the BURN.
Fact #4. They are not protesting the police. They are protesting against Obbummer, Rahm and the 50 thieves, Madigan and Quinn. HANDS OFF THE PROTESTERS.!!!
That is all. Dismissed!
They are no fools...if a P.O gets hurt, oh well. But if it is shown world wide that a horse gets hurt...my god the animal lovers will go crazy!!! And Please don't get me wrong,I would not want to see our Police Horses hurt in anyway...this whole G-8 thing is gonna be a mess!! God help us!
Forget horse diapers. Have them wear something that once they take a dump, its trajectory comes out at an angle and right back at the perpetrator's stupid face.
So help me God I don't want to see any CPD hurt or even close to it, but if I see one horse (or K9) mistreated by these morons I will go medieval on these fucking losers.
--No Cop Here
"At one hundred yards... VOLLEY FIRE! Present -- FIRE!!!"
Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine)
"Zulu"
"...just like the officers riding them and those on the ground facing off against protesters."
Should read: (used in press releases, interviews etc.)
"...just like the officers riding them and those on the ground facing off against RIOTERS."
In regard to the word "RIOTERS", a politically substitute may be: massed assailants, rock throwing mob, spawn of the devil liberals, agitated Democrats or Obama voters gone wild but never just protestors.
Stay Safe, we are going to have our hands full.
national guard will be with us at g8.
A horse walks into a riot, hippie says, "Why the long face."
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If you hate the in-car cameras, wait until you're wearing one of these all tour. Don't worry though, the ACLU says its a great tool for keeping an eye on the government. Maybe they should have put one of these on Dick Daley while he was in office.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46469701/ns/technology_and_science-the_new_york_times/t/taser-makers-latest-police-weapon-tiny-camera-cloud/
If my partner and I show up in a horse costume, will we get free riot gear?????
Wilbur & Ed
....Will there be Avaiation assests
Spectre gunship missions.
where is my new helmet shield??
Anonymous said...
"We're waiting for the bid to come out for "Lances, Shields, Maces and Plate Armor."
And sabers. Don't forget the sabers.
2/21/2012 01:42:00 PM
POLO MALLETS, got to have POLO MALLETS. The make a great hollow WONK!sound when they come in contact with a human skull.
And looooong black bullwhips that make that fierce cracking sound. Really get into the S-M scene. We can wear polished black leather chaps. Nice thing about that is we cold bring them back for the Gay Pride Parade.
Sharpen you spurs boys!
That outspoken G-8 trainer is a United States Marine. A real leader, not some panty-waist wanna be stupervisor.
Shine the light on the truth and watch the cockroaches run!
Semper Fidelus Marine!.
Anonymous said...
Who is going to answer the 911 calls?
2/21/2012 10:06:00 AM
OEMC call-takers! --rimshot--
In a time of danger the city must leave no rock unturned to find a solution. Mayor Rahm! You must deputize Burt Natarus.
I googled " chicago g8 protest " and what I found is disturbing. These people are organized and serious. We are in trouble. Sample;
Dear friends,
An alliance of Chicago area peace and justice organizations, together with the United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC), are jointly calling for a united mass mobilization to protest the NATO and G8 Summits to be held in Chicago May 15 to 22. Permit applications were submitted for:
Tuesday, May 15 – a national assembly to put the warmakers on trial.
Saturday, May 19 – a major international demonstration to express broad outrage at the gathering of war makers wasting trillions of dollars on war and devastation during a time of enormous economic hardship and crisis for millions.
Several Chicago area groups have co-sponsored this call. The initial list is below. To add your group to the list of endorsers, email UNACpeace@gmail.com.
NATO is the US-commanded and financed 28-nation military alliance. There will also be a summit of the G-8 world powers. The meetings are expected to draw heads of state, generals, and countless others.
At a day-long meeting in New York City on Saturday, June 18, the United National Antiwar Committee’s national coordinating committee of 69 participants, representing 47 organizations, unanimously passed a resolution to call for action at the NATO meeting.
UNAC will mount a massive united outpouring in Chicago during the NATO gathering to put forth demands opposing endless wars and calling for billions spent on war and destruction be spent instead on people’s needs for jobs, health care, housing and education.
Initial List of Chicago Area Endorsers
Hatem Abudayyeh, *US Palestinian Community Network, Chicago
Bill Chambers, Committee Against Political Repression
Sarah Chambers, Executive Board Member, Chicago Teachers Union
Mark Clements, Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Vince Emmanuelle, *Iraq Veterans Against the War
Randy Evans, Global Reach, Inc.
Chris Geovanis, Hammerhard Media Works
Pat Hunt, Chicago Area Code Pink, Chicago Area Peace Action
Joe Iosbaker, Committee to Stop FBI Repression
Dennis Kosuth, *National Nurses United, union steward
Kait McIntyre, Students for a Democratic Society, University of Illinois – Chicago
Jorge Mujica, March 10th Immigrant Rights Activist
Eric Ruder, *Chicago Network to Send US Boat to Gaza
Newland Smith, Episcopalian Peace Fellowship
Sarah Smith, Committee to Stop FBI Repression
Students for Justice in Palestine at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, *Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
Andy Thayer, Gay Liberation Network and Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism
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For those who are worried about getting horseshit thrown at them -- always remember it's recycled grain and hay. It stinks, but it's not going to make you sick like shit from a carnivore.
Police horses are desensitized to stuff touching them in general, so armor isn't going to bother them. Think about how people mob them on Michigan Ave. Armor isn't going to be an issue.
Another little tidbit about police horses - they have borium or Driltek on their shoes for traction. Trust me on this - you DO NOT want to get stepped on by a horse wearing this stuff. It is extremely painful. A protester gets stepped on and they're out of business.
As Rahm would say, a horse! My kingdom for a horse! I bet he rides sidesaddle.
The horses work. Period. We need ten times as many as we have, stat
THEN END THE CLOUT TO GET IN THE UNIT!!!
Ur a waste of money and effort
rahmbo is afraid of PETA
The Horse will be Fuk when the crowd klys down or punches their noses
Will Mounted be given 6 foot long trunchons? Like in London
No that would be a bad Kodak moment
Luvs ya Rahmmyyyyyy
Horses?
We don't need a team of Horses!
Yeah he will outfit 30 mounted , wow not like spending to outfit thousands.
Just heard Rahm is spending close to $500 million on city colleges. Where is that money coming from? How about he put that money in the pension that is owed.
We don't have the luxury of saying I don't feel like paying my long over due bills, I think ill buy a new car instead. What if all city and state workers stop paying taxes?
I have a vision of a scene from "Blazing Saddles"
where the horse gets decked!
The g8 instructor will be a whistleblower if he losses his spot but if he does not he wont say anything? WHAT? This has to be one of the dumbest Posts ever posted. Perfect, i know who to sue since he has direct knowledge of a crime and not saying anything.
Nice Clouted and Extra Pay and new Equipment
= Do nothing let the fuker burn
Kinda Off Topic:
The Dept has realized that there will be a serious lack of Sgts and Lts for the G8 due to the high number that have put in for retirement before the G8. The Medical section has been tasked with pulling the files of all IOD and Non IOD supervisors to see if the can be returned to full duty before the G8.
Be careful boys and girls, Blue shirts will be next.
West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...
A horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse. Make no mistake all you hair gels that back in the day horses did their part in the 1968 riots. So remember, a horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse.
2/21/2012 06:09:00 PM
What????? Dude looks like fumes from all the inventories you've done has finally caught up with u.
West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...
A horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse. Make no mistake all you hair gels that back in the day horses did their part in the 1968 riots. So remember, a horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse.
2/21/2012 06:09:00 PM
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Makes no sense.
We need to train the mounted unit like they do on "full metal jousting" and lance the "anarchists"!
State Rep is proposing a special tax on Ammo to fund trauma centers in the inner city that help shooting victims. As if law abiding citizens are responsible for those types of shootings.
how about some calls
Rep. Kelly Cassidy
(D-Chicago)
14th District
District Information
5535 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 784-2002
(773) 784-2060 (fax)
Capitol Office
273-S Stratton Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8088
(217) 782-6592 (fax)
An Illinois lawmaker wants gun owners to shell out extra taxes in order to finance a new grant program for trauma centers, a move firearms advocacy groups say amounts to a "sin tax" on law-abiding hunters and target shooters.
State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, in a bill introduced earlier this month, proposed a 2 percent surtax on ammunition. The proceeds would go toward a "high-crime trauma center grant fund," which would then send the tax money to trauma centers in "high-crime areas."
The idea is to begin to offset the high cost of gun violence. Mark Walsh, campaign director for the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, told FoxNews.com that cost often ends up being shouldered by these urban trauma centers.
"(The money would go) into communities here in Illinois that have been damaged with gun violence," he said. "I think it's a legitimate way to pursue funding."
But Richard Pearson, director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said the bill effectively saddles gun owners -- hunters, target shooters and those who own firearms for self defense -- as a whole with the cost of gang violence in high-crime areas like Chicago.
"We aren't causing the problem. They are," Pearson said. "It's an attack on firearm owners and their rights. ... They think that because we like to target shoot and hunt, we're bad people, and we should pay for all the ills of the city of Chicago."
Since gun owners in Illinois have to have a special ID card which requires a background check to obtain, Pearson said those committing crimes of gun violence aren't likely to be paying much into the proposed tax fund.
"They're not buying their ammunition (legally). They're not paying any part of the tax. They're getting their stuff illegally," he said
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/21/gun-rights-groups-decry-proposed-surtax-on-illinois-ammo-sales/?test=latestnews#ixzz1n5BaSOYj
It's official: 019 moving to 023 march 4th
http://www.chicagofop.org/district-and-area-closings-update/
"A horse walks into a riot, hippie says, "Why the long face."
--2/21/2012 06:45:00 PM
Cajun looks at Boudreaux, asks him, "Why de long face, Boudreaux?"
'Nother Cajun 'splains.
"Boudreaux dere, he a horse."
>up fiddle music<
I just went trough the G8 training with the MFF and we are in trouble.
First, no boss above the rank of sgt has bothered to take this training. Despite the fact that on game day they will be in charge of a platoon consisting of five squads of officers they will have no idea what to do with.
Second, we got a woping fifteen minutes of training with the plastic shields. We were told that each platoon will have a shield team within it leading us to believe very few teir one officers will even have access to shields.
Third, the department does have less lethal munitions like pepper spray and 40mm launchers among other delivery devices. Problem is a grenideer in the platoon will be the only one trained to deploy the less lethal and the only department members trained deploy them are SWAT and the range instructors. So when shit hits the fan and SWAT is activated, the platoons will lose the only person authorized to deploy the less lethal munitions.
Fourth, it sounds like the horses will get their gear before we do. And the dept opted to buy the cheaper turtle gear instead of the gear with plastic overlays that would allow us to wipe off some of the shit and piss off that we are bound to be hit by.
What the city needs is a couple of groups of secret ninja-like counter-protesters dressed all in black to go into the crowd and just wildly crack heads.
Too bad there aren't enough of the old hard-hat cround to teach teach these spoiled brats a thing or 2. Like if you want to act irresponsible you will get your head thwacked.
national guard will be with us at g8.
2/21/2012 06:41:00 PM
Big deal. At the Pittsburgh G-20 the National Guard showed up, but they weren't armed and had no police powers.
The officer who was a trainer for G-8 who was outspoken about a lack of equipment was threatened that he would be sent back to a district if he didn't stop.
He dug in and instructed his bosses that he was going to be a "whistleblower". His immediate lieutenant backed down and he got his spot back.
Thanks SCC. Without the blog he would have lost his spot.
2/21/2012 03:56:00 PM
The G8 trainers are worthless, in my opinion, and so is the training. Send them all back to the street.
Actually pull the lil office honey s from inside and put them on the street doing police work. god forbid. Was in training with a blonde ( typical) office worker from no. side dist. who looked petrified while watching the riots from previous summits. They never had intentions of being the police, and don't want to now.
Great send 2nd watch and clear the dead weight from the desks.
Like 30 horses would have any impact. We need about 5-6,0000 Cossacks, all armed with lances and sabre, supported by Tachankas with machineguns mounted on them. Settle it all old school Tsarist.
You can learn things from watching Dr. Zhivago.
2/21/2012 11:31:00 AM
I'm preparing by sewing the family heirlooms into my clothing. (I won't be resorting to the train for my escape, though.)
When are the rest of us getting new face sheilds? or Ninga Suits? or Training? The city has plans for all of us to participate. As the first 3,000 fall out they will be replaced by 1st and 2nd watch and units.
2/21/2012 02:15:00 PM
The only way three thousand police officers are going to 'fall out' is because there's a nuclear detonation. Can you bring your comments down to the level of reality, please?
protester are a minor problem it is the g-8 and its member who want to destroy america.. so drink the koolaide of the bought paid for media..
2/21/2012 04:07:00 PM
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But on the bright side, the BEAN is well polished, the flowers have been ordered for all the medians and the Rahm speech machine is honing the fine points of telling people that making due with less and paying more so that the Vaneckos can continue to cash in is a great thing.
2/21/2012 04:13:00 PM
Driving around the city today, I was detoured by two construction crews installing yet another pair of those damned planters in the middle of the street. We're broke, but we're building more wasteful flowerboxes.
Anonymous said...
Lyons police taking laterals!
http://careercenter.discoverpolicing.org/c/job.cfm?site_id=6207&jb=9526543
2/21/2012 10:59:00 AM
Go work for that piece of shit Harley Schinker? no way
Fact #4. They are not protesting the police. They are protesting against Obbummer, Rahm and the 50 thieves, Madigan and Quinn. HANDS OFF THE PROTESTERS.!!!
That is all. Dismissed!
2/21/2012 06:19:00 PM
No, they are here to protest against international financial and political interests. Do you not know what Nato or G8 are?
These protestors/whatever couldn't care less about Ali Baba and the fifty thieves.
once again we have to protect the world scum elite from the citizen of the greatest country in the world..
2/21/2012 05:16:00 PM
Hey, Occupyer - You gave yourself away with the phrase 'world scum elite'.
Yes horses can clear a street. But how often are they even utilized? They have outlived their usefullness and are only kept around for PR purposes.
2/21/2012 02:08:00 PM
PR purposes? Just make sure you get the hell out of their way when they're used for what they're trained for.
The horses are one of the most effective tools I've ever seen used on this job. They can herd a a crowd like you can't even imagine.
Horses!.....we cant afford to loose any Horses!......
Slim Pickens
Why don't they put the officers in mass transit on g8 as well? I think that would only help manpower!
701 Personnel are going to be assigned downtown, in 4-8 man teams assigned as: "SPOTTers" a knock-off of "TO-SPOT"
Stop Protestors On The Train. If you attended TOSPOT training we get a refresher course during roll call, if you didn't go, nobody knows yet?
Here's an idea... all these big & bad thugs from the hood can go on the front lines and protect the city they love to shoot up. They get shot, good riddens. They take someone out, good riddens. This whole thing is going to be a NIGHTMARE but yet Rahm let's not focus on this but on your mentor's reelection campaign. One word for him, douche
You may enjoy this item about Oakland police and body mounted recording devices not being activated during a crowd control action.
http://www.pixiq.com/article/oakland-cops-failing-to-activate-body-mounted-cameras
We are supposed to treat the protesters with KINDNESS and LOVE. Feather gloves, foam sticks, and rubber cuffs...No pepper spray, no bullets.
Let's wait and see the results!
WE CAN BLAME IT ALL ON THE LIBERALS! Perhaps then, we can change the minds of enough people, to steer the country in the right direction.
Can we get pins "I TOLD YOU SO", and wear them with our uniforms!
Anonymous said...
Why are we not marching on rahms house
2/21/2012 11:24:00 AM
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zI can think of 2 really good reasons. 1-Why piss of his neighbors, and destroy any suppor they may have for s 2- Residential picketing has been illegal since the early '60's
I don't work for the Mounted unit but you know what? GFY! Typical Me Me Me generation mentality. You must be a joy to work with.
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Bullshit you don't work for Clouted Mounted! You're not fooling anyone. This is NOT about anyone being "Me Me" Idiot! Everyone knows the guys on front line will be on foot with just a fucking useless gas mask. So go GFY Pony Boy. Waaaaaaaa!
Anonymous said...
West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...
A horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse. Make no mistake all you hair gels that back in the day horses did their part in the 1968 riots. So remember, a horse is a horse Ofcourse Ofcourse.
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Stupid comment.
Fact #4. They are not protesting the police. They are protesting against Obbummer, Rahm and the 50 thieves, Madigan and Quinn. HANDS OFF THE PROTESTERS.!!!
That is all. Dismissed!
2/21/2012 06:19:00 PM
No, they are here to protest against international financial and political interests. Do you not know what Nato or G8 are?
These protestors/whatever couldn't care less about Ali Baba and the fifty thieves.
SORRY TO BURST YOUR ARROGANT ASS-KISSING BUBBLE JAGOOF, BUT WHO DO YOU THINK daley and rahm and obbuma and their minnions the 50 thieves represent ...the poor????? They are all millionaire bankers and international slush fund holders.Did Obamma and Rahm give 500 million to the citizen's of Chicago or to their buddies at Solyndra???? The G8 are not protesting the police they are protesting all of the ruling class elitists and thier ball washers like yourself.
Anonymous said...
The g8 instructor will be a whistleblower if he losses his spot but if he does not he wont say anything? WHAT? This has to be one of the dumbest Posts ever posted. Perfect, i know who to sue since he has direct knowledge of a crime and not saying anything.
2/21/2012 10:05:00 PM
He already is a whistle blower. He is using his spot to tell his fellow POs what is really going on. Since he is telling the truth they were afraid to dump him.
Anonymous said...
I don't work for the Mounted unit but you know what? GFY! Typical Me Me Me generation mentality. You must be a joy to work with.
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Bullshit you don't work for Clouted Mounted! You're not fooling anyone. This is NOT about anyone being "Me Me" Idiot! Everyone knows the guys on front line will be on foot with just a fucking useless gas mask. So go GFY Pony Boy. Waaaaaaaa!
2/22/2012 10:26:00 AM
I am the original poster and still not on the mounted unit. I just have seen first hand how effective they are in crowd control. Do me and every other PO in the City a favor, go on the medical during the G8. I sure don't need a loser like you next to me.
Fact #4. They are not protesting the police. They are protesting against Obbummer, Rahm and the 50 thieves, Madigan and Quinn. HANDS OFF THE PROTESTERS.!!!
That is all. Dismissed!
2/21/2012 06:19:00 PM
No, they are here to protest against international financial and political interests. Do you not know what Nato or G8 are?
These protestors/whatever couldn't care less about Ali Baba and the fifty thieves.
SORRY TO BURST YOUR ARROGANT ASS-KISSING BUBBLE JAGOOF, BUT WHO DO YOU THINK daley and rahm and obbuma and their minnions the 50 thieves represent ...the poor????? They are all millionaire bankers and international slush fund holders.Did Obamma and Rahm give 500 million to the citizen's of Chicago or to their buddies at Solyndra???? The G8 are not protesting the police they are protesting all of the ruling class elitists and thier ball washers like yourself.
2/22/2012 05:27:00 PM
Sounds like somebody's blood pressure goes up when their observation and perception skills are called into question.
International, professionally trained protesters and instigators are on their way to Chicago. They aren't coming here because they feel righteous about Dick Mell or Ed Burke or Howard Brookins.
But you go ahead and live in your very small little bubble and believe whatever you want.
Oh, and if you think ANY of them are the 'policeman's friend', and they're on your side, you're pathetic. Plus, you're going to get yourself and your partners hurt.
They don't see us as part of the one percent, but they do see us as the enemy who facilitates the agendas of the one percent.
Whiskey for my men
And beer for my horses!
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