March! March for the Children!
What? What do you mean there aren't any marches scheduled? Didn't you see the headlines?
Bullets fired through the wall of a Far South Side home wounded a baby and her mother as they slept early Thursday — 4-1/2 years after the mom’s sister was shot to death.
Tonishia Allen, 24, was hit in the left leg and her 1-year-old daughter Jaliyah was struck in the head by a bullet at 1:20 a.m. while they were in bed in the 11900 block of South Calumet, police and relatives said.
We thought Rahm and McViolenceZone said this wasn't appropriate behavior in Chicago and they were going to make sure it didn't happen again? A one-year-old baby catches a round in the head and there's no marches scheduled?
A 7-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were both wounded late this afternoon in a shooting on the South Side in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
Preliminary reports stated the boy and the man were shot about 5 p.m. on the 6100 block of South Maplewood Street, police said.
A seven-year-old gets blasted, and no march?
A 7-year-old girl was shot in the thigh about 7:10 p.m. on the Far South Side by one of two men who started arguing after a basketball game, police said.
The girl was shot in the Golden Gate neighborhood, just wast of the Altgeld Gardens, on the 13200 block of S. St. Lawrence Avenue.
Two men were playing basketball nearby and started arguing when one of them grabbed a gun and opened fire, police said, hitting the child but missing the apparent target.
[...] About the same time, three men were shot, one fatally, on the 600 block of West 115th Street in the Roseland neighborhood.
[...] An 18-year-old man was also shot, about 8:16 p.m., in the Hermosa neighborhood. The shooter was walking down an alley when he saw the 18-year-old and shot him, [...]. The shooting is gang related...
So on a chilly Thursday, at least nine people were shot (one dead), including a two seven-year-olds and an infant. And not a single march is planned to protest the violence?
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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They're all still down in Florida.
It's time for McCarthy to step down. After all he didn't sign a contract to stay on board right? Mmmmm...
But if any of the victims were wearing hoodies and eating a bag of skittles you should see what would happen.
Just axe the new DC in 015. She will call an outdoor roll-call/ghetto prayer service at Adams and Laramie. The one safe block in 015. The chillens will be fine.
Speaking of violence and marching . . . .
The arrest affidavit for Zimmerman was released. The State's Attorney appointed to the case is supposed to be the best and brightest Florida has to offer, but this affidavit is a joke. It looks like someone in high school wrote it. Alan Dershowitz says it is unethical and probably won't survive the prelim. Spineless fools are playing a stupid and dangerous game; It's going to blow up in all our faces when it is kicked.
http://savingtherepublic.com/blog/2012/04/alan-dershowitz-zimmerman-arrest-affidavit-irresponsible-and-unethical/
Can one really call a plan that seeks to stop retaliatory shootings proactive?
CPD you're doing it wrong.
Describe the offender as M/W and see how fast those marches get scheduled. The media will be out in force.
How dare you bring up these minor incidents SCC!!! The Racoon is busy doing more important things for the citizens of this great city. HE IS TOO FUCKING BUSY PUSHING HIS SPEED CAMERA ORDINANCE TO A VOTE NEXT WEEK!!! Don't you realize, SCC that there is the very lives and safety of KIDS at stake here. But you know what...we won't even need those Fucking cameras to protect our dear kids...BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANY KIDS LEFT ALIVE OR ABLE TO CRAWL TO SCHOOL WITH ALL THE BULLETS FLYING AROUND! The Racoon's pals have $millions of dollars riding on getting this bullshit camera deal rammed down our throats. Redflex Camera has untold $millions that they will steal from us when these bandit cameras are up and running. Fuck the kids. Fuck the old people who can't even hide in their own homes without being victimized by HOODLUMS. Fuck the poor Mons laying in their own bed with their babies. This little Bastard has gutted the CPD and all he cares about is stealing our hard earned dollars.
fuckin city run by savage bastards. Fuck RAHM he doesnt want stats, FU RAHM you best listen to your stats you SOB...ignorant fuck, at least listen jagoff act like you care ...Do something fuk...O and whatever data your lookin for ask a cop...fuck
Kinda hard to march against oneself
no march... ...they children were not wearing hoodies
The golden gate neighboorhood.....huh???
Maybe Rahm should install cameras that are sound activated at the decibels of gunfire. Then he can mail the offenders a citation for $100 for the offense. This should save the children!!
But the Governor has $10 million dollars to clean the Chicago river.
Ahh the mayor would probably waste the additional manpower anyway with political b.s. foot post duty.
I have gas.... can we march for that too?
It's all about money. When a white person or the police justifiably shoot someone, the family will find the best angle to make the most money they can. The Florida kids momma is already getting the wrongful death suit going.
These so called reverends and the like are jumping in the ring so they can get their money and publicity. JJs presence in Fla just adds more money to his org. The list goes on and on.
A black kid kills a black kid... there's no money to take from the shooter then no story to publicize.
its a sad commentary to what has happened to chicago policing after years of incompetent leadership, political hacks that have never been the police and couldnt find a gangbanger or dope or their own ass with two hands. this includes weis, mcarthy and 80 percent of the merit promoted leadership we have now. mcarthy has no idea of how to be the police. he,s a buffone who has everyone buffaloed into thinking he knows what hes doing. the real police know that murders and hot weather are joined at the hip yet he says there is no correlation. the real police know that gas is a good tool for riotess mobs yet he says he doesnt believe in gas. the mayor thinks the slash and burn of the police by mcarthy is good for his budget. the real police know why murders are up and would love to stop them, but they are handcuffed by those that have never been the police and are now in charge. the mayor doesnt know a good policeman when he sees one. the superintendent doesnt know a good policeman when he sees one, hes just an administrator playing police. chicago deserves better. the mayor made a bad decision and the citizens of chicago are paying for it with their blood. the real police are waiting for the call.
12 april 12, 6 shot 1 dead in 005 tonight @ 4 different locations...early cars held over 2 hours. we need more police now!
New saturation team?
The mayor is an idiot. this city is out of control. the black flash mobs downtown do exist. crime is down 10% and even if it was, which its not. how can the mayor concentrate on that when murder and shootings are up 64.3% and we are still short almost 2000, thats right two thousand police officers. the 50 that were just hired shown on tv is a joke. we will lose another 50 in just a month and a halfs time.
Seven year-old boy gets shot. Seven year-old girl gets shot. A one year-old takes one to the head.
Hey don't look at that. Look at these shiny new cameras the city is getting. Don't look over there, look over here at the cameras. Sooo shiny.
Record ALL the things.
Where's Jesse Jackson and father flager I guess this isn't high profile enough
wow thats a lot of black folks getting shot by white or hispanic people. if i have learned anything over the last two months its that blacks never shoot each other they are just the victims of a bunch of racists who hunt them down like dogs...
We don't need marches anymore. MiniMcMayor and the Flaming Tutu have everything under control and are finally addressing all of the gang issues previously ignored by the last 8 supes. That is all.
Chicago (well, some parts of Chicago) has become a Kill Zone of no remorse.
More people are becoming numb to this and there is no more real compassion for the victims.
Screams for justice are not heard over the screams for lynching Zimmerman without any application of law.
At this point, more racial polarization throws us back at least 50 years with politicians only trying to capitalize on the polarization, rather than fix things.
Until Chicago gets a real mayor who hires a first-class police superintendent, the downward spiral will continue.
The person at the top, sets the tone of the whole organization and right now, most of you would not follow this guy into battle - and yes, that's the commitment he needs to get from you.
The new recruits of the CPD will learn their job fast by emulating the examples they run across on their daily job.
Some will turn out good, others will opt for the "do the minimum or nothing" action that they see from their older peers.
It is too bad that there is only a shrinking fraction of real leadership in the CPD anymore and that it's all a bunch of clout-promoted "I'm better than you" egotists who are not impressive to those of us outside the CPD.
You would think FOP would take a more decisive role if it was really focused on the welfare of its membership. I don't see it and again, I am NOT impressed.
Any real change in this declining vortex of morale, pride and overall professionalism has to come from the bottom up, because it surely is not going to come from the top down in this current environment.
Welcome the the Rahmacide city of Chicago. The acceptable murder rate is now 450. Hope you are not next.
Maybe someone should rise up in protest over this incident......
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/strait.asp
Just sayin'.........
They were all wearing hoodies and "up to no good" and were shot by racist vigiLantes, right?
maybe the 3000 officers we are short would have made a difference--- maybe a squad car passing down the street would have deterred some of this violence---
The poor souls involved in these shootings don't look like the Huxtables. There was no interracial angle and the community was gated which implies wealth. Hence no big media here.
For a real eye opener on how a lot of Chicago residents view city life; try this http://chicago.everyblock.com/
Rumor that one of GD top gang members shot and killed by roseland ER. ??????
Remember a few weeks ago Pather Phager complained about water guns in Easter baskets. He said it sent the wrong message and led to all the 49 shootings that weekend. Now Rhom & McNewideas should find a new culprit for the most recent shootings. (See yahoo Snapshots for the week of 13 Apr picture 2) Yes it's the Pres and VP engaging in water gun gang fight.
Could this be the reason for 3 shooting in the Gold Coast in the last 4 days
That's what will fix things. A march. Those idiots have been marching for years and still kill each other like barbarians.
Anonymous said...
"Maybe Rahm should install cameras that are sound activated at the decibels of gunfire. Then he can mail the offenders a citation for $100 for the offense. This should save the children!!"
Funny stuff
Had to laugh when Zimmerman was indicted the other day. NBC states they went out into the streets to get the "public" opinion about the indictment. Who do they interview? Father Flavor is first. He said only two words. "Thank God". The second Mutt they go to is......Congressman Bobby "How Duzz I Looks in my Hoodie?" Rush. The usual hate spewed out of his greasy mouth. These are the only two biased assholes you could find for an opinion? Fair and Balanced reporting!
OFF TOPIC
First shot fired across our bow:
"Police arrested about two dozen people who barricaded themselves inside the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic..."
Well, SCC, how about this one:
Have you heard about the Baltimore videotaped beating on St. Patrick's Day of this year? Just google that & see what I mean.
A group of black teens or early 20 somethings surrounded a white man on St. Patrick's Day, and after his wallet was picked, one of the black thugs sucker punched him & knocked him to the ground. Then, they starting kicking & hitting him while on the ground, stripped him of his clothes, robbed him of all his possessions, and left him to die in the street - literally in front of the county courthouse.
Somehow he survived, and the only reason that anybody knows this happened is at least three of the blacks videotaped this on their cell phones, then posted those videos on WorldStar Hip Hop.
This attack was unprovoked, and clearly racially motivated - the blacks can be clearly heard on the videos shouting racial insults at him before, during & after the assault.
However, Nicole Rose, the black lead detective in this case, has already stated that she will not attempt to prosecute this as a hate crime. WTF? Personally, I think any violent assault is a "hate" crime, whether inter or intra-racial, but the federal laws as written only come into play if it's determined that the crime "occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group . . ." (from the Wikipedia page for hate crimes). There is no possible way for an objective observer to spin this that it didn't occur for any reason other than his race.
But you know what else? Some intelligent people lobbied the DOJ & Eric Holder's office to look into this as a hate crime (like it did, on it's own, in the Trayvon case). Guess what happened? Holder's office released a statement that it will not investigate this as a hate crime, and that it will leave any determination of Civil Rights violations to the local authorities - the exact opposite of what happened in Trayvon, when Sanford PD, and Seminole County Sherrif's Office, both said no crime committed.
Also, any media reports on mainstream media I've found of this (only CNN & local Baltimore media, complete lack of national attention) refuse to mention race, even though anybody who watches the video can see that the attackers are all black, and the victim white.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
If you liked the Parking Meter deal Daley shoved up our assholes you are going to just LOVE the Racoon's new Infrastructure Trust. Sounds innocent enough. Something to help speed along improvements for the city without all the "oversight" of our beloved corrupt city council. The Mayor will "appoint" the 5 members of the board who will dole out literally $Billions over the years to imporove our lives. Especially the lives of our children..if there are any left after the carnage on the streets. The Racoon is pushing this deal through the council just like he is doing with the Speed Camera ordinance. We have learned from the past that anything the mayor and city council "rush through" is not good for our health or wallets. Is anyone going to stop this little conniving Bastard before he bankrupts this city? Trust politicians with that much money? HELL NO! This same kind of plan has caused havoc anywhere it has been tried. Just read todays Tribune.
Here is quick idea, get a little spot on the Tribune, suntimes, and every small media outlet that is out there and publish it if you can. But wait a minute you can't rahm aka twinkle finger controls that. The people that we should be going after is the media let them know the truth but I guess we can't because it's a violation of go's. It's time for this arrogant son of a bitch to go. Mcflurry resign and go do your comstat somewhere else maybe Compton.
While watching the Racoon do his "blame game" on the news I was looking back at Gov. Pat Quinn and wondering what he was thinking about this heartless bastard trying to weasel his way out of the carnge going on in Chicago. He has to be laughing his arce off at this little deranged moron.
maybe the a g can get permission from potus to find out where the yutes are getting their guns. the truth is the government wants to save money by down sizing the poor on the dole, and they have their own doing the job. the only other answer is to expand the nba to 25000 teams.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47001462
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Trayvon-Martin-protest-closes-Sanford-Police-Department/-/1637132/10365926/-/nl3qdk/-/index.html
did you guys see this article?
And again its obvious that those revs don't give a damn about they people. Obviously if they did they be screaming about let's stop killing each other. But black on black who do you blame. Ah, black. Hipocrits. That's all they are. Where is the outrage by the politicians. Hipocrits. Where are the asa's, hipocrits. Where are the black activists, hipocrits. Have they noticed the description of all the shooters. Hooded man. Didn't all these hipocrits support that hoodie mentality. Ghoul want to blame somebody, blame the hipocrits.
Anonymous said...
fuckin city run by savage bastards. Fuck RAHM he doesnt want stats, FU RAHM you best listen to your stats you SOB...ignorant fuck, at least listen jagoff act like you care ...Do something fuk...O and whatever data your lookin for ask a cop...fuck
Plus 1! Go and halfway finger-fuck yourself! You have know problem doing it to the citizens of Chitcago. Fuckin douche....
AMEN! Can I send this to the National News media?
Exactly.Where are the usual idiots?How about Barry?Isnt this his home town?No national media means no comment.
I guess the victims didn't resemble Barack Yomamas "unborn son" enough or maybe Barack was busy conducting another public, modern day lynching depriving a U.S citizen of their DUE PROCESS.
I'm prepared to see & hear the same old litany of " evil guns " , from the same old characters from " central casting ". Bla-bla-bla.
I say a stern letter to gang leaders /members should end this mayhem.
Looking at the situation objectively; If you were given, as it's leader, a functioning public agency 1 year ago and now that agency is failing to perform it's most vital mission, to protect the public, you would be launched as a failure. If your public agency was a failure, and you led that agency by the assertion that all must held accountable for this failure, then you should have resigned forthwith. But, this is Chicago, so we know the right thing to do will be the last thing done, if at all!
What's interesting is the media continues to compare stats for 2011 to 2012 (Jan-Apr), yet fails to question Rahm and McCarthy about disbanding TRU and MSF as being one of many factors,including attrition to the shooting violence increase.
Forget the marches CLOSE the beaches. Breaking news man shot at lakefront.
Hey citizens of Chicago, YOU ARE NOT SAFE ANYWHERE.
There is a very interesting article in New York Magazine about the NYPD, Comstat, Officer Scholcraft and troubles within the department and how it brass relates to the rank and file. Go to NYMAG.com. I think you will some similarites to what is currently going on in this town or what most likely will be going on soon.
Society is absolutely disgusting and has been getting progressively worse for some time now. I expect certain people to kill, I expect Jesse jackass and al pimpton to march, but when the normal parts of society, except and basically condone these activities blaming everyone and everything other than the root of the problem its SAD and disturbing. There is no cure other than separating the in controllable from the rest of society and until we do that the carnage, without a doubt, will continue. The media should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be prostituted out along with the elected officials. Shame on you.
O.T. An arrest was made in a north side district recently with the Offender having in his possesion a letter (survey form) from the City of Chicago asking the offender to comment or rate the level of police service they received as the letter started out by saying , "according to our records you have had recent contact with the Chicago Police...."
A number was given to call and the offender/citizen was given a pin number further stating their comments would remain anonymous. So now the City wants "dudes" opinion on how he "feels" the CPD treated him. DO NOT DO SHIT FOR THIS CITY, LET IT BURN !
Marches aren't cash cow money generators like speed cameras are!
Heard 200 retired today. Congrats. Can't wait till its me.
Silly thought.....
Who pays for all those T-Shirts, Hoodies, Jackets, Hats, Banners, Signs, etc.?????
Whenever these Revrends, Churches, or Groups start a march, protest, mob scene, they always have Brand New Attire worn over their street garb.
I just wondered who paid for all that attire?????
Silly Me.....
How Mayor Rahm Emanuel can get up on the microphone and give excuse after excuse sickens me. The lies, the bullshit ideas of policing and the public swallows it all. God help us
end of an era.. fast eddie May formerly of 007,011 and 008 is retiring. 30 years on and he was still doin it every day like the real police. enjoy retirement eddie.
Jackson, Pleger, Sharpton, are all phonies. Limelight and cash is all their interested in. I just love how the black community rallies around their bullshit. You don't see those three drinking on a corner grabbing their nutsack. No they live comfortable, safe, rich lives on the manipulation of blacks and the media.
Dean Richards just gave the new 3 Stooges movie a review grade of D. Maybe I can just sneak into a Comp Stat meeting and watch the solo act of Shemp.
Crime is down, that must mean all of the people getting killed are thieves, burglars, and rapists. Darwin was right.
What's with all the ripping of the XO in Mass Transit? He's trying to do a professional job with a handfull of whiners and silver spoon fed crybabies. He follows general orders and is attempting to reduce crime on the CTA. That makes him bad? I don't get it?
I'm going to guess that we hit 1000 homicides this year. I would love to see Rahmbo's face when his hopes of getting to the bigs gets flushed down a river of blood. Can chalkie go public, I need something reliable to invest in.
We should empty out homan sq and put everyone on foot posts. Right away. That will stop this madness.
It's proof that the changes and "re-deployment" is not working. It really is a man power issue.
Anonymous said...
Maybe Rahm should install cameras that are sound activated at the decibels of gunfire. Then he can mail the offenders a citation for $100 for the offense. This should save the children!!
4/13/2012 12:42:00 AM
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Nah, the way this city works I'm a bit surprised that the microphones are not set to activate the cameras on the sounds of the children's cry when they are struck with the bullets.
Then the mayor can send out tickets to the kids next of kin for disturbing the peace with their screams.
Besides identifying and capturing the criminals is hard work. On the other hands the victims are right there bleeding on the streets. Usually the E-R rooms have done all the ID work for you. You already have the names and addresses to send the fines.
Let this CITY BURN...just drive in circles and wait to go home. Fuck you McRib and lil Racoon!
Anonymous said...
The golden gate neighboorhood.....huh???
4/13/2012 12:40:00 AM
If you ever worked 005, or for that matter A/2, you would know.
So I guess it wasn't my fault after all these years.
Signed,
Dr. Death
when are the citizens of Chicago going to wake up and see Rahm and McCarthy are bullshiting them? THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH POLICE IN THIS CITY. No matter what kind of programs or computer generated research is done with manpower things will not inprove.
When you ask hizz honor to explain his overall crime is down by 10% remarks he immediately replies I don't want to get into the statistics. How convenient.
Maybe that's because of how the prior statistical manipulation game went over as city leaders bragged about the improvement in 911 response times. Comparing them to the calls taken during a Chicago snow storm to calls taken today. Hey the figures don't lie right?!
Nonetheless a totally useless and misleading stat.
With that said I could see overall crime being down like if we consider violation of park curfew ordinances a part of overall crime.
There was what..400 or so protestors arrested a few months ago and we haven't done any mass arrest of that size in a while.
The public is wising up to these games.
Wait a minute! We didn't track the gang hierarchy and map their territories before?
What was done with all the info we gathered before? What happened to all the the maps we made? What happened to all the intelligence we gathered? Did that get thrown out with all the bosses?
The last two Mayors brought in the last two Superintendents. They were brought in from outside and had no idea what Chicago gang bangers were all about...not a clue.
This was text book example of why it is not a good idea to bring in an outsider. By the time they learn how this City works, they are way behind, and the homicide rate proves this.
If I were y'all I'd retire at the stroke of midnight the day I was eligible. If that's too far in the future to take then spiff up your resumes. The place is untenable.
Little Rahm the prick was pantsed a lot when he was a kid. That's why he is such a douche nozzle.
IMPORTANT INFO*** said...
SCC Please Post as Information******'
We were told at roll call today that the word is only 10 officers will be allowed time due on fri, sat and sun. And that includes officers who are on the med or iod. Heard 7 officers for 2nd watch.
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We were told only 4 in 011 everyday. Above that we have to do tour of duty exchange.
Great flood of 1992
On April 13, 1992, basements and other underground facilities throughout Chicago were flooded with more than 250 million gallons of water from the Chicago River when workers who were driving in pilings in the river near Kinzie Street, punctured a century-old freight tunnel which was connected to dozens of underground areas downtown.
The water quickly rushed into the basements of several Loop office buildings, retail stores, underground parking facilities and subways. The city was forced to evacuate much of the downtown area, due to the water. It took three days before the flood was cleaned up enough to allow businesses to open. The flood cost the city an estimated $1.95 billion.
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Matt Rodriguez won't forget that day, it was his first as Superintendent. Ah, catching perch in the sub-basement of City Hall. And then trying to blame the whole thing on a low level inspector, typical Daley.
Who cares? I mean, they are nearly 100% unwilling to cooperate with police. They engage in revenge attacks upon each other. Quick to anger over nothing (i.e. murdering 3 people over a FUBU jacket). They have no shame. Lay this one at the feet of Jesse, Farrikhan, Wright, Preckwinkle, Phather Phelger, etal. They might as well have pulled the trigger themselves.
More flower pots in the medians would cure the crime problem
O.T. An arrest was made in a north side district recently with the Offender having in his possesion a letter (survey form) from the City of Chicago asking the offender to comment or rate the level of police service they received as the letter started out by saying , "according to our records you have had recent contact with the Chicago Police...."
A number was given to call and the offender/citizen was given a pin number further stating their comments would remain anonymous. So now the City wants "dudes" opinion on how he "feels" the CPD treated him. DO NOT DO SHIT FOR THIS CITY, LET IT BURN !
4/13/2012 11:35:00 AM
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This isn't news; it was covered extensively here a couple of months ago.
As for 'letting it burn', you sicken me.
Here is a great response.....
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/opinion/granderson-violence-race/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
What's with all the ripping of the XO in Mass Transit? He's trying to do a professional job with a handfull of whiners and silver spoon fed crybabies. He follows general orders and is attempting to reduce crime on the CTA. That makes him bad? I don't get it?
4/13/2012 01:11:00 PM
Have you ever met this tool? He is a complete asshole who's very full of himself.
Was a goof as a P.O. in 009 and is an even bigger goof now.
blame Shortshanks and J-Fled.....no, maybe he should blame Bush!
I thought we were going to solve this stuff by closing the liquor stores! I'm SURE the shooter who put one through the house hitting Mama and baby had just left Binnys!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What's with all the ripping of the XO in Mass Transit? He's trying to do a professional job with a handfull of whiners and silver spoon fed crybabies. He follows general orders and is attempting to reduce crime on the CTA. That makes him bad? I don't get it?
4/13/2012 01:11:00 PM
For a guy who spent 90% of his career in the building, he still doesn't get the G.O's right, that is truly the sign of a fuck up, just depends on mom to carry him.
Ask any woman who spent a minute with him..He knows everything about nothing.
"...Dean Richards just gave the new 3 Stooges movie a review grade of D. Maybe I can just sneak into a Comp Stat meeting and watch the solo act of Shemp."
— McShemp. You hit it!
There can never, ever be another Curly.
So far we had Joe Bressler and Joe DiRita, both flops.
CPD has gone the way of The 3 Stooges. Time to hang it up.
Fade to black.
Note the CORRECT spellings above.
Ahhh, the new gang strategy will save us. vehicle checkpoints via seatbelt missions, dui check points, and increased pressure to conduct traffic stops. All the stuff that alienates regular people who get caught up in being treated like suspects. a strategy that is akin to blindly tossing a net into a huge, unspecified section of ocean with the limp hope that a wider net might catch more prey. How about we use a strategy that actually relies on intelligence gathering and old fashioned police work to actually locate offenders, rather than the piss in the wind and hope we dont get we approach?
McZeroViolence. I thought that was the name he claimed when he blew into Chi-town.
"Anonymous said...
Heard 200 retired today. Congrats. Can't wait till its me.
4/13/2012 11:49:00 AM"
Why wasn't that news, like the photo op of the 47 sworn in to replace them and the hundreds of others we have lost?
Did anyone else look at Rahm's body language toward cops.
The city is proposing that any officer with more than $100,000 in his/her 457, who is under 45 years old with less than 20 years on the job, have their pension contribution moved into their 457.
The thinking is that those officers are sufficiently secure in their retirement and those officers can have a comfortable retirement without the pension.
The city believes that if the union agrees to this item in exchange for 55 and out medical benefits, then the city can force those officers out of the pension fund.
Stay tuned.
that's a hoot about hoot never did a day of work
Its only bad when a white or hispanic shoots a black. So technically these dont count...
005 up for grabs.3rd watch held over.NO Manpower Shortage.
Check this shit out SCC. We were sent to qualify at the academy today and the targets are broken so they only go out to the closest distance/3 yards. The range instructor said they were given the order to have everyone qualified even though the course is no longer up to State regulations. Said at Rahms direction we all need to be rushed thru before NATO in order to qualify for some federal funding (that CPD won't see a single cent of). A3 is no longer open for us to qualify at, nor will they allow us to go out south while on duty because it takes too long. Told us we can go on our own time if we want to shoot at the longer distances. This is a blatant bonehead move by what passes for leadership on this department. Our firearms course is shit as it is, this is unacceptable!
I got to go to bat for the XO in Mass Transit. He seems to have the pulse of the rail system. He only asks his troops to do their job in a professional manner and be where they are suppose to be. I don't understand all the hate. I'm sorry that the guy expects you to do your job.
It's another sublime day in Edison Park. A rose breasted grosbeak saunters across my deck railing as it competes with a lone chickadee for a singular thistle seed. The dogs sniff the sod where the cottontails sat in the morning dew at dawn. I sip my coffee and gaze upon a small school of Armani draped neighborhood matrons as they power-walk behind strollers north toward Touhy Ave. A quick review of breaking news fails to reveal anyone shot, stabbed, abducted, or battered, for twenty-eighth year straight on my block! Get over it Rahm, Garry, and Fr. Phleger. Englewood will never be the Northwest side. Because Englewood and all of it's residents have already decided that they're perfectly content being what they already are!
I just do not understand a professional police officer wishing for more dead just to show up the mayor or superintendent? It goes against everything I stand for. I can only tell you that in my 35 years on the job before I retired there were far too many who did little or nothing and were the biggest whinners.
SSC!!!
Great Article about Compstat!!
http://nymag.com/news/features
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Anonymous said...
O.T. An arrest was made in a north side district recently with the Offender having in his possesion a letter (survey form) from the City of Chicago asking the offender to comment or rate the level of police service they received as the letter started out by saying , "according to our records you have had recent contact with the Chicago Police...."
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Can anybody say 'last straw'? WTF???
Can chalkie go public, I need something reliable to invest in.
4/13/2012 01:16:00 PM
you wouldn't like the returns i pay to my investors.
Chalkie
There is no cure other than separating the in controllable from the rest of society and until we do that the carnage, without a doubt, will continue. The media should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be prostituted out along with the elected officials. Shame on you.
4/13/2012 11:32:00 AM
that's a big order to fill, even for me.
Chalkie
Hey citizens of Chicago, YOU ARE NOT SAFE ANYWHERE.
4/13/2012 10:59:00 AM
blabbermouth.
Chalkie
But, this is Chicago, so we know the right thing to do will be the last thing done, if at all!
4/13/2012 10:44:00 AM
define: '.....the last thing done...', please.
Chaklie
I have gas.... can we march for that too?
4/13/2012 12:52:00 AM
what you asking per gallon?
hahah...have you seen the weather forecast?
"Forecasters say Saturday storms 'life threatening'"
Aren't they the dramatic ones?
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As states across the middle of the country prepared for the worst, storms were already kicking off in Norman, Okla., where a twister whizzed by the nation's tornado forecasting headquarters but caused little damage.
It was only the second time in U.S. history that the Storm Prediction Center issued a high-risk warning more than 24 hours in advance, said Russ Schneider, director of the center, which is part of the National Weather Service. The first time was in April 2006, when nearly 100 tornadoes tore across the southeastern U.S., killing a dozen people and damaging more than 1,000 homes in Tennessee.
This weekend's outbreak could be a "high-end, life threatening event," the center said.
The strongly worded message came after the National Weather Service announced last month that it would start using terms like "mass devastation," ''unsurvivable" and "catastrophic" in warnings in an effort to get more people to take heed. It said it would test the new warnings in Kansas and Missouri before deciding whether to expand them to other parts of the country.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-weekend-storms-life-threatening,0,1795265.story
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So what do they expect people to do with this information..get out their homeland security duck tape and plastic and sit by the window and watch for the storm to come? Do we load up on bottled water, can goods and MRE's? Where's the map of the cities evacuation route?? Where?
Hey but you know...you know what else is life threatening, devastating, catastrophic and unsurvivable? A nice warm 80 degree sunshiny day in the Sanctuary city.
The city should see if they could get Tom Skilling to change the elevation angle on his Doppler radar and come up with a prediction for flying lead this weekend.
It's hard to take these guys seriously when as kids we use to play ball all day in 90 degree heat and today when the temperature gets above 80 they are putting out heat warnings telling people not to go outside because it's dangerous. An inch of snow falls and it's just terrible out there.
As SCC would say. It's silly, silly I tell ya..
Oh well...don't forget to adjust your sights for the windage I guess and also please use the proper crab angle technique in your SUV cruiser.
MASS EXODUS.
If it feels like there's a mass exodus going down around you it's not your imagination -- it's because there IS a mass exodus going down!
♫ "Go on take the money and run..." -- as the Steve Miller Band once sang.
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via Rich Miller over at CapitalFax.com
Projection: 40 percent increase in state worker retirements this year
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Concerns about the shaky state budget, a new union labor contract and threats to alter state retirement plans have triggered a major exodus of state employees.
The State Employees Retirement System, which administers pension benefits to state government workers ranging from prison guards to child welfare workers, is projecting a more than 40 percent spike in the number of people retiring during the fiscal year ending June 30.
The system’s executive secretary, Tim Blair, said the state is on track to see more than 4,000 workers join the ranks of retirees this year, compared with about 2,750 last year. […]
The Department of Corrections has already seen more than 680 workers retire this fiscal year. The Department of Human Services has the next highest number of retirees at 585.
Gov. Pat Quinn’s spending proposal for the fiscal year beginning July 1 allocates money for about 51,500 workers, down from about 54,500 when he took office in 2009. It remains unclear whether the spike in retirements will drive that number even lower.
I’ve talked to several state employees over the past few months who’ve said they were getting out while the getting was good. That’s probably a decent plan, considering all the state’s problems.
more >> http://capitolfax.com/2012/04/13/projection-40-percent-increase-in-state-worker-retirements-this-year/
Another perspective on just how crappy the Zimmerman arrest affidavit is.
http://www.popehat.com/2012/04/13/how-not-to-draft-a-probable-cause-affidavit/
Trib says "life threatening" storms are on the way this weekend. Skilling is to blame for the death toll.
- Chalkie
IMPORTANT INFO*** said...
SCC Please Post as Information******'
We were told at roll call today that the word is only 10 officers will be allowed time due on fri, sat and sun. And that includes officers who are on the med or iod. Heard 7 officers for 2nd watch.
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We were told only 4 in 011 everyday. Above that we have to do tour of duty exchange.
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In 8 only 1 person on Friday and 2 on Saturday.rveruone started exchanging days too
Anonymous said... I just do not understand a professional police officer wishing for more dead just to show up the mayor or superintendent? It goes against everything I stand for. I can only tell you that in my 35 years on the job before I retired there were far too many who did little or nothing and were the biggest whinners.
4/13/2012 08:52:00 PM
Officer...perhaps you are senile not to understand that the Mayor and McMuffin are the at fault parties with their inaction causing said deaths and spike of crime in general. I doubt you were "the police" but rather a NUT please enjoy your retirement sir and you may want to look into purchasing a "therapy dog".
Let it burn...
The fucking correlation is the disbanding of SOS in 2008 and msf and tru now. Not too fucking hard to figure out! Maybe when he reestablishes the task force or power rangers or whatever the fuck he's going to call the unit, he'll award himself and every other swinging dick a crime reduction ribbon like lemonhead did in 2009! Each one of these carpet bagging fucks gets killed by the learning curve. I have a crime digging idea, take the pols out of policing!!!!!!!!!! Just like I wouldn't try and preach nonsense and race-bait to a flock of people to fill up the coffers, the professional organizers/know-nothings should stay out of policing!
the only thing that will stop all the shootings is sterilization.
the people who are having kids aren't parenting...neither "parent" is around to supervise their kids. head of households are a grandma or great-grandma who has no clue. Get to the bottom of this, it's not the guns it's the societal "norm" in ghettoland that for generations has bred this violent behavior. Stop blaming the gun laws and the police and start blaming the real source of this discord....the family structure or lack-of.
Anonymous said...
Check this shit out SCC. We were sent to qualify at the academy today and the targets are broken so they only go out to the closest distance/3 yards. The range instructor said they were given the order to have everyone qualified even though the course is no longer up to State regulations. Said at Rahms direction we all need to be rushed thru before NATO in order to qualify for some federal funding (that CPD won't see a single cent of). A3 is no longer open for us to qualify at, nor will they allow us to go out south while on duty because it takes too long. Told us we can go on our own time if we want to shoot at the longer distances. This is a blatant bonehead move by what passes for leadership on this department. Our firearms course is shit as it is, this is unacceptable!
4/13/2012 07:15:00 PM
Qualify on your own time? We already have to practice on our own time, use our own ammunition that we purchase, train on our own time and pay for that training ourselves.
What a pile of shit this department is. I was at the academy shooting, several of the shooting stations are totally fucked, wires and cables hanging down, targets must be moved by hand manually when the line is safe. Two target stations are simply angle iron supports set on the floor with cardboard attached ala 1935.
They get moved manually of course.
This place is getting more like Russia or some broken down third world country, we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us.
But got forbid we have an incorrect holster or the wrong ammunition in a gun, the inspector will get you.
Why doesn't an inspector go down to the academy range and take a look at the abysmal conditions of our range? It is a joke. Maybe Rahm is waiting for us to take a collection amongst ourselves to pay for the range repair.
And ventilation? Forget it. We are breathing that shit in. I love the taste of lead in the morning, it smells like the total and abject failure of a once great municipal government.
The City that Works? What a laugh.
Anonymous said...
OFF TOPIC
First shot fired across our bow:
"Police arrested about two dozen people who barricaded themselves inside the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic..."
4/13/2012 09:06:00 AM
Great. Lock the door and let them stay locked up in there.
When a white person, or "white hispanic" kills a black person, this is a violent act perpetrated by one person upon another. But when blacks kill each other, this is "Crime" or "Violence," entities described by the media as if they have a life of their own, as if actual people aren't behind them. Strange.
Let it burn...
4/14/2012 12:48:00 AM
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For those of you who so casually post this, I truly hope it's YOU - and only you - who experience the horror of it.
The rest of us don't have any desire to see our homes, businesses, schools and churches burn.
3 dead, 10 shot overnight. And a police shooting on the south side with an off duty cop. Don't have all the facts on that one.
Does anyone know how to uparmor a house and car. I think I might need that option.
Listen morons, the correlation to the uptick in murders and violent crime has nothing to do with the disbanding of SOS, MSF or TRU. Get over that already. The simple fact is that 911 calls and police needs have overshadowed the actual number of cops on the street. You cannot, I repeat, cannot police this city with less than 13,500 cops. There needs to be a hiring impetus. Fast. Or the next uptick will be in police murders and shootings. Even the new book that everyone talks about from NYC about fudging COMSTAT numbers talks about this issue. When NYPD had 38,000 cops crime dropped. As they dwindled to 34,000 cops, crime increased. Listen to the Zones. All of them are overburdened by just trying to handle calls. Add to that stupid top leadership (the east coast bozos)and in competent middle management (XOs, Cmdrs and Dep Chiefs) and you find all the answers you need to your questions.
"O.T. An arrest was made in a north side district recently with the Offender having in his possesion a letter (survey form) from the City of Chicago asking the offender to comment or rate the level of police service they received as the letter started out by saying , "according to our records you have had recent contact with the Chicago Police...."
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Can anybody say 'last straw'? WTF???
4/13/2012 10:10:00 PM
This is the Customer Service Virus. Now that nothing is manufactured here anymore, it has spread like wildfire, to create jobs for people who used to make something.
I shipped a camera in for repair -- BEFORE THE CAMERA EVEN GOT TO THE SERVICE CENTER, I got an e-mail asking me to "rate the service!" Got another one within hours, too. Like a dog begging for attention.
When the camera came back, it had a color pamphlet with it with numerous color pictures of "the Customer Service Center in action." Pictures of people sitting in cubicles, wearing those little telephone headsets -- as if this were interesting.
I thought it would be pictures of the repair facility, with instruments, tools, benches, something like that.
Nope. That's called "backroom" today, and they would like to be rid of it altogether so everyone could just sit in "meetings" all day and get a paycheck.
This corporate-talk has infected everything. It is a cancer that is killing us.
Oops. I mean "We have issues."
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"Forecasters say Saturday storms 'life threatening'"
"Aren't they the dramatic ones?"
--4/13/2012 10:52:00 PM
Meteorologists are scientists; the real pros, the best ones (a lot of whom are behind the scenes, you never see them) use scientific language very carefully and weigh each word to be as accurate as possible.
One of these hard-core guys from National Weather Service, Paul Merzlock, whose stuff I'd studied for years, just retired from there and went to work for Channel 9 here. They produce the complicated raw info --
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=LOT&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1
They explained why they are allowing a little more descriptive language -- people seemed not to listen to warnings during the outbreak last year (Joplin, MO where a whole hospital was wrecked), so they are going to try to make them understand. "This tornado could cause mass devastation; your area will no longer be recognizable."
CFD did the same thing not so long ago; they made a policy decision to allow dispatchers to use a certain word, to tell responding crews that the people in a fire building were "panicking." Not just a pot a meat here, but a bad one. Gives 'em some idea what to expect, what to pull off the truck.
No theatrics intended; just professionals trying very hard to find the best way to communicate what is going on, to help save lives.
"Rahm and McViolenceZone said this wasn't appropriate behavior in Chicago and they were going to make sure it didn't happen again? A one-year-old baby catches a round in the head and there's no marches scheduled?"
Could it be that the President, the Mayor, and the Police Superintendent and all the revs and sheisters are simply full of s__t?
Blind in one eye, huh? Real consistent about it, too.
Racists.
Weather -- looks like it's going past us to the south today. Rain to come in here possibly later tonight.
Here's the trouble spot right now --
Saturday, April 14, 2012 8:56 AM
"A major tornado and severe thunderstorm outbreak is expected today over the Plains states. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has placed portions of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma under a rare "high risk" catagory for large, violent and long tracked tornadoes this afternoon and evening.
"Major metropolitan cities included in the high risk area are Omaha, Lincoln, Wichita and Oklahoma City. The risk area also covers long stretches of Interstates 80, 70, 35, 44, 40 and 29."
http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/2012/04/major-severe-thunderstorm-outbreak-today.html
Norman, Okla. got hit last night...
"...catching perch in the sub-basement of City Hall. And then trying to blame the whole thing on a low level inspector, typical Daley."
--4/13/2012 04:09:00 PM
The guy was loudly and publicly fired -- then hired back very quietly a couple of years later, with full back pay and benefits.
I wonder if the Cook County Morgue attendants who were just used as scapegoats will get the same courtesy from Preckwinkle.
That mess down there cleaned up yet?
>sound of crickets<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-weekend-storms-life-threatening,0,1795265.story
Yup. Saturday storms IN OKLAHOMA AND ENVIRONS are indeed predicted to be "life threatening."
"So what do they expect people to do with this information..."
--4/13/2012 10:52:00 PM
Read the article you linked to.
"Emergency management officials in Kansas and Oklahoma warned residents to stay updated on weather developments and create a plan for where they and their families would go if a tornado developed.
"We know it's a Saturday and that people are going to be out and about, so stay weather aware," Cain said. "Have your cellphone on you, keep it charged and make sure you're checking the weather throughout the day so you don't get caught off guard."
If anything comes our way tomorrow, they'll let us know.
Thank God. That new 3-D upgrade to the WSR-33 "Nexrad" -- next-generation weather radar -- is amazing. Ours is out in Romeoville, but if it goes down for any reason, the Milwaukee and a half-dozen other radars still overlap and give us coverage.
This is one place I don't mind them spending tax money.
Stay safe.
The city should see if they could get Tom Skilling to change the elevation angle on his Doppler radar and come up with a prediction for flying lead this weekend.
Now THAT'S some funny shit!!!!!LOL
2012 09:30:00 AM
Anonymous said... Let it burn...
4/14/2012 12:48:00 AM -For those of you who so casually post this, I truly hope it's YOU - and only you - who experience the horror of it.
The rest of us don't have any desire to see our homes, businesses, schools and churches burn.
4/14/2012 10:52:00 AM
Nobody has the desire to have this City burn, however if the current Mayor and administration won't recognize the "wildings" on the Magnificent Mile and extreme violence in African American communities and not be so politically correct then perhaps a City in Ruins will make them at least acknowledge it.
"The city should see if they could get Tom Skilling to change the elevation angle on his Doppler radar and come up with a prediction for flying lead this weekend.
Now THAT'S some funny shit!!!!!LOL"
--4/14/2012 04:25:00 PM
When that space shuttle broke up on re-entry -- was it 2002 or so? -- I went to the Galveston weather radar and, horribly, saw what I'd expected -- a long, thin streak along the Gulf Coast.
Metal vapor and fragments create a radar return - and there it was.
They have got battlefield radar that will pick up incoming mortar shells, but that's about it...
Oh! Yeah. Every Chicago streetlight was going to instantly pinpoint gunshots, and policemen would come down on parachutes right there. There would be no escape from The Law.
Remember?
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Hey! Pfleger! Burn another T-shirt on the door handles!
Another head injury case -- once more debunking the Trayvon stuff about "unarmed, unarmed, unarmed" posing no danger. People are fragile, and break easily, even by accident.
Boy hit by baseball died from head trauma, autopsy finds
Staff report
1:31 p.m. CDT, April 14, 2012
"A 12-year-old Oswego boy struck by a baseball earlier this week died from bleeding in the brain after he was hit in the head by a baseball, the Cook County medical examiner's office determined today.
"Officials have said Eric Lederman was hit in the neck Wednesday as he played catch with a teammate in Wheaton. The medical examiner's office determined in today's autopsy that he died from a cerebral hemorrhage that resulted from blunt head trauma suffered when he was struck by a baseball. His death was ruled an accident."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-boy-hit-by-baseball-died-from-head-trauma-autopsy-finds-20120414,0,3512447.story
Poor little boy. Our condolences to the family.
"Said at Rahms direction we all need to be rushed thru [range qualifications] before NATO in order to qualify for some federal funding (that CPD won't see a single cent of)."
--4/13/2012 07:15:00 PM
Boy, you got that right. They will spend the money on birdhouses or something.
Simple fact -- If you ran your family budget like they run this city, you'd starve to death on the street.
Insane crackhead economics; mortgage on a mortgage on a mortgage, and now Emanuel has got his hands on $7.3 billion; those corporations are not a charity.
We will pay.
"Edison Park...a small school of Armani draped neighborhood matrons as they power-walk behind strollers north toward Touhy Ave..."
--4/13/2012 08:47:00 PM
...smiling embarassedly at the crew of illegal Mexican roofers whistling and making suggestive gestures...
Oh, wait, that was in Edgebrook.
I know what you mean about those titanium strollers with the quick-release wheels, though.
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"Let it burn...
4/14/2012 12:48:00 AM
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For those of you who so casually post this, I truly hope it's YOU - and only you - who experience the horror of it.
The rest of us don't have any desire to see our homes, businesses, schools and churches burn.
4/14/2012 10:52:00 AM"
Yeah, I saw it in 1968. Looked south towards 63rd and it looked like a nuclear bomb had hit -- a huge dome of thick black smoke.
A lot of places are still not, will never be the same again.
This is nothing to wish for.
If this City burns the fault won't lay on the bloggers but rather the Mayor and his administration...its no secret the CPD is DANGEROUSLY understaffed with homicides at an all time high AND the Mayor invited the NATO summit. The Mayors priorities are on SPEED CAMERAS and the City still has 50 Alderman...what happened to the Mayors campaign promise of "shared sacrifice". Blood is on your hands Mr Emmanuel...
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