Casper Lauer Run
Short notice:
- Named in honor of “Casper Lauer” one of the first Chicago Police Officer to be “killed in the line of duty” and dedicated to all Police Officers in the nation killed serving their communities All Police and Civilian motorcyclist of any manufacture and all non motorcyclists are welcome to be our guests, as we remember and celebrate the lives of Police Officers through out the Nation, “killed in the line of duty” and support their survivors. American Knights M/C of Chicago All proceeds will be donated to the Gold Star Families and the Chicago Police Memorial fund. Line up begins and 10am run starts at 11am. Food, Drinks, Music, -$20 donation.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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Why don't they rename this bike run, The Constable James Quinn Run?
Use the fricking proper name!
Constable James Quinn- RIP was the first Police Officer killed on-duty in the City of Chicago.
EOW December 05,1853
See how the Village of Barrington Hills President Robert G. Abboud honors Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. - whose name was added to the Wall at the Police Memorial at Gold Star Families Memorial and Park on August 20, 2012. To see this truly despicable display,see
www.PreserveBarringtonHills.com
Guess he didn't learn anything from his father, A. Robert Abboud, a past Chairman of the Chicago Crime Commission. Present Chairman of the Chicago Crime Commission is J.R. Davis, a resident of Barrington Hills and a supporter of Robert G. Abboud. Maybe he should rethink that support.
line up where?
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Anonymous said...
Why don't they rename this bike run, The Constable James Quinn Run?
Use the fricking proper name!
Constable James Quinn- RIP was the first Police Officer killed on-duty in the City of Chicago.
EOW December 05,1853
9/20/2012 12:36:00 AM
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WOW was waiting for alderman burke and the shamrock band to pipe up. This is not about who's first stroke ! Read the ad its about us the police remembering our fallen.
Oh and just saying he's first don't get you into the front door. There's a lot of PO's that earned the right to tell Saint Peter " another policeman reporting sir i've served my time in hell "!
OLD on the west- side
line up where?
9/20/2012 02:16:00 AM
DUH....look at the poster.
"One of the first oficers killed in the line of duty?" He WAS the first officer killed inthe line of duty, despite Ald. Burke's opinion to the contrary. Burke and a nitwit DEA agent have been trying to alter that history for years.
I believe there is some disagreement between the family of Constable Quinn, and the sponsors of the ride, concerning the use of his name for the ride.
Anonymous said...
line up where?
9/20/2012 02:16:00 AM
5049 W Lake St.
It's plain wrong that they don't acknowledge Constable Quinn. These wannabe 1%'s are a much of goofs anyhow.
So I am not surprised.
Hey guys GOD BLESS all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending those who for the most part hate us until we are needed. Its goofy to bitch at each othjer lets all stay safe go home and hoist one to our fallen brothrs and sisters.
Off Topic:
My uncle Bill was a staunch conservative, and voted straight Republican until the day he died in Chicago.
Since then he has voted Democrat.
Constable Quinn was a constable, not a member of the Chicago Police Department. By Burke's standards we should count the garrison of Fort Dearborn as the first killed in the line of duty as they served a constabulary function. But that wouldn't serve Burke's ego properly.
The first CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER killed in the line of duty was Casper Lauer.
When are we going to have a ride that doesnt go thru those shit neighborhoods.
To RedWine/BlackPowder: Suggest you get your hands
on the Rules and Regulations of the Chicago
Police Department for the year 1853 and you
will clearly see that Constables were in fact sworn
Police Officers with all of the powers that went with
The police officer position. There is simply
No doubt about this... It is not only spelled out in the aforementioned Rules & Regulations but in the many city Ordinances that created and organized the CPD from 1835 to 1855.If you are the part time University Professor as you claim, you will know how to find these records at IRAD at NEIU in the basement of the Ronald Williams Library. Maybe then you will cease
and desist your baseless rant about Constables.
the difference is 1853 death was prior to CPD becoming CPD which happened in 1855 sooooooooooooooooooooooooo 1853 constable 1855 policeman technicality
You people are arguing over who died first, you are idiots!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcvkif3YelA
Casper Lauer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFx6_L6nkTg
To anonymous. I don't think Black Powder was ranting about constables, he was making a point about the title police officer.
There is a difference between the title constable and police officer, and membership in organizations even if constables had police powers. Quinn was a constable, not a member of the CPD.
Its a technical issue, but an important issue. One can not be the first "anything" of an organization if one is deceased before the organization exists. The CPD was formed in 1855. Quinn made the ultimate sacrifice over a year prior.
Again, not a question of function, but organization.
To RedWine/BlackPowder: I'll save you the trouble of going to Northeastern: the URL you want to get a PDF of the 1853 ordinance in effect is at http://www.constablequinn.com/1853%20Ordinance.pdf.
In fact, I'll save you the bother of going to that page, here's the first sentence of the ordinance: "Section 1. That there be and hereby is established a Police Department, to consist of the Marshall, Police Constables, Policemen and Watchmen of the city, who shall be known as Police Officers."
Yes, Quinn was a Police Constable. He was also a member of the Police Department and a Police Officer.
To Anonymous @ 03:13, CPD existed before 1855. Mayor Levi Boone reorganized the existing department that year so that he could exclude officers he thought were insufficiently "American," or that weren't politically connected (some traditions go back a long way). But the department goes back to 1851, at least.
Boone was a real piece of work, he managed to set off the city's first riot by shutting down German and Irish (but not "American") drinking establishments on Sundays.
I do NOT understand why the 'who's first' issue should override the fundraising effort.
To Anonymous at 08:11 AM, thanks for doing the leg work, its appreciated.
To 10:44 PM, yes, I am the part time professor, and yes, I do know how to use IRAD, and often do. I am also civil enough to realize that if you are going to call someone out on a blog (which, by the way is not an academic journal) and accuse them of ranting, then one should be self-assured enough not to post anonymously. It has an aura of cowardice.
To 8:26...actually the department as we know it was a result of Levi Boone, to some extent. After he incited the beer riot it was decided that the "night watch/day police" system wasn't cutting it and the city council put forward an organized department under Cyrus Bradley. Huge jump in manpower as well, they went from 9 "day police" to hiring 80 recruits. You would think the city today would learn something from back then. Hire more police.
To anonymous. I don't think Black Powder was ranting about constables, he was making a point about the title police officer.
There is a difference between the title constable and police officer, and membership in organizations even if constables had police powers. Quinn was a constable, not a member of the CPD.
Its a technical issue, but an important issue. One can not be the first "anything" of an organization if one is deceased before the organization exists. The CPD was formed in 1855. Quinn made the ultimate sacrifice over a year prior.
Again, not a question of function, but organization.
9/21/2012 07:51:00 AM
One can not be the first "anything" of an organization if one is deceased before the organization exists. The CPD was formed in 1855. Quinn made the ultimate sacrifice over a year prior.
If you want to eliminate Quinn over the the date of his death, then you must eliminate Lauer for the same reason.
Lauer was murdered in 1854. Levi Boone reorganized the Department in 1955.
In reality, the Department goes back to at least 1853. Quinn was the police. He died in the line of duty.
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