Cop Injured
A Chicago police officer was injured this morning when he was struck by car that then sped off on the South Side, authorities said.
The officer was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, police said.
The officer was standing outside of his police car, conducting a street stop in the 7900 block of South Wabash Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood around 12:30 a.m., when the car hit him...
One of our commentators related that the officer was dragged almost 100 feet by the car. News Affairs is stating "non-life threatening injuries" if the media reports are accurate. That's all well and good that we aren't attending a funeral and all, but Densey Cole ended up suffering what turned out to be "non-life threatening injuries" and he might never walk unassisted again. The officer shot a few weeks back in the leg was also "non-life threatening," but reports since suggest he has undergone and will undergo additional surgeries for knee damage that will leave him with a limp forever.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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p.s. Hope this guy will be okay.
Potentially devastating, life altering injuries that will require extensive rehabilitation.
Don't want to jazz it up too much lest some thug get his jollies reading how he fucked some cop over.
The media reporting in this town is reprehensible. Bought and paid for by the corrupt politicians and report what is told to them. The sooner we realize we're just the dispensable hired help the less stressed we'll be. The big deal would be for us to stick together and present a united front; if not we're screwed.
So the future is really up to us.
any CPD cop injured on duty is newsworthy to cops and citizens here. ignore bs re non life threatening----undoubtedly, this is fed to media via city hall so cops here won't get all riled up like they should in support of their fellow officers. and so cops and citizens don't cry for more cops.
Well to be honest... I was there and it truly was non life threatening. Treated and released with some scrapes and minor sores.. But I know what your sayin but it is accurate this time
"Can we come up with a better description that might convey the seriousness of the injury and the life altering impact many have on cops careers and quality of life?"
short of specifying, with the injured officer's permission, the nature of said injuries, no, we cannot.
as for the msm knuckleheads, and their audience of pablum slurpers, fuck 'em.
"the officer sustained (very) serious injuries but is expected to live"
How about "serious but non-life threatening?" Either way, keep all injured officers in our thoughts and prayers for a complete recovery.
OT-- Was just over at Fibune's breaking news site. They're running a story titled "Police: `One lucky little girl' survives skylight fall"
Shouldn't it read "Burglary interrupted by the law of gravity"??
It really should be, "maimed" or "gravely injured" instead of, "not dead."
Asking for less ambiguity from certain parts of the Chicago media is like asking for ice water in hell.
God speed the recovery. Saw crime scene. It wasn't pretty. And you hit it on the head with working without a contract. Ain't that something in how we're expected to work without one. Expected to. Just unbelievable. Thanks again FOP! Just like when our rights were violated with the behaviorial program. What was there, almost 700 officers placed in that stupid mess of messes. Sure the city apologized. Only after some police officers hired their own attorneys. None of them came from the FOP though did they FOP! Some police officers are just as smart as the teachers huh FOP?
The media sucks. I was at the hospital today and the poor guy is in real pain and his face is badly scarred up and his leg is all busted. This isn't an injury that would be sustained working an office job. So they can shove it with their "non-life threatening injury.". Unless one of us is laying in a box, the media isn't happy. Fuck 'em. Get well office. We are all praying for you.
The Tribune article was written by William Lee and I've read a few of his stories. He doesn't favor police at all with his choice of words.
Anonymous said...
God speed the recovery. Saw crime scene. It wasn't pretty. And you hit it on the head with working without a contract. Ain't that something in how we're expected to work without one. Expected to. Just unbelievable. Thanks again FOP! Just like when our rights were violated with the behaviorial program. What was there, almost 700 officers placed in that stupid mess of messes. Sure the city apologized. Only after some police officers hired their own attorneys. None of them came from the FOP though did they FOP! Some police officers are just as smart as the teachers huh FOP?
9/14/2012 01:36:00 AM
Another ignorant, uninformed hairgel speaks!!
Since this is obviously your first contract, go ask someone with more than 5 years on the job how many new contracts were settled before the current one expired or how many new ones merged seamlessly when the current one lapsed. As far as the prisoners of war? News flash, asshole!!!! Most deserved to be answering phones w/o police powers as they fucked up in some capacity. Most repeatedly. The type of guys and gals that, if you were smart, didnt want anywhere near you. Sure, a few got hammered that didn't deserve it, but shame on them for not pursuing it with their lawyers to make them whole. The people with screws loose on this job are always the biggest whiners and bitches, but are also punks when push comes to shove. That's why a lot were there, because they couldnt figure out right from wrong or they listened to some merit jagoff supervisor who left them out to twist in the wind on some bulkshit while they washed their hands of any involvement. If you don't have enough common sense to figure this job out within a couple years, you should be flipping burgers somewhere. And by "you" I mean YOU, Mr. 136AM.
If he will be walking with a limp, that is permanent damage. If he has scars, that is permanent damage.
He sustained permanent damage to his body would be more accurate.
This doesn't even account for any mental damage he might have also developed.
I agree with the observation that the Chicago Media is not objective or even accurate at times.
Not a LEO, JAFO
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"the officer sustained (very) serious injuries but is expected to live"
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I'm not a wordsmith, but this is close to conveying what needs to be said. I always thought the other phrase totally just dismissed any and all injuries to police. So the public reads
"non-life threatening,"goes, "Oh well," and its gone from their head. Good job SCC, I hope you can find a phrase that makes folks realize it's 'life changing' in some cases.
lifestyle and career ending injuries.
It should go without saying that I hope the PO involved makes a full recovery.
The media started using this term to cover for the fact that our troops were coming home missing limbs, but still alive.
I would like to thank our EMT's and Combat Medics for their bravery and skill in saving lives that just a few years ago, would have been lost.
Speaking of Densey, he seems to have dropped off the map. Does anyone have an update? My FB friend request has been "pending" since last spring.
A reporter's job is not to "favor the police". Non life threatening means just that. His life is not threatened by his injuries.
OT-- Was just over at Fibune's breaking news site. They're running a story titled "Police: `One lucky little girl' survives skylight fall"
Shouldn't it read "Burglary interrupted by the law of gravity"??
9/14/2012 12:52:00 AM
I was thinking the same thing. What was she and another kid doing on the roof to begin with. That is the real story.
Next will be the lawsuit like with the kid that broke into the old Ravenswood Hospital and fell.
both of these officers could be headed for disability--- does this mean that if they go on a big game safari hunt in africa they lose their disability payments and anita gets to indict them--- the way the department treats injured officers is a travesty....
The liberal shithead media hate cops. Anything they can do to undermine us will be done. A cop got hurt? Good, they say. That's what we pay them for.
They should be among the first to go to the wall when the revolution comes.
Anonymous said...
Well to be honest... I was there and it truly was non life threatening. Treated and released with some scrapes and minor sores.. But I know what your sayin but it is accurate this time
9/14/2012 12:21:00 AM
I was there too...you're right he doesn't appear that he'll die, but keep in mind he is still in the hospital at this hour. Did you see the windshield of the car that hit him? He wasn't dragged for 100 feet as someone said, but he landed face first on the asphalt from the top of the car after being hit by the car. The biggest concern when that happens to anyone is traumatic brain injury. Don't minimize this.
I don't like the newspapers any more than you do, but why chastise them for reporting the information that was released to them? Shouldn't you pitch your bitch at the New Affairs office and CPD officials who told the media that the officer suffered "non life threatening" injuries?
Mayor Rahm says that this violence is only in the alleys and it's all gang on gang -- that it does not affect people cross the city.
Tell that to this officers family TO THEIR FACE AND FILM IT for us all to watch. I'd like to see the response. Great Photo Op Rahm. Oh come-on!
Actual quote from reporter William Lee taken from his bio page on the Tribune site.
"I think the public would be surprised at what actions can turns a citizen into a killer."
A fine example of professional journalism 2012. They don't even use proper grammar when they control every word.
And then there's the content of the quote. His imaginary world where "average" citizens suddenly becoming killers. What?! Where do they find these unskilled, senseless, delusional scribes?
In this case, Hyde Park.
http://bio.tribune.com/williamlee
Anonymous said...
The media reporting in this town is reprehensible. Bought and paid for by the corrupt politicians and report what is told to them
What else should we expect from the lapdogs? Unfortunately for them, they have cast their lot with the wrong side and have chosen to betray the public, abdicating their responsibility of being watchdogs.
If the socialists win out, the big purge will come and they will be the first ones rounded up, due to the fact that the socialists will already know what traitors the media really is.
The only thing the city and media are worried about is we don't injure any Gangsters or Thugs. We are just trash these days and are only called up when we are needed. It seems respect for cops has long since vanished in this country. Everyone is Monday quarterbacking decisions that must be made in seconds every day of the week. So just go out and do your job every day and hope there is a retirement check waiting for you at the end. For those of us who are hurt, or worse, we will take good care of our own.
God speed the recovery. Saw crime scene. It wasn't pretty. And you hit it on the head with working without a contract. Ain't that something in how we're expected to work without one. Expected to. Just unbelievable. Thanks again FOP! Just like when our rights were violated with the behaviorial program. What was there, almost 700 officers placed in that stupid mess of messes. Sure the city apologized. Only after some police officers hired their own attorneys. None of them came from the FOP though did they FOP! Some police officers are just as smart as the teachers huh FOP?
WOW! How much did you get? Was it alot of money? Who was this great lawyer that took your money? Please inform us.
The media needs their space to report on Obama's campaign speeches. Police are not a priority.
They will say nothing accurate on how the Libyan Ambassador died. Make book on it.
When a CPD officer is injured, on duty or off, regardless of how badly, having the support, prayers, get well wishes from the CPD family and from Chicago citizens who care, helps everyone, not just that injured officer. The coming together of this community is important to the injured, to their families and friends and brothers/sisters. Especially during times like this when cops here are being subjected to serious morale issues. Rely on us not media.
God speed the recovery. Saw crime scene. It wasn't pretty. And you hit it on the head with working without a contract. Ain't that something in how we're expected to work without one. Expected to. Just unbelievable. Thanks again FOP! Just like when our rights were violated with the behaviorial program. What was there, almost 700 officers placed in that stupid mess of messes. Sure the city apologized. Only after some police officers hired their own attorneys. None of them came from the FOP though did they FOP! Some police officers are just as smart as the teachers huh FOP?
Office, you are letting this job consume you.
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Well to be honest... I was there and it truly was non life threatening. Treated and released with some scrapes and minor sores.. But I know what your sayin but it is accurate this time
9/14/2012 12:21:00 AM
Oh yeah, he broke his leg and fooot. You are an asshole. Scraps and minor sores....
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"potentially crippling" injuries?
My thoughts and prayers are with the officer and his family. I agree with the issues taken with the importance of word choice in reporting stories.
Another issue with phrasing in this story, an issue that comes up over and over again in traffic related injuries and fatalities, and one that is a big sticking point for traffic safety advocates is this line: "A Chicago police officer was injured this morning when he was STRUCK BY A CAR THAT THEN SPED OFF on the South Side, authorities said."
As though the car was driving it self. When a more accurate statement would be "A Chicago police officer was injured this morning when a driver struck him with their car, and then sped off..." No one would accept a story that said "The officer was struck by a bullet, fired from a gun that then left the seen of the crime." Yet when the implement of destruction is an automobile we readily accept a description that portrays the vehicle as autonomous. Probably because so many of us are drivers and don't want to rush to judgment of someone who we in some small way relate to.
Journalists will argue that this is about saving column inches, but it ultimately creates an environment where traffic injuries and fatalities are seen as commonplace and the cost of doing business and individuals are not held accountable for their actions.
Letter speaks for itself
What I did as a CPS teacher
Letters to the Editor September 12, 2012 10:34PM
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Chicago Public School student Natalia Segal joins the picket line outside Marshall High School on Wednesday. | Scott Olson~Getty Images
Updated: September 13, 2012 2:24AM
I worked for eight years with the Chicago Public Schools, and while I am beginning my first year of teaching with a district outside of Illinois, I thought it important to point out some of the reasons why these teachers are on strike, and why I chose to leave this difficult, dysfunctional district.
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Things I did while a teacher with the Chicago Public Schools:
1. Bought 90 percent of students school supplies every year. With my own money. Every year.
2. Bought a projector with my own money.
3. Bought a document camera with my own money.
4. Bought a copy machine with my own money because the teachers at my school were not allowed to use the one in the office.
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5. Went weeks without getting paid due to mistakes made by the board. Multiple times.
6. Dodged bullets. Literally. More than once.
7. Packed my belongings in plastic bins the minute I walked in the door of my class due to a bed bug infestation that was ignored by the administration.
8. Saw an attempted murder on the school’s security camera.
9. Had two cell phones, one iPod and an iPod dock stolen from my locked room.
10. Was “given the option” to purchase my own classroom key after a substitute walked off with mine. I was told the school could not afford to purchase one for me.
11. Taught a class with 41 seventh-grade students in it due to a teaching assistant principal’s decision to not teach that year.
12. Spent hours on the phone during peak times when CPS mistakenly dropped my newborn from my insurance plan.
13. Bought supplies and awards with my own money for an entire middle school’s science fair because the company who supplied awards refused to work with CPS due to unpaid bills.
14. Broke up a fight between two pregnant seventh graders.
15. Raised test scores every year. The Chicago Teacher’s Union fights not only for pay increases, but for fair working conditions and fair learning conditions. The teachers have made great gains in achievement over the past few years. Imagine what they could do if the above issues were a thing of the past.
OT, but not too much. Thank you Police Officers, for all that you do! (Prayers go to the injured officer for a full and fast recovery.)
I think it is more or less a standard news media way of describing injuries that are unlikely to result in death. You see this in news stories about similar incidents that do not involve cops.
Finally some good news!
as reported from THE ONION
"Chicago Public Schools Celebrate Fifth Straight Day Without Any Student Violence"
"CHICAGO—Jubilant Chicago Public Schools officials announced Friday that, for five straight days now, there has not been a single act of student violence in any of the city’s 675 public schools. “Our classrooms and hallways are safer now than they’ve ever been,” said CPS chief executive Jean-Claude Brizard, happily noting that there have been no reported instances of beatings, stabbings, sexual assaults, or shootings in any of the city’s public schools this week. “We’ve had no incidents of weapons being brought onto school property, nor has anyone had to break up a fistfight between students. We’ve all had to work together for this, but it’s paid off. Let’s keep it up!” At press time, a gunfight on Chicago’s South Side had reportedly claimed the lives of three 16-year-old boys."
And our union got all 26,000 police officers a 16% pay raise over 4 years and cost of living increase. What? Maybe that was someone else
Oops!
SCC, can we please start doing some articles on Mt Hope and the bullshit that's going on there.
http://www.suntimes.com/mobile/15144333-463/tensions-erupt-at-wake-for-slain-teen-rapper-lil-jojo.html
Anonymous said...
Well to be honest... I was there and it truly was non life threatening. Treated and released with some scrapes and minor sores.. But I know what your sayin but it is accurate this time
9/14/2012 12:21:00 AM
I was there too...you're right he doesn't appear that he'll die, but keep in mind he is still in the hospital at this hour. Did you see the windshield of the car that hit him? He wasn't dragged for 100 feet as someone said, but he landed face first on the asphalt from the top of the car after being hit by the car. The biggest concern when that happens to anyone is traumatic brain injury. Don't minimize this.
9/14/2012 08:24:00 AM
Thanks for that. The first post is sad. I don't come to work to be struck by a car (internal injuries) and slide on my head and face across 100 feet across the asphalt to my final stop. Yes I'd be alive but my skin would be gone, my teeth slammed and scraped on the ground, shoulders, knees, ribs, etc. No one signed on for these type of injuries so as the above post says, don't minimize this guys injuries. He wouldn't still be in the hospital 24 hours later if he was ok like you say. Godspeed on your recovery brother.
For one I'm glad he's ok. This guy is partners with the 006 tac guy that shot himself in the leg btw. When that happened, comments in this very blog mentioned that they had a lawsuit going regarding some sort of discrimination.
I am really not surprised that this happened and again I am glad he's ok. I'm just kind of surprised his amateurish policing tactics/skills hasn't gotten himself hurt before.
Gotta say thanks to XO TRAHANAS in 20. She returns my timedue slip which i had in for family reasons cause only two people can have the day off, than i find out she approved 15 slips for monday for a golf outing.THANKS il be working hard in 20.
SCC, can we please start doing some articles on Mt Hope and the bullshit that's going on there.
http://www.suntimes.com/mobile/15144333-463/tensions-erupt-at-wake-for-slain-teen-rapper-lil-jojo.html
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My father is buried there and it pisses me off and breaks my heart when I hear/see/read about this happening at his final resting place. What the hell has happened at Mt. Hope? Are they that hard up for money? I'm seriously considering having a talk with my mother and having my father moved to another cemetery.
They should be among the first to go to the wall when the revolution comes.
9/14/2012 08:09:00 AM
maybe the second.... another group of people are slightly more deserving to go fist.
we did all see how public unions just wona temporary victory in wisconsin, yah?
A reporter's job is not to "favor the police". Non life threatening means just that. His life is not threatened by his injuries.
9/14/2012 07:21:00 AM
the most appropriate response to this comment is:
fuck
you.
They should be among the first to go to the wall when the revolution comes.
9/14/2012 08:09:00 AM
have you been reading my wish list?
Chalkie
They will say nothing accurate on how the Libyan Ambassador died. Make book on it.
9/14/2012 10:05:00 AM
The United States Ambassador to Libya died, not the Libyan ambassador.
I don't like the newspapers any more than you do, but why chastise them for reporting the information that was released to them? Shouldn't you pitch your bitch at the New Affairs office and CPD officials who told the media that the officer suffered "non life threatening" injuries?
9/14/2012 08:33:00 AM
It's more likely this is the phrase the hospital used, so as to avoid HIPAA violations. News Affairs just parrots what they're given.
Thoughts and healing prayers for you Officer and thank you Officer for your service. Get well, but not too fast! Take the time you need to heal yourself first and foremost!
Anyone who thought NATO was tough,pay attention to the organized,violent protests in the world. Anyone who thinks we're immune is naive.
OT:
Victory?:
Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law Struck Down By County Judge
Wow.
OT:
Why is this worthy of media attention????
Tensions erupt at wake for slain teen rapper Lil Jojo
Seriously, reporting that gang members are attending a funeral and smoking pot in the parking lot is a news story?
Makes me sick.
OT:
At the cemetery, mourners gathered around the grave, where Pastor Corey Brooks — the “Rooftop Preacher” — prayed and again called for gang members to set aside their hurt, find God and walk away from the violent thug life that took Lil JoJo’s life.
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I thought the good pastor was walking across the country??? Wow, that was quick!
Scc, check this article out! Actually sounds pretty good from the news.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/15144333-418/tensions-erupt-at-wake-for-slain-teen-rapper-lil-jojo.html
O/T:
FABULOUS back-hand slap to Rahm al Ghoul's funky dentures by the Boston Teacher's Union!
Full page ad/letter on pg 21 of the Scum-Times calling Rahm out on his bullshit tactics of lying about what's in their contract vis-a-vis Chicago's.
*SLAP!*
Stop lyin' muthafuckah!
Anonymous said...
A reporter's job is not to "favor the police". Non life threatening means just that. His life is not threatened by his injuries.
9/14/2012 07:21:00 AM
the most appropriate response to this comment is:
fuck
you.
9/14/2012 06:42:00 PM
I'll
second
that.
What I did as a CPS teacher
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It sounds like you are either a saint or an idiot.
Excuse me, but why are all of you taking the media to task. It was CPD Media Relations that used the term, "non life threatening injuries."
I also do not see what the connection to the contract is.
Well DUH if you want time in 20 just tell them you are going golfing.
Possible Career ending inquiries.
Life altering injuries
I have encountered "non life threatening injuries". That was a real big deal for me.
A ton on concrete came through the roof of the house I was in. If I hadn't stood up and taken two steps, I would have been crushed by the projectile. My wife was seriously injured by shrapnel, and I nearly died from the resultant shrapnel.
"non-life-threataning injuries" means NOTHING AT ALL. I was nearly killed. Several years later, I am still suffering from the effects and have no one to sue for damages. I hope the cop sues and destroys everyone involved.
"...A reporter's job is not to favor the police..."
A reporter's job is also not to favor liberal opinions nor Obama voters.....but they do.
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