Misdemeanor? Really?
- An off-duty Cook County prosecutor allegedly bit a man in the leg during a scuffle outside a lingerie shop over the weekend, and she was charged with misdemeanor battery and trespassing, authorities said Monday.
Sarah Naughton, 31, of Chicago, will be placed on administrative duty and won’t be allowed to litigate while her case is pending, said Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
Naughton and Bradley Gould, 31, were in Taboo Tabou at 854 W. Belmont at 7:25 p.m. Saturday, police said. Witnesses said they appeared intoxicated and were causing a disturbance, police said.
They were asked to leave and were on the sidewalk outside the store when Gould allegedly shoved the manager of the next-door store, the Blue Havana cigar lounge. Then, Naughton allegedly bit the Blue Havana manager in the leg, breaking the skin.
Didn't Anita approve "aggravating felony charges" against some cop or cops for a fight outside a bar, claiming that it was on the "public way" and therefore eligible for the higher charge? Granted, the broken skin on the manager's leg from the human bite is an aggravating factor also. Does anyone have any idea why Anita isn't following past practice as well as Illinois law?
Frank Main posted his Sun Times article almost 7 hours after we broke this story and Channel 2 was 12 hours behind. Maybe they could do some follow up as to the charging discrepancies - you know, like reporters might do.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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This girl gives law enforcement a black eye. I am all for having a few drinks to unwind. However, in the wake of, oh I dunno, the last 5 or so years of how the police are treated when we screw up, I now drink at home or at a friends house. I don't drink and drive. And I certainly don't show up to a sex store loaded out of my mind drunk and combative and harass the staff yelling 'I am the PO-LEESE, don't you know who I am!!'
This girl is a shame. She is too old to act like this, too old not to take responsibility for her actions, and should be thoroughly ashamed of herself. I'm sure she is currently blaming everyone else for what happened, in that I've had the misfortune of bumping into drunken cretins like her at my local watering hole, but she needs to take responsibility, take a plea, and hope that business can resume as normal for her.
19-year-old punches a 12-year-old girl in the stomach at Lollapalooza, trying to steal her beach ball, misdemeanors too. Family-friendly! Bring YOUR kids!
Mayor Daley's nephew apparently kills someone -- nothing at all.
A group called "CeaseFire" gets away with a million dollars -- nothing.
Etc.
Frank Main is a shill. Any cop who has ever talked with him to feed him information is as much as an idiot as Frank. This guy would bend a cop over in an instant, but what about now? The ASA, not a damn thing.
Keep on telling yourself that these "journalists" are good guys, and keep up with the no really, he is a good guy routine. It's idiots on this job who support and inform these damn puppets. Yeah, Frank is great becasue he won an award...some people are just so damn stupid.
BTW - Nice hard hitting story on Sandi Jackson's birthday today Chicago breaking News. Real news worthy stuff there.
Shills!
Please don't forget her comments of, "You don't know who you're dealing with." That comment seems to be an attempt by the asa to intimidate all who were involved. She got special treatment because of her job. Had she been an officer of the Chicago police dept. and not an officer of the court she would have been charged with a felony.
"Maybe they could do some follow up as to the charging discrepancies - you know, like reporters might do."
Once they read it on the blog, they'll get on that!
Okay, let me explain. The police charged her with.misdemeanors. The State's Attorney has a conflict and can neither approve, nor deny felony charges. It will be up to the Atty General.
This is not a story.
If it happened inside the store, it's not on the public way and a minor bite doesn't amount to great bodily harm.
All you Hair Gel superstars that know everything need to follow this one closely.
Watch for the inevitable disparities involving this case and anything remotely similar that involved a copper: media coverage, charging, bond amount, public outcry and ultimately, sentencing.
The course this case takes and it's eventual resolution will confirm what those of us with time on the job and life experience have been trying to drill into your thick skulls:
the police are viewed and treated as second class citizens. We aren't allowed the same benefit of the doubt as civilians because of some arbitrarily applied "held to a higher standard" social agreement that is archaic when considered in most circumstances. Those protected by clout or spawned from elitist bloodlines are another story entirely...
Pay particular attention to how this one plays out, and then compare and contrast the nuances and subtleties when the time comes to seek felony approval on the rabid savage that bit and spit on you while attempting to remove your weapon from its holster.
"Sorry officer, but that type of stuff happens all the time in police work", will say the 25 year old, fresh out of law school, liberal, Obama-voting, sheltered-life suburbanite ASA. "Aggravated Battery and Attempted Disarming Of A Police Officer denied".
And they wonder why some of us simply go through the motions, waiting for the tide to turn back in the favor of the police.
unbelieveable... if a cop did that they would be tared and feathered... what courtroom, where does this a.s.a work??? oh and i also like how that gang banger, who cut a juv. states attorney got charged with attempt murder.... funny how the wheels of justice turn diffrently for those in anita's office
How is this a misdemeanor when a sgt just got convicted of aggravated battery for a single open hand slap?
She even drew blood which I am sure will leave a scar. Hmmmmmmm ASA office prosecuting an ASA
The Youtube will go Viral
Shitcago Ommmmma's Rahmbooooooooooooo
Heard the audio of the ASA on WBBM 780 radio....Man, she sure was fucked up.
Oh hell no! Didnt Anita put a sgt in prison for slapping a guy who was trying to spit on him?
Mark Thomas, owner of both stores, said his employees told him Naughton pulled out a badge while she was in Taboo Tabou and said, “You can’t do this to me. Do you know who I am?”
Hmm... Doesn't sound like there were enough charges. Anita may have missed one or two.
Sorry SCC, the "reporters" won't be able to follow up the Naughton story with their usual biting satire since they're busy pumping out anti-Romney propaganda full time.
"Maybe they could do some follow up as to the charging discrepancies - you know, like reporters might do."
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Won't happen, they only go into a reporter's feeding frenzy when it is a cop accused of wrongdoing. Watch for the Anthony Abbate video to be played some more real soon, some motion or some bullshit to take public attention away from the ASA who was wrongfully undercharged.
Remember the Fire Department video where the drunks of that firehouse did their little dance all around? That son of a bitch popped up as background video for every hint of wrongdoing for years. Finally there came some real juicy police scandals and the CFD video faded away.
Any chance you can keep Sarah Naughton's name and case status on the front page of SCC for a while? Video too. Maybe some intrepid police cub reporters/photographers can catch her going to ASA callback or wherever they go while their criminal cases grind through the criminal justice system and are dismissed. You know, with the newspaper or raincoat over their face.
Anyone got any background on her like they get on us? Family members who work for the City/County/State; family members with the perception of clout; family members with arrests' or ties to the Daleys or Vaneckos or the Ed Burkes or Madigans or any of the other political dynasties around here.
You know, the full treatment, like they do us.
She is now charged and headed to court, her life is now fair game.
How about a protest in support of the poor schmo victim to demand higher charges? Like they do us when a cop steps in shit?
taboo she is
Sarah Naughton voted for Obama, then asked him if he knew of a place that she and her boyfriend could go for a bite.
I wonder if this video will be played over and over on the news for the next 5 years? Nah, it will be a mere hiccup and swept under the rug.
As said in the first post concerning the State's Attorneys office....Sgt. Howard was charges and convicted of aggravated battery ON THE PUBLIC WAY for slapping some mutt. This so-called state's attorney bit a human being and broke skin. Where are the appropriate charges. This would not be another example of Anita's "Two Way Cook County Justice System." You can't have it both ways! One can only wonde if this is yet another part of an appeal for Eddie. Malicius procution of the POLICE!!
How about Official Misconduct charges? She attempted to use her position with the SA's office to benefit herself. I know coppers who have been charged with that for less.
Anonymous said...
How is this a misdemeanor when a sgt just got convicted of aggravated battery for a single open hand slap?
She even drew blood which I am sure will leave a scar. Hmmmmmmm ASA office prosecuting an ASA
9/26/2012 01:47:00 AM
We need the feds to step in, federal civil rights violation that would be change we could believe in,right anita?
You damn well, had this been a Police Offcer, Anita would be calling the Feds to have the P.O. thrown in a federal pen.
Lets see what happens with this goof, Anita!
Speaking of Alderman Sandy Jackson, why no mention about where she really lives and where her children goes to school?
Hint: it is NOT in Chicago!
Aldermann Jackson doesn't think Chicago is a good enough place to raise her children but yet gets a City of Chicago paycheck! Such B.S.
There was a drunken female Asst states atty and a catholic parish function back in 2005 who pulled the same crap with her boyfriend..she is now unemployed!!!
Sgt. Eddie Howard was wrongfully prosecuted by Aita Alverez because the misunderstood youths family member was an IPRA investigator and political hack. Anita Alverez will not upgrade the charges unless there something in it for her. The FOP on behalf of all Police Officer should advance an attack against Alverez in demanding that all persons be treated equally in the eyes of the law. If Alverez refuses to charge this ASA with Aggravated Battery then she should some how reopen Sgt. Howards case or work a deal to set aside the finding and move on. If the FOP does nothing in this matter, the rank and file should seriously consider contacting the Teamsters and disolving the so called Faternal Order that has no politcal influence, forgets key dates to file important documents and hids behide the mantra of we are doing things behind the scenes that no one sees. I am sick of being told to look at thier web site for up dates, up dates on what no key issues are ever talked about or are the rank and file informed about. May Gods ever loving hand take care of Sgt. Howard and his family.
The case should be upgraded in court to the Class 3 felony...Canabilism.
This dept has been screwed since the early 90's. The methods that brought the murder rate down from the 900s to under 400 were shelved as being "racist" "harsh" and "heavy-handed" look where that has gotten us. Community policing was/is a big of joke as Mcbushmills comstat. Respect has to be earned again, the gloves have to come off, a cop was killed in one of own lots for chrissakes!!! There is still time, but it has to start now...
I work in 019 and the word is that felony charges were delayed until the court date so that a "conflict of interest" isn't established. The A.G.'s office will be assigned the case to take it to Grand Jury and at the misdemeanor date the charges will be upgraded and superceded by indictment. I hope. At least that was the story.
Time to bring back the "Perp Walk"
If it happened inside the store, it's not on the public way and a minor bite doesn't amount to great bodily harm.
9/26/2012 01:08:00 AM
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Are you familiar with the Aggravated Battery to Merchant charge?
What about aggravated battery on the public way?:
720 ILCS 5/12-3.05-c
"(c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a domestic violence shelter."
that's what they hit abbatte with: they said he was in a public place of accommodation or amusement.
the similarites to that jag are striking: both drunk, in a public place, battering an employee of that public place.
Let's see if they hold this ASA to the same high standards that they hold police to. if the police get special prosecutions, then the ASA should be held to a higher standard and prosecuted to a fuller extent of the law, unlike the thugs on the street who commit so many felony offenses, but are only charged with misdemeanors due to the system having sympathy for them.
Anonymous said ...
If it happpened inside the store it's
not on the public way and a mi.or bite doesn't amount to great bodily harm.
9/26/2012 01:08.00 AM
Using your logic neither does a bitch slap that didn't cause any injury. Just ask Bill Cozzi. He might not agree with your logic either. Or did you forget about that double standard!!!
Screw anita the fence jumping illegal.Double standard has and will always exist in cooked county.Get rid of demeocraps asap.They have done nothing but to contrbute to the downfall of this city,county,state and country.Vote them OUT!!!
)4:16 is right! pulling out her badge to try to get out of an arrest situation = Official Misconduct! = Felony Charge....
Biting & "breaking the skin" is NOT an "aggravating factor" that leads to a felony upgrade. Get your facts (& laws) straight. Not excusing this drunk-fool of an ASA (and she should and will be disciplined or fired), but let's not overstate this incident just because you have the benefit of watching it on YouTube. She & her boyfriend got hammered & obnoxious & a fight broke out & she bit the guy on the leg. This is a misdemeanor ANY day. It is NOT like the CPD Sgt. who USED HIS OFFICE AND AUTHORITY to commit a battery. Apples vs. oranges.
Again, I am NOT excusing this dumb chick's behavior. But this is not the Lindbergh baby case. If ANYONE got charged with a felony over this (simply based on a "pulic way," the CCSAO would be crucified for overcharging. To NOT overcharge this is the right thing to do. In any event, it's the Atty. Gen's case now & she has only been charged by CPD complaint at this point. Incidentally, CPD did NOT call this into Felony Review for an upgrade.
Remember: no YouTube, no media frenzy & no Second City Cop interest. I love cops & I love Chicago cops. They are way underappreciated & over-scrutinized (& underpaid as far as I'm concerned). But there is no reason to over-punish this foolish ASA for doing a dumb thing. As one posting aptly stated, "This is not a story."
With all the views on youtube and being on the news you can bet she will never make big $$$$ working for a private firm after her disgusting behavior, but she will be safe working in the ASA's office for the rest of her carrer. She sure acted like she was on something other than just booze. Just a guess.
Anonymous said...
19-year-old punches a 12-year-old girl in the stomach at Lollapalooza, trying to steal her beach ball, misdemeanors too. Family-friendly! Bring YOUR kids!
Mayor Daley's nephew apparently kills someone -- nothing at all.
A group called "CeaseFire" gets away with a million dollars -- nothing.
Etc.
9/26/2012 12:21:00 AM
Slight correction....Daley's nephew did kill someone, by punching him causing his death. But even a dummy knows that city workers and the machine do what Daley says when he was king and it was covered up. Everyone knows how things worked under daley.
This ASA has NO clout. She worked as a paralegal in the CCSAO for a long time while she paid her way through law school. She got hired after she passed the bar, & she's had an "exemplary record" according to the SAO's press office. Working hard and working as a paralegal in the SAO does not amount to "clout." Don't always assume the worst.
She did a very dumb thing, but I don't get the outcry over not being chaged with a felony. Simply because some coppers catch the ire of the media for their misdeeds on- or off-duty, does not make the argument that this ASA should be lynched for being drunk & stupid on a Saturday night. She bit a guy on the leg. Please quit with the hyperbolic rants about hypocrisy and double-standards here, and get back to work.
Nothing to see here move along.....
4:44 am How about a protest? Why don't you just organize it then?
If you go read the comments at the Youtube video someone is asking to take this video down that we should not humiliate this poor girl.
WHAT??????
I will re-iterate my comments from an earlier post - She is a sworn officer of the court.
She somehow passed the Illinois Bar.
She should have a much higher level of maturity than an average 31 year old. BUT, she doesn't.
Should she be humiliated ? YES as well as the Clout who got her the job.
So many other fine people graduating as lawyers could not even get an interview with the SA's office, let alone a job.
Kick her out and give the job to someone who has worked hard for that degree and that distinction.
She blew her chance, BUT at least she was given a chance. A chance some people would cherish and not take for granted.
Give the opportunity to someone who has the moral compass of not being publicly drunk as well as not biting someone in the leg and then whipping out a badge to infer she is "above the law".
I know lawyers who are working as paralegals - just to have a job and this moral misfit is part of the County's legal team???? WHY???
Alvarez - do your job and fire this incompetence!!
OR.......She will have NO credibility in court and if she is on the other side, we will question her credibility to be a state's attorney every time we encounter her.
Sent the video to the ARDC. We don't need this in ANY courtroom.
Next case!
How about Official Misconduct charges? She attempted to use her position with the SA's office to benefit herself. I know coppers who have been charged with that for less.
9/26/2012 07:25:00 AM
As a matter of fact I know if a copper that was charged with that for running a LEADS inquiry which is much less that simply pulling a badge and saying "you know who I am, you can't do this to me?" Now what she did is a classic case of Official Misconduct. Read the statute.
Take a bite outta crime.
Sorry, couldn't help myself. :-)
Sgt. Eddie Howard was wrongfully prosecuted by Aita Alverez because the misunderstood youths family member was an IPRA investigator and political hack. Anita Alverez will not upgrade the charges unless there something in it for her. The FOP on behalf of all Police Officer should advance an attack against Alverez in demanding that all persons be treated equally in the eyes of the law. If Alverez refuses to charge this ASA with Aggravated Battery then she should some how reopen Sgt. Howards case or work a deal to set aside the finding and move on. If the FOP does nothing in this matter, the rank and file should seriously consider contacting the Teamsters and disolving the so called Faternal Order that has no politcal influence, forgets key dates to file important documents and hids behide the mantra of we are doing things behind the scenes that no one sees. I am sick of being told to look at thier web site for up dates, up dates on what no key issues are ever talked about or are the rank and file informed about. May Gods ever loving hand take care of Sgt. Howard and his family.
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You're a fucking idiot. While I appreciate your lust for fairness and impartiality, SGT. HOWARD IS NOT IN THE FOP. He was in the PBPA, and they should be the ones leading the charge for any kind of review of Howard's case. THIS IS NOT THE FOPs BATTLE, JACKASS.
I'll look for you at the next FOP meeting to air the rest of your unfounded, unsubstantiated grievances, douchebag. But you won't be there, and even if you were, you'd keep your mouth shut because you're an Internet tough guy. Part and parcel to what passes for the majority of the "police" over the last decade-plus.
Now go apply another coating of hair gel and get out there and write some Parkers and Movers for the good lieutenant. Its what the "police" do nowadays. Sucker.
That must have been one WHOPPING hangover! Makes my head hurt thinking about it.
Anonymous said...
If it happened inside the store, it's not on the public way and a minor bite doesn't amount to great bodily harm.
9/26/2012 01:08:00 AM
What rock have you been under? Human bites are the WORST!!! I remember a wagon man years ago, while doing a female transport she bit him. Didn't look like much, broke the skin. Soon a red line started up his arm, arm swelling. Blood poisoning. Think he was off six months legit. Human bites should scare the shit out of you. Never take one lightly. I think if infection sets in you can lose a limb.
Yes, she behaved like an asshole.
But some alcoholics are truly ill.
Hopefully she will get the help she needs, but she has to admit the problem and own up to what she did.
If she does that, she should be given another chance. If she tries to blame someone else, then I'm sure we'll read about her again in even worse straits.
For some reason I think we'll be reading about her.
She did a very dumb thing, but I don't get the outcry over not being charged with a felony. Simply because some coppers catch the ire of the media for their misdeeds on- or off-duty, does not make the argument that this ASA should be lynched for being drunk & stupid on a Saturday night. She bit a guy on the leg. Please quit with the hyperbolic rants about hypocrisy and double-standards here, and get back to work.
9/26/2012 12:06:00 PM
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AND WHO THE F' ARE YOU???????
Lynched? OH PUULLLLLLLEAASSEEEE.
She should be charged with SEVERAL felonies and be terminated out of her job - at the minimum.
There IS a double-standard here that even Stevie Wonder can see.
As another poster questioned - how many times did we see the Fireman dance the jig at the infamous fireman's party? EVERY CHANNEL at EVERY news broadcast. AND HE DIDN'T BITE ANYBODY!
AND I will not even bring up the cases they put on Bill Cozzi or Howard.
She doesn't have any clout? Why because the SAO's office put out a nice glowing paper on her? They are just trying to cover their own ass because THEY HIRED HER.
Sorry, but I have seen too much of other people getting railroaded for a LOT less in the performance of their jobs.
She should be under review, not only in the SA's office - but more importantly, from the ARDC's office. She has a JD - a LOT more education than an average cop - where was her judgment?
I am NOT a LEO, but I AM a taxpayer and if this is the low caliber of employee that we are paying platinum benefits for as a professional attorney - I say FIRE HER.
If for nothing else - conduct unbecoming a State's Attorney. AND - that is not for the public drunkeness.
Flashing a badge (especially one that is bought, not awarded) reeks of "I am WAY above you" clout that has to stop in this cesspool.
She "only bit a guy on the leg"?
They should make her do an AIDS/Hiv Test.
If she bit me - I'd want to know if she had anything.
What if he shot her and said he was in fear of his life?
In these bad economic times, seeing a total out-of-control drunk who is also trying to intimidate people because of her position, should be dealt with and made an example of.
Nothing to do with cops wanting justice or ranting about double-standards.
At this point, it is about the average taxpayer demanding accountability and professionalism out of the State's Attorney's Office who are put there to protect the average citizen.
AND the remedy isn't to send her to an Alcohol Abuse Program or give her a slap on the wrist.
She is WAY beyond that. She would also have to attend an Anger Management course as well as an Anti-Cannibalism course.
Bottom line - Get rid of this airheaded hack - and don't defend her!
Not a LEO, JAFO.
Remember: no YouTube, no media frenzy & no Second City Cop interest. I love cops & I love Chicago cops. They are way underappreciated & over-scrutinized (& underpaid as far as I'm concerned). But there is no reason to over-punish this foolish ASA for doing a dumb thing. As one posting aptly stated, "This is not a story."
9/26/2012 11:46:00 AM
If another HUMAN BEING bit me and broke the skin, I would not think this is a minor incident. This is an abhorrent act, perhaps one of the most abhorrent, one human biting another. There is nothing minor about this. And breaking the skin? That is horrifying, considering how serious that can be.
For God's sake, if you bite someone to the degree that you break skin, that is an incredibly violent act. Imagine doing it to someone yourself, then get back to me. That takes a lot of force, and a lot of intent to cause harm.
People don't bite people. Animals bite people. Simple as that. She didn't bite someone she had an argument with. She was combative and looking for a fight--when opposed, she responded with incredible force. I can't even imagine biting someone like that, even in an alcoholic stupor.
westside inside do nothing SAID:
the police are viewed and treated as second class citizens. We aren't allowed the same benefit of the doubt as civilians because of some arbitrarily applied "held to a higher standard" social agreement that is archaic when considered in most circumstances. Those protected by clout or spawned from elitist bloodlines are another story entirely...
One of your most astute observation yet. Well written and spot on.
Frank Main is a shill for Roti and Schmitz.
WestSide-Inside-Do-Nothing said...
All you Hair Gel superstars that know everything need to follow this one closely.
Watch for the inevitable disparities involving this case and anything remotely similar that involved a copper: media coverage, charging, bond amount, public outcry and ultimately, sentencing.
The course this case takes and it's eventual resolution will confirm what those of us with time on the job and life experience have been trying to drill into your thick skulls:
the police are viewed and treated as second class citizens. We aren't allowed the same benefit of the doubt as civilians because of some arbitrarily applied "held to a higher standard" social agreement that is archaic when considered in most circumstances. Those protected by clout or spawned from elitist bloodlines are another story entirely...
Pay particular attention to how this one plays out, and then compare and contrast the nuances and subtleties when the time comes to seek felony approval on the rabid savage that bit and spit on you while attempting to remove your weapon from its holster.
"Sorry officer, but that type of stuff happens all the time in police work", will say the 25 year old, fresh out of law school, liberal, Obama-voting, sheltered-life suburbanite ASA. "Aggravated Battery and Attempted Disarming Of A Police Officer denied".
And they wonder why some of us simply go through the motions, waiting for the tide to turn back in the favor of the police.
9/26/2012 01:39:00 AM
can you retype this and dumb it down some so the morons on this job can understand it please??? it makes perfect sense but very few will be able to figure out what your trying to say. i got it and its 100 pct true. the whole held to a higher standard thing would be great if it applied to everyone but we all know CPD has its royalty and untouchables. beat car for life, 1st & 16th and leave me the f**k alone bosses.
Next time 19P and let the Boy friend and ASA bleed to death and be piucked over by the Muts
DETRIOT Do Nothing
They should fire her or at least move her to a different city. What if she has a case down the road and her arresting officers are involved? She could try and screw them somehow.
Please quit with the hyperbolic rants about hypocrisy and double-standards here, and get back to work.
9/26/2012 12:06:00 PM
Excusez moi?? If you aren't the pot calling the kettle black. Who died and made you Jesus Christ? Why don't YOU get back to work, you keystroking nitwit? And quit spamming SCC with YOUR kindergartenic paragraphic bugupyourassic sweepthebiterunderthecarpetic moronic didactic hyperbolic rants.
Anita is adopting Rahm's " do as I say not as I do" attitude.
Not a LEO, JAFO.
9/26/2012 06:41:00 PM
Rahm is a Sagittarius, McBlowWhole is a Cancer.
Anybody that thinks a human bite is no big deal has never been bit by another human or would change their minds if they have children and someone bit their child. Body fluids transfer during a bite, especially when the skin is opened. If you don't mind rolling the dice on that one, hooray for you. To the guy that said shut up and get back to work, sucks that YOU can't make us, doesn't it.....
"How is this a misdemeanor when a sgt just got convicted of aggravated battery for a single open hand slap?
She even drew blood which I am sure will leave a scar. Hmmmmmmm ASA office prosecuting an ASA"
No... the misd. charges were just to get the case into court, pending Felony Charges being brought by the Ill. Atty General. That office will prosecute as the SAO would have a conflict. Nothing underhanded here.
"Again, I am NOT excusing this dumb chick's behavior. But this is not the Lindbergh baby case. If ANYONE got charged with a felony over this (simply based on a "pulic way," the CCSAO would be crucified for overcharging. To NOT overcharge this is the right thing to do. In any event, it's the Atty. Gen's case now & she has only been charged by CPD complaint at this point. Incidentally, CPD did NOT call this into Felony Review for an upgrade.
Remember: no YouTube, no media frenzy & no Second City Cop interest. I love cops & I love Chicago cops. They are way underappreciated & over-scrutinized (& underpaid as far as I'm concerned). But there is no reason to over-punish this foolish ASA for doing a dumb thing. As one posting aptly stated, "This is not a story."
Amen, brother.
I sure hope you guys that are defending her are not coppers because you are weak in the knees and light in the pants. Grow some nads. It is a story because someone sworn to uphold the laws and prosecute those who break it, bit someone and caused a disturbance. It's in direct confrontation with her job. That is why it is a story.
Not excusing this drunk, foolish rant by this ASA, but this story is going to flare up after the other videos taken before the "arrest" are released. I have seen one of them. I was told that it won't be released in the interest of allowing the storeowner to keep running his mouth to the media and then expose him and his lies. Yikes. This will not be good for the storeowner's employee, police - or the media.
Not excusing this drunk, foolish rant by this ASA, but this story is going to flare up after the other videos taken before the "arrest" are released. I have seen one of them. I was told that it won't be released in the interest of allowing the store owner to keep running his mouth to the media and then expose him and his lies. Yikes. This will not be good for the store owner's employee, police - or the media.
9/28/2012 02:40:00 PM
Nice try Brad.
She lost her job.
the video was pretty funny too...
Respond to this if you get a handwritten letter in the mail about posting comments about others. I got a weird letter signed "You don't know me" and I'm wondering if someone in the State's Attorney's office is inappropriately using office resources to track down people's information. More firings might be in order.
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