Another SOS Scandal?
This time, over a photograph that's around 15 years old:
- An offensive photo that cost a Chicago police officer his job has been made public as he fights in court to rejoin the department.
If you haven't seen it, you can find it. Once again, we're sure this will surface and resurface for years to come in order to paint a picture of the CPD that serves a political end just like the Abbate tape.
Labels: scandals
posted by SCC at 12:29 AM
84 Comments:
You know the media is dying for an all out RIOT.
They keep egging the locals. When a media type gets hurt or robbed then the sky is falling and the police are not doing their job.
I know i am ready for the riots.
But are the local newscaster set not being able to go into downtown when the looting starts?
Just like they won't put Burge to bed.
Come on fifteen years after the photo was taken they fire this guy. Isn't there a statue of limitations. How many firehouse video have been made where the fireman wear black faces and used racial slurs and nothing has happened to them. WTF this is bull shit.
Did they fire him using the stupid photo as an excuse because they couldn't make the home invasion charges?
The vote would of been 9 to 0 for trrmination if Tommy Byrne had not utilized all his clout to lobby for exoneration.
I have no doubt Judge Allen will reinstate McDermott.
Evil Tom Byrne, I love it.
Ever see the beginning of the Abbate tape? The part (not shown by the media) where the barmaid is smacking Abbate upside the head while he dozes at the bar.
I found a picture of Garry with revolvers holding up a broken streetlight with antlers. Should I publish it?
Hey this is a great new way to document your arrest. Maybe we turn the lockups into photo theme business. Maybe a great way to shore up our pensions. By the by, can I get a wallet size and a 8x10 of the arrestee impersonating a deer?
Maybe those weren't guns. Maybe they were carved broom sticks! Good one! You know, I once carved life sized and fully functional AK 47 out of a bar of soap.
Pretty dumb picture. It sounds like SO really did have poor supervision. But then again for the one officer to get fired seems a little extreme. Commander F.G. took a similar picture with a handcuffed prisoner and I don't think he took any time at all.
Why does FOP insist on paying for this embarrassment with our dues money? How is that picture "duty related?" Bella, you got some splaining to do......
Yet another step by the Rham controlled media to muddy the Po-lice in support of his no pay pension plan.
Given enough time, they'll say Burge took the picture.
The police are better off without some of these bad apples.
There are plenty of good/great cops and people who want to be cops.
The bad ones make the rest of the police look bad.
What is shit bird's rap sheet? What are all the bad things HE did in his life ?
Only in our sick society do the sheep root for the wolves.
Abbate got his job back, this copper will not! It was a Polaroid picture they said, not circulated so now this picture is in the paper! I smell a rat, 15 years ago, nothing like stirring racial flames! On news they said the guy in picture was killed in a drive by looks like ghetto lottery will not be paid! His momma said she was not happy with picture let's hope the council does not give her another helping of our tax money! Watch and observe elected in action! Not saying picture is ok, but 15 years ago thought statue of limitations for anything but murder was 7-10 years max! Thanks sun time for publishing that inflammatory stupidity, no wonder times had to merge with USA today dead tree media will be gone soon!
Just in time for negotiations with this thieving Mayor and City!
What a coincidence!
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan
It's only in the news because a copper is fighting to get his job back.
Sons of supervisors. Tommy Byrne's stepson! Ha ha!
The "victim" in that photo is clearly playing along.
Twice in the last week I was listening to WVON, 1690 on the radio, and they took calls from people who said police officers wearing white, blue and brown should be killed. One caller, mad about the SOS photo, even said officers kids should be targeted and killed. The radio station let these conversations go on and did not cut them off. Be careful out there, the black media wants blood.
Nice goin morons....
If you need to hear the comments about the WVON radio station talking about killing police officers kids, in retaliation for the SOS photo, it was on the station 28 May 15, around 0830hrs.
Tim M now gets painted in the same vein as Jerome Finnigan, nothing is further from the truth. I am of the opinion that the city realizes that Tim will be ordered reinstated by the court and they are grasping at straws by having the picture posted.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Come on fifteen years after the photo was taken they fire this guy. Isn't there a statue of limitations. How many firehouse video have been made where the fireman wear black faces and used racial slurs and nothing has happened to them. WTF this is bull shit.
5/28/2015 01:08:00 AM
Statute: State law, or law. Statute.
Statue: that big, green copper thing on its own island in New York Harbor, the big, seated likeness of Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial, Michaelangelo's 'David'. Statue.
Nope, there's no statue of limitations.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Abbate got his job back, this copper will not! It was a Polaroid picture they said, not circulated so now this picture is in the paper! I smell a rat, 15 years ago, nothing like stirring racial flames! On news they said the guy in picture was killed in a drive by looks like ghetto lottery will not be paid! His momma said she was not happy with picture let's hope the council does not give her another helping of our tax money! Watch and observe elected in action! Not saying picture is ok, but 15 years ago thought statue of limitations for anything but murder was 7-10 years max! Thanks sun time for publishing that inflammatory stupidity, no wonder times had to merge with USA today dead tree media will be gone soon!
5/28/2015 08:21:00 AM
Abbate got his job back? Um...really?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ever see the beginning of the Abbate tape? The part (not shown by the media) where the barmaid is smacking Abbate upside the head while he dozes at the bar.
5/28/2015 06:15:00 AM
Remember seeing the last fifteen seconds, where she pushes him out the door, then she's jumping around, pumping her fist to the sky, laughing and doing the 'victory' dance? The media only showed that for two days, then the editing job kicked in and she became the poor little incapacitated victim.
Why aren't we using facial recognition software to attempt to identify the African American in the photo? The least we can do is find a way to get him a couple million for his pain, suffering, and humiliation don't you agree?
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan
5/28/2015 09:07:00 AM
For taking a stupid picture? You are a fucking moron
The media just wants a race war. Look at the photo and it seems that the deer is having more fun than anybody else.
The actual scandal is the identity of the character witnesses
What about the Officer (now Sgt) who took a picture in from of an aircraft that killed a kid? Did she get fired? No she took a few days. Or the Cmdr that took the picture with the prisoner kneeling down in Washington. Did he get fired? Nope so why should McDermott? Because Wysinger saw it and was pissed. That's why.
(OT) Police officers fearful to do their jobs? sheriff tells the truth! obama and staff anything to add, to help police?
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/05/27/md-sheriff-police-officers-fearful-to-do-their-jobs/
This man tells it like it is!
So a "clouted" policeman who knew a lot better but wanted to be "one of the boys" posed in a picture that he shouldn't have wants his police job back? Any other non clouted policeman would get axed and no questions asked or nothing. Double standard here again. Don't be fooled boys and girls.
8:21am
Abbatte got his job back? On what planet did that happen? Goof
It's just a dumb picture. Anybady calling for TM's head because of this ridiculous photo doesn't know him and probably isn't much of a copper.
Dumb and Dumber
abbate got his job back? how? if so give cozzi his back!
While there is no proof that the fine African American Gentleman in the picture was an arrestee, maybe he was another copper, Hey just sayin, and Dan Herbert will pull all the stops on this one, Rahm has to make a good show, but Little Tommy Byrne was his guy and I just bet that Tim gets his job back. PS. Jerry will be out in 2018, spending all that money that he has hidden away, he won't have to worry about any stinkin pension.
Someone is hating. Haters will hate people. Watch your backs and who you talk to about certain things. Im pretty sure the ghetto deer was cool with the pic but he obviously can't attest to it.
I don't think Abbate got his job back. I could be wrong but didn't he plead to aggravated battery and got felony probation.
15yrs ago. Wtf. Old news
What is shit bird's rap sheet? What are all the bad things HE did in his life ?
5/28/2015 08:03:00 AM
It doesn't matter he was killed in a drive-by.
He gone !
Did they fire the entire platoon of officers and supervisors who took a picture of an arrestee kneeling down in front of them handcuffed. It was taken out of town. In that case you had a victim, complainant, that was under arrest. And don't use the excuse of taking the photo for who made the arrest in a mass arrest procedure. It was staged just like this one was. They can't even find this guy in the antler picture. Thanks FEDS for the parting gift as you closed your investigation. It's such a non issue. There were lots of Polaroids taken back in the day.
Who's the victim? Who says it wasn't a staged picture? Never should of been fired
Geez, cant anyone take a joke anymore ???
Good fuck him
actually, GMac should get fired, along with Wysinger, and along with (fill in the blanks)_....and that's just for starters
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan
5/28/2015 09:07:00 AM
I think people who cannot properly spell Jerome are more of a danger.
Only reason they published this so they can stir the pot getting thugs all riled up, gives them more blood and killing to report on! Police are being attacked everywhere,and the White House all the way done to media crickets! Political animals have no respect for what we do, until something happens close to them, then and only then are police spoken about in positive light!
The question is, "How did a polaroid picture (not internet pic) in the custody of IAD end up in a newspaper?" Some IAD people should be doing some splainin.'
I think that abbate got his job back was to check SCC readers to see if they paid attention! Guess we did! Now Cozzi should of got his job back without a doubt, abbate nope he got fired, but if you really look at the "innocent victim" who of course got the "ghetto lottery" payout there is more to the story but not going into it here! You could ask around and find out the truth! We have all been there new on job, your in specialized unit the top officer jerry probably said "hey come here, get in this picture" the guy being young, dumb,full of c**, said "ok" and history was made! Stupid yes, the antler guy looked like he was posing knowing jerry he most likely bought him lunch and all had a great laugh! Now giving it to the anti-police media and scum times publishing it at this time with black violence should of never been done ever! Turning up racial hatred is what media likes to do! This is getting old as the people in Baltimore are saying "the police be depolicing" you blame the police force for your ignorance and you expect police to still do old school policing! Not gonna happen, want to keep our home,freedom,pension,families if a citizen has a way to change this please let us know what you expect us to do thank you in advance!
For a stupid picture you fire him. There's coppers back working who were suspended for shoplifting (THEFT)who were caught in the act and not charged criminally. The subject in the photo seems to be playing along and was happy he wasn't arrested and gave up guns ,(for the children)who could have been shot with them. No beef from him. I also believe he's dead now. But wait the family will come forward with the "where's my money" for the coppers racist actions.There's coppers still stripped and working from the sos b/s,and this guy gets fired,go figure. Little Tommy loosing his grip. Good luck hope you get back on.
Do any of the people commenting on here even read the story first? Jesus H Christ!
Looks like the frat boys was clownin'. Absolutely no distress on his face.
I think it might even be Tommy Davidson from 'In Living Color', or someone of a bit more political prominence.
" Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ever see the beginning of the Abbate tape? The part (not shown by the media) where the barmaid is smacking Abbate upside the head while he dozes at the bar."
Who cares if a 105 pound girl biffed him in the head when he slept at the bar. Abbate pounded the piss out of her. He IS A DRUNKEN THUG and not deserving of a job as the police. You'd have to be a complete moron to even think about defending that asshole.
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan
5/28/2015 09:07:00 AM
Prison!? Fuck id hate to have to work with your perfect ass.
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan.
You obviously are perfect and have never made a mistake in your life. This was a long time ago. I am proud to know TM. He would help any police officer in need. He has always been one of the first guys to take money out of his pocket for any benefit tickets sold to help a police officer. He is one of the nicest, down to earth guys I've ever met on this job. I hope he gets his job back. After all, there are guys on this job who have done way worse, bordering criminal behavior and they keep their job. Why shouldn't TM keep his job? He has paid the price and he and his family have suffered enough.
(OT) Baltimore headline 'Sales are next to nothing': Merchants worry crime crisis could cast pall over Baltimore downtown
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/28/baltimore-merchants-crime-crisis/
Crime crisis hope they call the mayor and states attorney immediately! See what happens when you order hard working coppers to "stand down" and rush to judgement, pile on false charges, look here!
 Anonymous said...
Why aren't we using facial recognition software to attempt to identify the African American in the photo? The least we can do is find a way to get him a couple million for his pain, suffering, and humiliation don't you agree?
5/28/2015 12:06:00 PM
Because he was killed in 2007 via a drive by you mush ball..why don't they start handing out millions to hard working tax payers as suffering from the burden and abuse of our link system...goof!
"I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan."
Meanwhile the City pays out 4.5 mil for Dante Servin's off duty homicide & he's still on the Job. McDermott was the sacrificial lamb so clouted guys like Servin can stay on the job.
"Who cares if a 105 pound girl biffed him in the head when he slept at the bar. Abbate pounded the piss out of her. He IS A DRUNKEN THUG and not deserving of a job as the police. You'd have to be a complete moron to even think about defending that asshole."
If he pounded the piss out of her she'd still be on life support. He was so shitfaced he couldn't have punched a hole in a wet paper bag. She didnt have a scratch on her.
You area complete moron to be suckered into the court of Public Opinion that made that incident a whole lot more that what it was. An overserved lout behaving badly.
I was going to wait until 55 to get out but I can't stand it anymore - I'll just have to suck it up and pay for my own insurance - the tide is changing in America and won't change back until a republican is running the show and that might never happen again - welcome to thug city USA!!!
So what the brother do not get arested hell he was happy and walked out of the station a free man !
Hey 11:00 pm,
What's the H for?
The black dude had his tongue out and it really looks that he is playing along with the joking. Gimme a break. Has EVERYONE lost there reality of what this life is all about. just like the guy sleeping in the squad. He was probably on a lunch break. Now where in that shithole hood is he going to eat and certainly not getting a few Zss in an alley there. Get a life Rahm.
All this toxic rhetoric aside....It seems to me that if he is being fired for bringing discredit to the department, the courts, and the media are the only ones bringing this alleged discredit to light. We wouldn't even know about this unless the department brought this to light so long ago.
Inmate Finnigan is like herpes......the gift that keeps on giving.
He just happened to have antlers around?
It might have been 15 years ago and perhaps the fired officer has been great since, but the political reality is that once the photo became public he had to be fired.
I looked him up and seems he was hired in 1997 so if I understand the pension requirements correctly he's just going to miss out on a pension eligibility. There needs to be a change to the system where cops are pension eligible before 19 or 20 years. Plenty of guys who are burned out would happily leave early if they could secure their pensions. Maybe shift them into street and san for a few years or tree trimming or something.
I've seen the comments about the Pittsburgh photos and the photo in front of the plane at Midway, but this is worse. Antlers?
Most everyone as a police officer gives most cops the benefit of the doubt when things happen .
Some cops no matter what are in the police officers side no matter what . Take a close look at that
Picture . The one cop is holding the mans face by his hand . Does he really want to
Be in this picture ? He got fired because of absolute stupidity ! Jerry Finnegan belongs in jail because
He was a thief who was allowed by his superiors to run amok ! He
Embarrassed every cop on this job . Do u see the ridiculous comments made by Dan Herbert ? This
Guy needs to be fired ! But once again he's tight with Bella and that won't happen . Go to the stadium club and he
Will be treating Dean and the boys to a sox game .
By not being involved and going to meetings we allow the
Same people to make "life " decisions for us and these people
Still exist on our dime . Sad , very sad !
SSDD. Same Scandal Different Day.
When shit like this hits the news years after the incident, you bet can bet your life savings that the media was instructed to do so. They are tools and this is the shit they are shoveling
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan.
You obviously are perfect and have never made a mistake in your life. This was a long time ago. I am proud to know TM. He would help any police officer in need. He has always been one of the first guys to take money out of his pocket for any benefit tickets sold to help a police officer. He is one of the nicest, down to earth guys I've ever met on this job. I hope he gets his job back. After all, there are guys on this job who have done way worse, bordering criminal behavior and they keep their job. Why shouldn't TM keep his job? He has paid the price and he and his family have suffered enough.
Ten years ago I started laughing at all this political crap. I laugh even harder at some of these so called bosses. I ignore everything they say and do. If a fellow brother or sister in blue call for help.... I am there. As for anything else.. NOOOOOOOOO And every year I will get 2% more on the pension. Again, this is what we get for not sticking together.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan
5/28/2015 09:07:00 AM
For taking a stupid picture? You are a fucking moron
5/28/2015 12:07:00 PM
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Ya, for a picture. That picture can be brought up at every trail he testifies in to impeach him. ATTNY: "Det. aren't you a racist, is this you in this picture? Ain't you be lyin' on my client 'cause you a racist?"
Welcome to the 21st century. Ya, he should be fired. Poor, poor judgment.
we are all 3 times 7 on this job. 99.9% of us know what this job is all about and know what to do and what not to do and retire without ever ending up on the front page of the newspaper or stepping into shit. The other .1% I guess just don't get it.
FYI, the M/1 in the picture is a copper, I went to the academy with him. This is a staged photo!!
Now you are an expert Testificate? He shouldn't be fired. 20 days tops. I'm still waiting to hear how it's racist.
nonymous Anonymous said...
I don't care how old it is. It's other officers like this that still ferment this job that make us ALL look bad. Then to hear that one of these jag offs has the nerve to try to get back on the job. He deserves to be in prison with Gerome Finnigan
5/28/2015 09:07:00 AM
For taking a stupid picture? You are a fucking moron
5/28/2015 12:07:00 PM
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Ya, for a picture. That picture can be brought up at every trail he testifies in to impeach him. ATTNY: "Det. aren't you a racist, is this you in this picture? Ain't you be lyin' on my client 'cause you a racist?"
Welcome to the 21st century. Ya, he should be fired. Poor, poor judgment.
5/29/2015
The photo is racist? please explain
It's sick seeing some of us defending these asshats, even worse some are defending Abbate.
Clarifying the truth about the totality of the surveillance video is NOT defending Abbate. It is a commentary on the dishonesty of the media, who edited out the beginning and the ending.
Telling the truth about the beginning and the ending of the video doesn't absolve Abbate's actions and isn't defending him. It sure does serve to show how sleazy the media is, though.
1:53am
Well said
JS should be worried once again.
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