Shooting (IMPORTANT UPDATE!)(x2)
Rare midday post seeing as how this is the first fatal police shooting under the new IPRA regime:
- Police said they shot and killed a man who fired at officers responding to several calls of a man with a gun and a home invasion in the 7300 block of South Paulina Street around 4:40 a.m.
"Responding officers were met by an armed offender and shots were exchanged," the Police Department said in a statement. "The offender was fatally wounded and a weapon was recovered. There were no injuries to officers."
The man was pronounced dead inside the home, according to Larry Merritt, a spokesman for the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police shootings. The man's identity has not been released.
And a big thank you to the Tribune for quoting this moron on scene:
- Carol Gyimatey woke up to gunshots early Sunday morning and police officers knocking on her door.
Gyimatey, 48, walked to the front door of her home in the West Englewood neighborhood and saw through the window officers with their guns drawn.
“I looked out and I said, ‘Put your guns down, I have children inside,’ ” she said. "They said, ‘There is a man with a gun next door, so you have to leave.’ ”
Gyimatey said she grabbed her sons, 17 and 12, and her 5-year-old granddaughter who was staying the night and rushed out the front door.
Really? "Put your guns down"? Who the hell is this idiot telling us how to do our job? OIh yeah, she's part of the "community" who knows so much about police work but says later in the article that crime is "a way of life" in her neighborhood. And this brilliant example of motherhood manages to have 17 and 12 year old sons along with a 5 year old granddaughter.
How about we say, "Fine. By the way, there's a guy with a gun shooting through windows and walls. Can we get your name for the police report when he manages to shoot you? Thanks, see you later."
And the attitude doesn't stop even when she finds out what's going on:
How about we say, "Fine. By the way, there's a guy with a gun shooting through windows and walls. Can we get your name for the police report when he manages to shoot you? Thanks, see you later."
And the attitude doesn't stop even when she finds out what's going on:
- As Gyimatey talked, a police officer walked over to her.
“Can you come with me?” he asked.
“Why? I didn’t do anything wrong,” she said.
“I know. Some people wanna talk to you,” the officer said, and led her to a group of officers standing near her home.
Honest to god, Englewood should be Ignorant-wood. How about you try being helpful so you can, you know, fix your neighborhood and try to make a better life for your multi-generational disaster in the making.
No officers injured physically so a good start. We'll see what bullshit IPRA comes up with in short order. Best wishes to the Officers and an excellent job from our standpoint.
UPDATE: The Tribune removed all of the quotes from Carol Gyimatey without notice of correction or edit. You think they're trying to conceal an agenda?
UPDATE: Now the Tribune has put back the original article with all the Gyimatey ignorance on full display. Does anyone over at the Tribune actually have a hand on the wheel? Or is the whole thing being run by high school "journo" students?
No officers injured physically so a good start. We'll see what bullshit IPRA comes up with in short order. Best wishes to the Officers and an excellent job from our standpoint.
UPDATE: The Tribune removed all of the quotes from Carol Gyimatey without notice of correction or edit. You think they're trying to conceal an agenda?
UPDATE: Now the Tribune has put back the original article with all the Gyimatey ignorance on full display. Does anyone over at the Tribune actually have a hand on the wheel? Or is the whole thing being run by high school "journo" students?
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posted by SCC at 12:01 PM
89 Comments:
It's just not her. But Americans in general are about as stupid as stupid can be. While on the CTA the brown line train stopped at the Fullerton stop. The conductor stated everyone needs to get off the train for safety reasons. Half got off and the other half stayed on. So that means half of the fucking passengers are idiots. In another example while going to the bank with my brother in law in Florida. We were waiting in line. All of a sudden I observed that three of the security guards were talked to by a man with a suit and they all had worried looks on their faces. The three security guards told everyone had to exit the building now. Two thirds of the customers refused to leave. Later on I learned that there was a credible bomb threat.
Cue: The 8th grade graduation picture. "He was gonna surrender." "His hands were up." "He was mentally ill." "Why didn't they shoot the gun out of his hand?" "Should have shot him in the leg." "Tasers!"
And that paragon of motherhood that was quoted... she has four sons. The 17 yo and 12 yo were home with the granddaughter. If she's 48, the granddaughter likely belongs to one of her older sons -- probably in their 20's or even 30. I'm sure they were out and about earning a living to get moms out of the hood.
Sounds like a good shooting !! ALL that matters is the Boys and Girls in Blue went home to there family's ....
Time to buy up the land gentrify and kick these good citizens to the curb.
If we are off-duty and get into a shooting and hit someone, does IPRA investigate? What if we are outside of city limits in the burbs or farther? What if I'm vacationing in Texas?
IPRA will interview a witness that was sleeping and he will say dude had his hands up and they will believe him.
Good luck . Your future is in the hands of someone who took a 40 hour jr investigator course . You better hope that he also stayed at a holiday Inn express .
Good job ranger.
SCC, you beat me to it. Saw the article and planned to comment. Unfucking believable . . . .
Fairly and Alvarez are chomping at the bit to charge a copper. You know to appease the "community".
How come "their" "community" is the only one being pandered to????
Hundreds of armed idiots running around the area 24/7 trying to hold their pants up, people burglarizing suburban gun shops and bringing home literally buckets of pistols to sell on the streets around there, but when the police are called now it's "Leave your guns in the car" and "Put your guns down."
"Community" has gotten pumped real full of itself all of a sudden. You'd think that something had changed there, that something big had been accomplished. Someone has gotta get on top of something here, issue forth with some orders, and this is catching on now, I guess. After all, you can't talk to the gang bangers like that. You know what'll happen.
Thank God this lady was there to lay it down. Police are widely known to show up at 4:40 AM shining lights around and stuff, just for lack of anything better to do.
Oh -- did she answer the door with a bullhorn?
Any day now. Count on it.
While this was going on, an apparent legit gun owner shot and killed a home invader in her place, was the area 400 bk. E. 62nd?
...and two found shot dead in a car that had smashed into a planter, 3700 bk. N. California...
So unless there is another kid out there, could we safely assume that grand-baby is the product of a 12 year old kid? The now 17 year old son......
I had really hoped the police would have stayed out of any shootings or proactive police work, but this sounds like an assigned job. It also sounds like it was handled perfectly, regardless of the ignorant neighbors.
Rock bottom is fast approaching as even Pflaker is looking for the police to do their job now. Pfuck em all and let it rot.
Ignorant fucks. And had it been happening at her house, to her people, she'd be screaming that the police weren't doing enough.
To all the people involved, good luck and hopefully, your stress levels are kept at a minimum, especially with this new process.
ipra head wasON SCENE! its so sad to risk your life and be thrown under the bus by citizens,ipra,and our mayor! whats next headline...WE ARE LOOKING AT CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS NOW.the investigation is on going.
The wood could burn for all I care.
This going on and the tribune and scum-times decide to put on their covers front page police attacks anti-police agenda! in the tribune going after street coppers who work west end of 008 on beat 811-812, we are stripped of police resources but yet the papers pimp out these coppers, some of the few that still care and were not totally fetal until now! Now johnny you wanted ideas here is a great 1 when you wake up Monday call a news conference defend these officers you want morale raised? you want respect? the time is now sir! get the exempt elite club to stand behind you as you speak, on the side have rahm there to speak about how he has "our backs!" that would be change we could believe in sir!!
Why even respond if they don't want u there!
“I fear the police, and I shouldn’t have to. This is just not a way to live. … They have to come up with some way to calm down the fear we have with the police.”
Easy. "De-fund the police," as the demonstrators shout, and turn the entire operating budget over to "the black community" to kick-start our BCP's "For Us, By Us" strategy.
Then you will see murder and chaos unparallelled -- even for Chicago.
Be sure to set aside some portion of the money the revs and "community activists" don't steal for Cook County Morgue Expansion, Phase II.
This sounded like a 19-Paul!
Fuck it! See ya later!
And happened all up in Derek Rose's ole crib and what.
Sounds like she wasn't free to go hope they did the Inv stop report.
I worked with a PO who grew up in Englewood. Baby momma had her bed set up in the bath tub so she wouldn't get shot.
Make Englewood a no go zone. Enter or stay at your own risk.
60 or so years makes a difference.so too will the rest of this putrid crime filled pus of a city.
they hate da poleece in englewood!
Here's the real score at ground level as we see it.
#blackliesmatter, their hidden-hand liberal-progressive
Alinskyite supporters who fund them, the Chicago
media agit-prop apparatus and allied local democratic
political powers; are lusting for any and all instances of
hesitation by a Chicago Police Officer at the "moment of truth."
Honors funerals for Police Officers represent some sort of
very fucked-up, strangely justifiable/acceptable retributive
thing in their narrow and steeply slanted world view.
Ditto for "Da Communerty" as well.
Remember... These joyful haters have spilled much ink and
expended much political capital demonizing and villifying
street cops...
"We don't like that you Cops are talking so much about
going home to your families safe and sound no matter what.
You are no longer public servants with that kind of dangerous
and selfish mentality. You signed up for the job and swore an
oath to serve and protect us."
Remember...
Oath of Office is NOT a one-way suicide pact.
"To Serve and Protect" does not mean throwing
your hands up and allowing yourselves to be
sacrificed on the altar of Duty because so many
people and folks cannot wrap their heads around
the notion that a special kind of mean, ugly and evil
strides the streets of this city...
Nobody who isn't The Police has the stomach to
rub up against, or even dare to acknowledge what's
happening at ground level.
It's far easier to howl in faux outrage and demand that
The Police be "fixed."
Safer too...
Since The Police are vastly outnumbered as a voting bloc
and their financial impact leverage is intentionally blunted
by condition of employment.
Which means that the intentional outrages, slander and
government sanctioned vilification tends to go unchecked
by rightful retaliation.
(Grrrr! If we can JUST get one fist free.
Yonder shit-talker within our collective
"18" would be crawling around looking
for a goodly half dozen of his front teeth.)
You know...
Kinda like how elected officialdom is treading oh so lightly
when it comes to rubbing certain constituencies the wrong way.
Policemen are easy.
They don't loot, set shit on fire, lay down and obstruct
busy commercial thoroughfares and the like so...
"Exerting political pressure," when done by some.
"Termination-Worthy" if even broached on a public
forum by Policemen.
Good Job by The Police.
Now, unfortunately, some Policemen
will have to endure being on the business
end of CPD Use of Force policy as written by
#blackliesmatter, the aclu, the DOJ lynch-mob
and the new and given strange powers IPRA
because Rahm Emanuel is a craven, pandering
chicken shit who's actually way out of his depth
as a municipal corporation ceo.
Police like you have no friends.
Why worry about what the Chicago Tribune is printing? News reporting is now editorializing. It's not 'down the middle' anymore. Print reporting is dying. Network news is dying. The only way they stay afloat is offering an opinion of facts. Reporters are no better then the hacks who write for the 'inquirer ' ' the star'. Ignore it and stay the course. Protect yourselves and your partner. Stop offering these leeches anything. They need us more than they we need them.. Enough of the dorks who post " hey media, you paying attention to this?"
I was hoping for no police related shootings this year, but we don't get to decide that.
How about a f*cking "Thank you officers?" Is that too much to ask, you ignorant piece of shit? No, instead she spews the usual ghetto line, except she left out "huh" and "what" And a couple more "huh's."
You cannot fix stupid...
I wonder how long it will take IPRA to try and fire these officers as we all know the Englewood people will come out of the woodwork to try and screw these officers with as many lies as they can.
best wishes to the officers involved, glad there were no officers injured!! best of luck with the review board bs as well!! BLUE LIVES MATTER!!
The answer is that there is no answer. Hopeless.
Where's the video? I demand to see the video. he had his hands up.
Dammit...where the hell was the officer's tazer..where was the tazer tank.. I can't believe that the officers used their guns to protect themselves from the FOID carrying honor student. Nice going CPD....nice going for the officers able to go home. Be safe everyone
They are doing everything possible to make sure we do not hit 60 for the month. 2 Shot, MUTIPLE TIMES, including in the head. The car then crashed. Both DEAD. 1700 had them change the UCR to a death investigation
Seems like Barb West and the minions from the ivory tower downtown are out in the field during roll calls and talking about the infamous ISR and that downtown has our backs. What a fucking joke! Hey lady you don't have shit nor does the department nowadays when it comes to the ISR and the paperwork you signed off letting us know that IPRA will make the first call to Felony Review. Wow...that says it all right there. Out of 18 yrs. being here, I have never heard of sending someone out of 35/Michigan to quell the masses because, wait... shootings are up, crime is up and the shitheads now have an advantage. Wait till summer. Downtown thank you for spelling it out so clearly. I will not do a fucking thing beyond the minimum in this place.
Sounds like maybe the Trib is finally honoring Journalism 101: THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. They've been hammering cops long enough and speaking up for the Victim Class long enough...time now for some balance and fairness?
there was another part of article quoting her that shows how engrained that community is with the "police are out of control". since then article has been "fixed"
They managed to work in the accidental shooting during the baseball bat incident too. A good shooting with an armed offender committing a home invasion with no innocent people injured yet somehow the tribune manages to turn it into a smear piece.
All of the 018 Dist computers hit with a virus. National FOP hacked got all members names and addresses.... Under attack
I'm sorry.. Englewood will never change for the better. It's been all down hill since the 1960's. Over a half century of chaos and destruction.
Ignorant-wood, I love it. That's how they treat us when we go into their hood. Do we have a total for the month of January on shootings and homicides?
That's what we Spanish Officer's call a "Pendeja" stupid stupid stupid.
Did the picture of him wearing his cap and gown make it to the media yet ? Was he in the process of turning his life around ?
I hope they did a contact card for all the kids!
So the new policy is that when an Officer is involved in a shooting he gets 30 desk duty.
Give 20 days on the beach in either Florida, California or Hawaii.
Great de-stresser. Probably not all that expensive compared to therapy or DPR for PTSD.
When a Police shooting happens:
notify an attorney immediately like a Collen Daly or even a
Brodsky of every incident.
let's file that law suit on those that cause the
stress, pain and suffering, mental
anguish and undue hardship to those involved.
Keep the press on....we need this!!
Strength in numbers ...we got this if we stick together
Every IOD...Every Resister....why not ??
Going to be interesting to see how IPRA will handle the workload when summer rolls around. Good thing this shooting was "innie" and not outside where all the street rats could circle around, get riled and chimp out while police and IPRA try to maintain the scene, control and safety.
What is going to happen when there are multiple incidents occurring simultanously in different area.
Will be interesting.
Soooooooooooooooooo glad to be retired.
This dog ass Tribune makes you physically call them to cancel your digital. Then they leave you on hold for 30 mins before you hang up. Dont subscribe to this POS! The fucking Sunday never comes anyway.
Any Trib truck I stop for traffic is getting tagged.
Just read this
"But the ACLU rejects any correlation between declining street stops and rising violence, said Karen Sheley, director of police practices for the ACLU of Illinois. Other cities have scaled back their street stops without an explosion of shootings, she said.
The reduction of “invasive” street stops is actually a good thing, Sheley said."
How can it be a good thing when January breaks all records?!! ACLU won't be happy until there are no more police left, and our cities resemble CapeTown.
He fought the law and the law won. Lets see what the media makes of this once they get their teeth into it and chew around on it.
buses are up and running
Nothing new. The 'Wood has a long history of anti-police.
Why couldn't the cops just Taser the guy. Or have crisis intervention officers respond to the scene or better yet wait for IPRA to come to the scene and maybe talk the man to death by asking questions. Or just let the crime ridden community deal with the normalcy of accepting living in a world of shit. Police go to help and the residents treat the police like shit. Let them handle their own problems, then just send in the body snatchers for the remains.
I'm at the point where I'd almost take a bullet than try and live with the fallout of a shooting.
They are doing everything possible to make sure we do not hit 60 for the month. 2 Shot, MUTIPLE TIMES, including in the head. The car then crashed. Both DEAD. 1700 had them change the UCR to a death investigation
Eli has no balls. Didn't when he was in 019, still doesn't.
Great job guys, proud to work with you - 3rd watch
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This dog ass Tribune makes you physically call them to cancel your digital. Then they leave you on hold for 30 mins before you hang up. Dont subscribe to this POS! The fucking Sunday never comes anyway.
Any Trib truck I stop for traffic is getting tagged
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Pro-Tip = If you see a Trib article that is protected by the pay-subscription screen, click on it, then copy the link address at the top. Then, open up a new browser tab and go to google.com. Paste that link in their search area in the center of your screen and hit enter. It will provide a link to the article that isnt protected. Click that link and read the article.
"UPDATE: The Tribune removed all of the quotes from Carol Gyimatey without notice of correction or edit. You think they're trying to conceal an agenda?"
Just maintaining their spotless record of impeccable accuracy and dedication to the purity of journalistic integrity.
You know, utter bullshit.
Apparently, the Trib not only heavily edited the article AND the headline, but it's eliminated a number of the comments about the bias exhibited in both.
Uh, Trib - that's called CHEATING.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
That's what we Spanish Officer's call a "Pendeja" stupid stupid stupid.
1/31/2016 10:58:00 PM
Wow, you're from Spain? Sure, you are.
Bible reading biochemist and silver star recipient who mentors englewood youth shot by those evil white police. When will this violence against the community end? ---oh wait, guy shot was none of those things--never mind
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Going to be interesting to see how IPRA will handle the workload when summer rolls around. Good thing this shooting was "innie" and not outside where all the street rats could circle around, get riled and chimp out while police and IPRA try to maintain the scene, control and safety.
What is going to happen when there are multiple incidents occurring simultanously in different area.
Will be interesting.
Soooooooooooooooooo glad to be retired.
1/31/2016 11:22:00 PM
If you listen to the incident recording, you'll hear there WERE multiple incidents going on on the zone at the same time, everything was backlogged, adjacent districts sent cars in on the 10-1... and no, it isn't even Spring, much less Summer.
btw, you clearly hear the exchange of gunfire and the call for a 10-1 in the midst of it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This going on and the tribune and scum-times decide to put on their covers front page police attacks anti-police agenda! in the tribune going after street coppers who work west end of 008 on beat 811-812, we are stripped of police resources but yet the papers pimp out these coppers, some of the few that still care and were not totally fetal until now! Now johnny you wanted ideas here is a great 1 when you wake up Monday call a news conference defend these officers you want morale raised? you want respect? the time is now sir! get the exempt elite club to stand behind you as you speak, on the side have rahm there to speak about how he has "our backs!" that would be change we could believe in sir!!
1/31/2016 02:49:00 PM
I come from a police family and sorry to say, these officers sound like real jagoffs.
I will bet the senior editor at the Trib pooped his pants when he saw that Carol' s idiotic comments were actually quoted.
Why would you "tag" a Tribune truck? Do the drivers sit on the editorial board? Do they write reports or slant the news to make you look bad? Do you think that the owners of the Tribune or the editorial board give a rats ass about what you do to a driver? Do you think that by writing a driver a ticket that the editorial board will suddenly become pro police?
When you write a Tribune driver the only person you are hurting is the driver who is more than likely on your side. The powers that run the Tribune couldn't care less about what you do to their drivers.You can arrest the driver and confiscate his papers, they don't care. They will just send out another truck with papers. They actually think all these threats to write the Trib drivers are funny.
I know this because I used to work as a helper on a Trib truck when I was a kid. I had two uncles that drove Trib trucks for a living. They were blue collar working stiffs-just like you and me. Guys trying to make a living - just like you and me. Guys who were shit on all the time by Tribune managment-just like you and me. If you want to write Tribune or Sun-Times trucks because they drive unsafely and commit traffic violations and you are that bothered by it, have at it. At least you are writing them for the right reason. But when you write them because of what the Tribune editorial board prints or what some reporter says or how he/she slants their "investigative" piece, you are only fooling yourself if you think you are hurting the Tribune. Now if you were to write Neil Steinberg or Carol Marin or someone of their ilk, I'd buy you lunch myself. Because it is THEN and ONLY then will you have any impact on the Tribune by writing someone at that company or the Sun-Times a ticket.
One more thing. If you REALLY want to hurt the newsmedia, write their little broadcast vans with the reporters inside as they try to beat you to the scene of a crime. Delay them as much as you can. THEN you are hurting the newsmedia. When you do that sit back and watch the show as the newsmedia goes into panic mode because you have delayed their reporter from getting to a live story while the competetion is on the way. BTDT and it's great.
The comment about Barb West and the other brass claiming to have "our backs" is the same old BS they have spewed for many years. The truth is they don't have our back because it's not up to them. We are responsible for our own actions PERIOD! There's nothing they can do for us anymore(not that they would anyway) Does anyone really believe they will come to your deposition or court hearing and say they encouraged you to do what you did? Look at history. Has a big boss ever done that? Will they risk all their wealth for you? Sure they can have your back for a SPAR or silly inspectors beef but every thing else is out of their hands and they know it. To all the bosses on down to Sgt.s....Can't you make the same street stops on supposed suspicious people that you expect us to do? Can't you do ISRs too?
Precky would have made Foxx charge him by now.
IPRA asked hard hitting questions:
DID the officer ask you pleasantly to put the gun down?
Did the officer have any tattoos showing through his uniform and do you believe those tattoos were racist?
Did the Detective ask you trick questions like were you awake? Did you see anything?
Officer we need to search your car for possible cellphones?
Anyone have the link to the article about the 8th district officers in 10 sector.
How are the officers is the most important question. I heard it was chaotic but everyone did a good job.
This may already be posted but the Trib put the original article back up that has all the dumb quotes by Mama/Grandma, Carol Gyimatey.
The Trib must have a lot of CPD subscribers. Many of the comments under that article were in strong support of the police, and read like officers had posted them.
I actually believe the article was written originally to show the world the ignorant attitude of these people and maybe a little insight into what we deal with. It got all of you riled up because you think it somehow put the Police in a bad light. My reaction was the opposite, pointing out to family how the media has embolden these people to further victimize themselves. Yeah, crime is real bad here but how bout them Police.
they moved those quotes to another story. I saw it a few hours ago
I fear the bad guy with a gun robbing and threatening anyone at all, and the only thing between me and him is my own gun in my pocket or the police with gun in hand in the ready,sorry but the bad guy get no rights and his intentions dictate that! In the hood they are escared to challenge the bad dude gun toting gang banger,but would rather blame the police,there is a middle ground,people need to cooperate with the police then if things are not resolved complain otherwise if you are not part of the process for good your not a team player,you are part of the problem and have given the bad guy his due respect,fear,and because the police don't retaliate like the bad guy fear is on the side of the bad guy,no wonder these neighborhoods are barren! RBCPD!
What city , state , federal agency removes all the homicide victims and offenders from the welfare system ?
How about a f*cking "Thank you officers?" Is that too much to ask, you ignorant piece of shit? No, instead she spews the usual ghetto line, except she left out "huh" and "what" And a couple more "huh's."
1/31/2016 06:03:00 PM
...and a woo-woo here and a woo-woo there.
Anonymous said...
I'm at the point where I'd almost take a bullet than try and live with the fallout of a shooting.
2/01/2016 01:18:00 AM
I understand what you're trying to say but you might want to actually quit for your family's sake as well as your partner's.
The comment about Barb West and the other brass claiming to have "our backs" is the same old BS they have spewed for many years. The truth is they don't have our back because it's not up to them. We are responsible for our own actions PERIOD! There's nothing they can do for us anymore(not that they would anyway) Does anyone really believe they will come to your deposition or court hearing and say they encouraged you to do what you did? Look at history. Has a big boss ever done that? Will they risk all their wealth for you? Sure they can have your back for a SPAR or silly inspectors beef but every thing else is out of their hands and they know it. To all the bosses on down to Sgt.s....Can't you make the same street stops on supposed suspicious people that you expect us to do? Can't you do ISRs too?
2/01/2016 08:16:00 AM
I know of at least one captain, a few Lts, and several Sgts who do stop those same suspicious people, and you bet your ass they do the ISRs too. Now, what exactly is your point? You want supervisors to do your job for you? While they are the police, and can and do perform street stops, traffic stops, etc., it really isn't the supervisors' job to do that. It's your job. If you don't want to stop suspicious people, don't. Whining like a bitch on the blog about how the bosses aren't doing what you're supposed to be doing doesn't help. You sound like a spoiled child, whining because mommy and daddy get to stay up and watch TV while you have to go to sleep. Do your job, or find another one.
I've been told numerous times we got your back for stopping violent crimes on the streets and now my backs against the wall and still waiting to see what they really meant!
There is a certain demographic of people that marched in Marqutte Park in the early 1980's demanding fair housing. They got what they wanted and now look at that neighborhood, it has been trashed. I guess it is reminiscent of Englewood, Lawndale and other neighborhoods in this once great city. Oh, you say it is because of poor educational and employment opportunities? Does one need to be educated and employed to clean their homes and pick up the trash around their neighborhoods or are they just waiting for the government to come and do it. It is truly time for a change!!
Leo all that Good Will you fostered within in the community, gone with the snap of a finger.
Leo! Leo! Come Back, the Wood needs your steady hand at the Wheel.
Anonymous Sgt.Saunders CPD (ret) said...
Why would you "tag" a Tribune truck? Do the drivers sit on the editorial board? Do they write reports or slant the news to make you look bad? Do you think that the owners of the Tribune or the editorial board give a rats ass about what you do to a driver? Do you think that by writing a driver a ticket that the editorial board will suddenly become pro police?
When you write a Tribune driver the only person you are hurting is the driver who is more than likely on your side. The powers that run the Tribune couldn't care less about what you do to their drivers.You can arrest the driver and confiscate his papers, they don't care. They will just send out another truck with papers. They actually think all these threats to write the Trib drivers are funny.
I know this because I used to work as a helper on a Trib truck when I was a kid. I had two uncles that drove Trib trucks for a living. They were blue collar working stiffs-just like you and me. Guys trying to make a living - just like you and me. Guys who were shit on all the time by Tribune managment-just like you and me. If you want to write Tribune or Sun-Times trucks because they drive unsafely and commit traffic violations and you are that bothered by it, have at it. At least you are writing them for the right reason. But when you write them because of what the Tribune editorial board prints or what some reporter says or how he/she slants their "investigative" piece, you are only fooling yourself if you think you are hurting the Tribune. Now if you were to write Neil Steinberg or Carol Marin or someone of their ilk, I'd buy you lunch myself. Because it is THEN and ONLY then will you have any impact on the Tribune by writing someone at that company or the Sun-Times a ticket.
I agree. They must have a good laugh at this lunacy. But i think giving the Steinberg or Marin a ticket is just as stupid. "Impact". I doubt it.
SCC...you are being generous with the Tribune article...usually when an Englewood resident starts speaking I look for subtitles......
Worked in Englewood in 77, 78 and 79 and nothing has changed. The majority occupation there is " criminal " and most of the residents are as ignorant as any can be found on the face of the earth. Police Officers who work there must be on constant alert so as not to be falsely accused of all manner of bull shit. As we used to say, " they are born with two things, a hat on their head and a lie on their tongue." The only time I ever saw the crime in Englewood go down was when Leo Schmitz was Commander there but how could that be, he was white ?????
"How about a f*cking "Thank you officers?" Is that too much to ask, you ignorant piece of shit? No, instead she spews the usual ghetto line, except she left out "huh" and "what" And a couple more "huh's.""
My favorite comment, thank you!
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