What's Missing?
Something is missing here....can't quite put our finger on it:
- Memorial Day Weekend left many of Chicago's lakefront beaches trashed last weekend, and the Park District scrambling to clean up the mess. But before hundreds of beachgoers walked away from their sea of litter, an intense brawl broke out on North Avenue Beach, according to a new video.
The video, obtained by Fox Chicago, shows hundreds of people enjoying the beach Monday when the fight began. The video begins with two men wrestling in the sand, and then escalates to show a crowd of dozens of people getting involved in some way, throwing punches or advancing on the people shoving each other at the center. At one point a man in a backpack is kneed in the head. It's unclear what started the fight or why it continued. The fight apparently escalated to people throwing bottles and coolers, an observer told Fox.
Police told Chicagoist that no arrests were made in connection with this fight, but police were stationed at North Avenue Beach that weekend. Police arrested several North Avenue Beach goers on Memorial Day Weekend on charges that include driving under the influence, violations of park regulations, theft, and reckless conduct.
No arrests....fights, coolers....oh yeah.
No Summer Mobile because we're down 2,000 coppers.
No Summer Mobile because we're down 2,000 coppers.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
44 Comments:
Summer mobile is now called bicycle patrol, has been for the last 10 years. 60 people volunteer every year equaling 10 per lakefront district (excluding 001 and 018 who have their own bikes and Area Central bicycle patrol unit). 60 volunteer but some don't make the detail by either failing the POWER test or the actual week long course. It's the same amount of people we used to have with summer mobile but now they don't sit in cars without AC under a tree all day.
The new policy from on high, if they want to brawl, if they want to riot, it's OK. Police stand down, give them room to let off steam. Or even better yet, make sure there are not enough police to even react to such lawlessness.
"Eddie even in uniform does not command respect. Overweight, too old and sorry to say, simply a dumb looking screw."
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Too fucking funny about the new Ed Norton, Ed the boss being dumb as screw, have not heard that phrase since the early 70'.
Big Ed' sidekick, Little John needs to stop purging and start eating, John-Boy, Get help for that Bulimia problem, you are wasting away. McDrunk ate at the finest restaurant's on the arm, try it sometimes or start dining with Big Ed, he likes to eat and you too will like eating again after getting over thinking you are overweigh.
Last week, I was watching the news with my two brothers that are MD'. They said Little John has that look and is skinny as a rail. Start eating John !!
When you know the police are handcuffed or at the very least there will be no repercussions in court if you did get arrested you pretty much have no fear of repercussions and you can act like an asshole anytime you want. Once we free the police to actually do their job that we PAY them to do,and the piss poor corrupt court system in Cook County starts meting out real punishment....none of this shitshow will change. Buckle up.
You know littering is a bad problem when you have machines designed to clean the sand.
I think we're down more than 2 thousand . Remember when police used to direct traffic in the loop ?
I hope that the city is doing something really special with all the money they are saving on police manpower .
To quote from one of my favorite movies..."Son, you're on your own."
The Amish Yute's did away with their traditional garb in order not to be recognized.
But hey, look on the bright side, there were also no CR's, no complaints, no video footage of out of control police.
STAY FETAL my friends.
You think the media would be all over this and the correlation with the shortage of police
And to my knowledge, not one "victim" came forth to file a report or seek charges against an "offender". No victim, no crime.
I remember when an occasional assignment to cover the beach areas was like a day off, having worked the west side for so long, I never had to make a single arrest, or break up one fight,....but that was some years ago, I'd rather work the west side now, than to work the lakefront or downtown......30 yrs on the west side and counting.
People better start learning that when you play with the animals in liberal democrat cesspools like chicago, you do it at your own risk. Don't look for someone to save you in mass public melees; there will not be anyone there. Those who run the city have deemed it acceptable to sacrifice public safety in the name of not saving money, but instead spending it on what should've gone to police manpower on other frivolous projects that enrich your wonderful politicians and their friends. We used to have units like summer mobile and foot officers everywhere, but not anymore. They have obliterated the police force increasing response times for service calls and lowering clearance rates for crime investigations. Just ask residents of lakeview, one of the highest paying tax bases in the city, how long it takes for officers to respond for batteries, robberies, assaults, and numerous other in-progress calls in their neighborhood. Had enough of Rahm and the rest of the democratic thieves in this town yet???
F/2 from south side says:
Those damn ""Amish" kids! They are just animals! Ill bred ghetto rats, they need to go back to their neighborhoods. Keep that kind of mess in their own neighborhoods. Look at all those thugs and gangbangers in that video! Just leave them be! Stay fetal! *sarcasm off*
Hmmm sounds familiar? I can't wait to see the comments regarding this video.
.....or are they some kids involved in horseplay!?
I simply adore wrestling in the sand. It is so Greco-Roman.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
I remember when 018 had a beach detail in the summer. Maybe 8-10 guys. Alcohol was not allowed on the beach and that rule was strictly enforced. If you came to the beach to enjoy the beach, no problem, you had a good time. If you came to the beach and thought you were going to drink and fight, off to jail you went. Fighting was not allowed. O'Donnell,Cradick,Ruback and company, maybe they should bring those guys back as consultants.
Screw the tasers, bring back the M-9 O.C. spray.
The kid with the backpack was from Kendall County. Got his ass kicked
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The new policy from on high, if they want to brawl, if they want to riot, it's OK. Police stand down, give them room to let off steam. Or even better yet, make sure there are not enough police to even react to such lawlessness.
6/03/2016 12:28:00 AM
Then you have this from California the illegal invaders and black thugs burning American flags and beating Trump supporters, but when you listen to reporters talking about video they say " police did not get involved because they were protecting the perimeter and police were hurt, at least police had on riot gear unlike what the exempt structure did not allow Cpd to wear dealing with these savage animals! If you don't like this country leave all these morons do is make vote for Trump easier taxpayers honest people don't want this violence and Trump wants law and order and fully supports police and military I would gladly if we had support " be the real police" again God bless us all please thanks SCC for this fantastic blog!
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/violence-breaks-trump-rally-san-jose-protesters-hurl/story?id=39576437
So much for those "Thousands" of officers," huh
I remember Summer Mobil would be stopping anyone carrying a cooler or bag onto park district property. They would confiscate contraband and perishable alcohol. At the end of tour they would dispose of the illegal property. Can't do that on a bike. If they even knew what of how to do it? They also had a great "end of season" beach party....
"Sit under a tree all day"? Has to be a entitled merit boss, and or did that?
FROM CWB blog today:
A robbery crew targeted people along the Lakefront Path near Belmont Harbor yesterday afternoon—repeatedly tossing bikes in front of oncoming bicyclists in an effort to knock people down so they could be robbed according to multiple witnesses and one known victim.
Media? crickets
Enjoy the summer lakefront
Hmm, all I see is a bunch of white frat boys throwing wild haymakers.
Gee, who knew that they'd act the same way at the beach as they do in their own neighborhood. Enjoy your toilet you democrats. You caused it with your votes now live it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
But hey, look on the bright side, there were also no CR's, no complaints, no video footage of out of control police.
STAY FETAL my friends.
6/03/2016 05:12:00 AM
You make an excellent point. Now can you imagine if a police officer went in and tried to maintain a semblance of law and order? Oh heaven forbid he may have to use his baton or fists and now then we are talking about a major news story.
I was there when this happened. I saw the difference in the crowd and I know exactly what went wrong. But I won't say anything or the goverment will force me to go to therapy for a month.
Some thirty years ago when I was a recruit I remember going to my first radio assignment of fight on the street. My FTO and myself respond to a large crowd of Amish fighting. We stop and I get ready to just out of the car and engage the rebel rousers when my FTO grabs me by the arm and says "wait kid let them run out of steam no reason for us to get hurt".
interesting
"No Summer Mobile because we're down 2,000 coppers."
We used toy have a dedicated 018 beach detail from Oak St to Fullerton. They really kept a good visual presence. A later commander canceled the beach detail because there wasn't much crime. The truth was just the opposite.
Let's get the info right please. Summer Mobile was disbanded for lack of manpower 15 plus years ago. The rule was at the beginning of the summer," lock everyone up", send a message to the gang bangers. It worked! The lake front was safe from the north end to the south end. On rainy days, we moved inland to the districts, if only for a show of force. It worked, citizens were happy to see us. The bike unit was for officers who didn't want to do real work! Has that changed? Anyway back to those numbers, manpower 2000 short? Stop repeating bad info. The numbers in 1986, when i came on, 12, 500 CPD officers was the average. During Clinton years with federal funding, up 15, 000 CPD officers. In the 018th district alone, 527 officers during mid 1990's. 2016? 327 CPD officers 2015, last time i asked the previous commander of the 018th Dist.. Last i heard, lucky if CPD still has 9000 officers, but mayor won't admit that to the public. When asked why the union reps won't open their mouths, union reps stated they are not allowed to tell the citizens of chicago the truth! For some reason the media never calls the city / mayor / police dept , on BS. Stop saying 2000 down, do your math.Then look at north ave beach for starters. Look at all of the real numbers and do the math. The police can't do it all by their selfs! But stop acting like a under manned police dept, plus lack of backing up the police dept in general is not the cause. Stop drinking the kool aid, another 50 -100 new police men on the street. What a joke. When i came on in 1986, we had 500 in the academy at a time. I'm retired now, you guys stay safe and do the best you can. Stop drinking the kool aid people. The mayor lowered the medium numbers of CPD required to save money, it was 12,500. Not anymore people. Not any more.
More mayhem at the beaches on Friday too.
The Beast is starting to operate with impunity.
Obviously "the community", not the police, are the problem.
So what do spineless Rahm and the alderthieves do?
Continuously scrutinize, blame and punish the police and pander, pander, pander to "the community"
Talk about ass backwards.
Obviously "the community", not the police, are the problem.
So what do spineless Rahm and the alderthieves do?
Continuously scrutinize, blame and punish the police and pander, pander, pander to "the community"
Talk about ass backwards.
Aaaah...Summer Mobile and the years-end party.
It isn't safe on the lakefront anymore restore that beloved event.
Let the city and the lakefront burn, it's demise will be on Rahm & Eddie's political correctness from now on.
Need help? Call on Sharon Fairley and leave us alone.
Now who's up for a warm weekend of "Get out and get me some of them ISRah's" ?
Fighting at North Avenue Beach again this afternoon. No further details at this time.
Anonymous said...
I remember Summer Mobil would be stopping anyone carrying a cooler or bag onto park district property. They would confiscate contraband and perishable alcohol. At the end of tour they would dispose of the illegal property. Can't do that on a bike. If they even knew what of how to do it? They also had a great "end of season" beach party....
"Sit under a tree all day"? Has to be a entitled merit boss, and or did that?
6/03/2016 07:57:00 AM
The year I was out there we got sent to the projects to do walk-downs. To round out the season, we were at the old stadium for the first of the bulls "celebrations." Then a group of us were sent to 7 interrupt the "celebrations" (looting) at local corner/liquor stores. Over 1000 arrests that night. Departmental planning was non-existent. No time to sit under a tree in the shade. But the end of season party....those days are gone.
I worked a lakefront district, a few years back. We took beer from college kids, underage drinkers on the beach. Unopened cans, mostly. Nothing more. Take the booze. No arrests. Then, we gave the booze, usually a couple six packs, to actual street bums on Wilson Avenue. We would laugh at the look on a bums face when we opened our trunk and told him, take what you like. Today, with cell phones, and the public attitude, we would be fired for a million rule violations. This shows how a little fun on the job back then would lead to the Spanish Inquisition today.
Anonymous said...
The new policy from on high, if they want to brawl, if they want to riot, it's OK. Police stand down, give them room to let off steam. Or even better yet, make sure there are not enough police to even react to such lawlessness.
6/03/2016 12:28:00 AM
Sounds like what happened in San Jose Thursday night. When the Trump rally let out, the Democrat mob was waiting.
They attacked the Trump fans, and the police stood aside.
It's the same amount of people we used to have with summer mobile but now they don't sit in cars without AC under a tree all day.
6/03/2016 12:08:00 AM
And take beer away for later watch parties. Go get'm helmet head!
Not enough police, pedestrian stop cards, trying to indict and arrest cops if they do their job. What did you think was going to happen. They ask where were the police, yeah ok. As soon as the police arrive and all the cameras turn on them. They would of had to go hands on and would be on national news because the media would not show that whole video but only the video of the police going hands on. This is what the liberals wanted. A reactive not pro active police department. Deal with it now.
"...No Summer Mobile because we're down 2,000 coppers. ..."
OK, isn't there some way we can get an accurate count of the number of sworn police officers currently employed by this department and publish it.
SCC, This should be part of your billboard and updated weekly at least.
Double check the figures and shove that up Rahm's tokhes!
Have Police Officers Stationed at every entrance to our lake front
No Alcohol Allowed , No Vehicles without city vehicle license
Write tickets for expired plates , tinted windows , cracked windshields , seat belt enforcement , check car insurance . This would discourage most from using the Chicago's lake front .
I retired to San Diego...ya I know, nice. The beaches here are pristine. You can't drink alcohol, no bottles, and no smoking on the beach, on the sidewalk next to the beach, or in the beach parking lot. The cops are serious about writing alcohol and bottle cites which cost over $100. There's generally a cop or two within sight most of the time.
I don't know how they do it. The cop to citizen ratio is only 1.4 per 1000 in San Diego. Chiraq is 4.4 per thousand.
San Diego politicians must not steal money or something. It's unreal.
HeYO! Who was the A-hole who told the media last week, that CPD would have "thousands of extra officers" to handle all of this nonsense? Thousands??? If there were thousands of extra police officers, how in the hell did all hell break loose? Rahm? Any answers?? Only crickets chirping...
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