003 Questions

A few readers have mentioned suspicious discrepancies in the Rhymefest story:

• An unexplained 2 hour gap in time of occurrence to time of reporting;
• How he managed to keep his watch and cell phone;
• Why not call 911 from the scene?
• A book bag he suddenly remembered missing a day later;
• Passing two other police stations after being held up in 002;
• The video beginning with no explanation at a time that conveniently paints the police in a bad light;
• An unconfirmed report that Rhymefest cut in front of three other people already waiting for reports;
• If his statements after the fact are to be believed about not wishing to prosecute, why bother involving the police at all? It was just $3 since he didn't remember the book bag at first.

What popped to the front of our mind was, "How convenient he had a new tune ready to go in just a few hours after having a less-than-pleasant experience with the CPD." Curious timing to say the least.

To be clear, this doesn't excuse the behavior experienced at the desk. That falls on the Desk personnel, DSS and Watch Lieutenant. There's a disciplinary process in place - use it, and not Rahm's posturing.

But without a full accounting of the entire event, and not just what Rhymefest, the media, the cheating lieutenants, and the frightened exempts want everyone to concentrate on, questions about the incident will continue.