Connected Lawyer Leaving
- ...Patton's six-year tenure as the city's top lawyer was not without controversy.
Patton recommended not releasing the video of a police officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, saying at the time its release would compromise the ongoing investigation into the teen's death.
The graphic video set off a wave of protests that eventually toppled former Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and sparked the federal investigation.
In addition, a federal judge ruled in January 2016 that an attorney for the city intentionally concealed evidence during the civil trial of two officers who shot and killed a man in 2011 during a traffic stop.
The judge overturned a jury verdict that cleared the officers of wrongdoing, and harshly criticized the city for concealing evidence from the the victim's family.
In December, the City Council agreed to pay $2.34 million to settle the case.
The case prompted city officials to hire former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb to conduct an independent investigation of whether the Patton-led Law Department routinely concealed evidence or engaged in misconduct.
Rahm already has another fall guy lined up for the spot.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
30 Comments:
Heh...
The newly muscular Trump DOJ should boil
Patton in his own hubris until he
screams and gives up Rahm and the other
treasonous un-indicted co-conspirators
at City Hall, HQ and local media.
Period.
Full Stop.
Oh yeah, by the way...
Viva Hate.
This guy was a goof but hopefully he will speak his mind to Feds.
Patton should be on trial with the twerp et al...
Anybody submit a complaint to the IL Bar yet?
The withholding evidence should be enough to get him bounced alone.
So they did hurry up and sign a consent decree?
Congratulations!
He gave solid legal advice in these cases, but it wasn't politically correct advice.
Next lawyer under the bus?
Such a sad sad day, CPD merit hack buffoons will no longer have the steady hand of this legal giant to help guide them and tell them what to do (jump, burp, fart, piss, crap) during these dark days at CPD ...
So as the Van Dyke trial draws near, the "architect" of the Cover-Up leaves; very, very convenient. Patton must have been well regarded; I dare say a legal genius, because His counsel was valued above all others. So are we to believe that Patton had the authority and wisdom to have his decision carried over everyone else? The Department at the time of this case had more than a few lawyers giving counsel to the Bronx Bull Dog and Twinkle Toes. Ralphie Price had nothing to do with this? Janey Roundtree, Deputy Mayor/Liaison from the Mayor's Office to CPD, had nothing to do with this? Amazing, in an Administration where the Arrogant and Insecure Mayor prides himself on manipulation and micro-management, that one attorney has the power to influence a decision that will destroy the Mayor's national political aspirations! Amazing, if you are naive enough to believe in fairy tales. Patton is the Fall Guy, and it is interesting that he is Falling now. The heat must be on. Fu&k Rahm and his Corrupt Chicago Values! Baby"G"
McDonald wasn't shot 16 times...
When will someone finally get this straight?
30+, Retired
Will Rahm run again"? I think so. What really goes on is that no one from the power broker class will run, and why should they? they get what they want without the headache of being mayor of this town. Only losers, leftists and clowns and incompetents run against the chosen one for mayor.
I don't think any "evidence" used in a trial should be made public. He made the right call, and yes, it wasn't fitting the pc agenda. Hope he lands on his feet.
This guy is a real pice of shit...Went out of his way to hurt coppers. That office is so currupt that they are in kahoots with varies law firms in the city. You ever wonder how some of these lawsuits get pushed through then paid out and we all know it was total bullshit. Corporation counsel gets heads up on case by the ASA) to file the suit. ASA then reaches out to friends of the city (certain private law firms) so they can file the suit(with some kick back of course). They fuck with coppers for a few months or years and all of a sudden a deal is reached. This city, the county and the FEDERAL Judicial system are all in on it. One big currupt system..Everyone is getting PAID. Lady Justice has been raped in the city and the scales of Justice are broken. Even the FBI has been compromised by the machine. DON'T TRUST THEM. The 44th President really fucked things up. Be careful
Criminal
Cleaning house before the New DOJ comes a knocking?
Patton's replacement is Siskel...an obama staffer, go figure.
Shit Factory City Hall needs to be demolished and better to do it when fully occupied by the Council and mayor.
How soon will they be putting up that Honorary street sign back up at Trump Plaza?
Rahm's taking noose, er neck, sizes of potential replacements.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So they did hurry up and sign a consent decree?
Congratulations!
1/21/2017 01:49:00 AM
Yep. Rahm rolled over and showed his belly.
This will cost the taxpayers millions upon millions.....but hey Rahm figures his incessant pandering to "the community" will earn him the black vote in the next election.
With weasel Rahm that's what it's all about potential future votes. He couldn't care less if he's driving the bus back and forth over the entire CPD.
Steve Patton WILL be this mayoral administration's
Robert Sorich.
Heh...
Without the 11th Ward "going away fund-raiser"
to ensure he keeps his lips zipped to make sure
he doesn't turn his coat on Rahm al-Ghoul...
Heh-heh...
The Trump/Sessions DOJ will most assuredly
be unmerciful toward any political (and hopefully
media) rodent from Chicago caught in the federal trap.
Greedy m/fers keep tugging at that piece of
cotton ball wound around the toggle and smeared
with peanut butter...
>Tug... SNAP! Shit...<
Find 'em bulge-eyed with their tail
sticking straight up in the air.
Hopefully before they start stinking.
Garbage Can says:
"Clunk!"
Thus be it ever for political lick-hitters
and their associated ilk.
I bet Rahm saw that video within 48 hours of the shooting.
It's all part of the plan,the mayor needs all these "distractions " gone before election time.
Rahm is in some deep and ugly shit...
Patton is an accessory to that deep and ugly shit.
Hillary was to be their firewall.
Ezekiel has been doing shuttle diplomacy
begging Trump not to hurt Rahm.
Rahm's visit to Trump was nothing more than:
"C'mon guy... Let's let bygones be bygones.
You know I was just fuckin' around by
standing the Cops down when the libtard
and sanctuary children fucked up your
rally in Chicago. I gotta keep up appearances
or else I totally lose control of that town.
You can't POSSIBLY still be pissed about that, right?"
What else can it be when the municipal corporate lawyer
swaps ends and tries to run for cover?
May the new and improved DOJ give
Rahm and the city council a black-eye
in their individual and collect
hockey-dots.
It looks like we just might have vengeance
for Rahm's vow to "Stick it in the Cops ear"
after all...
Rats abandoning ship before the new AG gets settled in
Anonymous said...
McDonald wasn't shot 16 times...
When will someone finally get this straight?
30+, Retired
1/21/2017 09:29:00 AM
It's the narrative.
Always has been and always will be...
They will NEVER allow the truth to
come between them and their ginned-up
/hotted-up grievance against The Police.
The real tragedy is that it looks like they're
going to get away with cooking JVD instead of
looking into the utter negligence by City Hall
and HQ for running the Department on the cheap
and curtailing the hands-on and intensive
integrated use of force/firearms and decision-making
training that fell by the wayside when Rahm fired Weis.
Weis was a coward and we hated him with a passion but
that was the ONE THING he did right was to have Policemen
report to area ranges for those sessions 2 or 3 times a year.
Shoot/Don't Shoot is a PERISHABLE SKILL.
Training on Shoot/Don't Shoot IS EXPENSIVE.
The pay-off is reduced incidents of questionable to bad shoots.
Flip-Side?
"Lawful But Awful" will ALWAYS be with us.
Rahm fucked-up by taking a knife to the CPD
training budget and trying to reduce as much of it
as possible to streaming videos.
Rahm wears the shit-shirt for his negligence
and ignorance in trying to run a Police Department
as if it were a profit generating corporate entity.
The real problem is that his corporate backers have
co-signed this because they want the money Rahm is
re-directing away from CPD training.
"Yeah! Why do those fuckin' Cops get 40%
of the municipal budget? It's not like
they're really generating any useable
surplus revenue."
In days gone by, CPD almost always had a tidy
surplus until Shortshanks got greedy and took
control of the Department budget away from the
Superintendent and his staff.
Or are we the only ones old enough/crazy enough
to remember this?
So much shit wrong with how this city and Department
are run, no political will to discuss it openly
without blaming the rank and file.
Rahm did see the video with in 48 hours of the shooting as did a dozen or so aldermen. The emails that rahmie did not submit would prove this.
Trump is the prez so what! Untill he proves he is different from Obama and Clinton and really wants what is best for this country he is just like them. He does talk a good game but talk is cheap and he will have to overcome all the lying and cheating political class both parties. This is a feel good moment, hope it lasts longer than a moment.
Dubois Davies is the new corporation counsel.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Heh...
The newly muscular Trump DOJ should boil
Patton in his own hubris until he
screams and gives up Rahm and the other
treasonous un-indicted co-conspirators
at City Hall, HQ and local media.
Period.
Full Stop.
Oh yeah, by the way...
Viva Hate.
1/21/2017 12:09:00 AM
When you look at the White House home page and clearly see President Trump mentions Chicago violence you know he will keep his word not sure what he is going to do but would bet something to protect citizens and help,CPD in a big way,so step aside rahm real law and order is coming pandering is so last 8 years!
Concealing evidence has another name.
Obstruction.
When the average joe does that, he gets arrested charged and tried for a crime.
How about this cat's arrest and trial? Maybe when criminal charges come for Rahm's patsies, less people willing to play patsy.
Ari Emanuel has been the Emanuel sweet talking Trump. Ari Emanuel was Trump's Agent when Trump had the Celebrity Apprentice show...
Rumor is Patton will be going to some high level attorney position in the Trump administration, apparently there are some water boarding videos that need to be suppressed.
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