More Payouts
We're sure the usual suspects will add these to the totals bandied about for "payouts for police misconduct:"
- Chicago taxpayers will spend $250,000 to compensate a drag-racing motorcycle driver injured in a 2011 collision with a police vehicle driven by First Deputy Police Superintendent Kevin Navarro.
So the injured party was drag racing (illegally) and collided with the then-Captain's SUV, causing the airbags to go off, giving the then-Captain a concussion, and launching himself through the air (physics) and is therefore entitled to a quarter-million for his stupidity?
And that isn't the worst of the payouts:
And that isn't the worst of the payouts:
- Also Tuesday, the Finance Committee is expected to sign off on a $370,000 settlement with Hugo Holmes, a former field service supervisor for the Chicago Department of Transportation. His lawsuit against the police department claimed he was the victim of a false arrest after getting caught up in a prostitution sting.
At 8:30 a.m. on April 25, 2008, Holmes stopped at the corner of 47th and Washtenaw. According to Holmes, undercover officer Michelle Acosta was posing as a prostitute and approached his pickup truck when she said, “$20 for a b—job?”
Holmes said he ignored the solicitation with disgust and a dismissive gesture, telling her, “I’m working.” Acosta told a different story. She claimed Holmes offered $20 in exchange for “h—d” and to “lick her t—y.”
Acosta signaled to her undercover partners, who “swiftly accelerated” out of a nearby alley into Holmes’ path. They arrested him and searched him and his truck.
Prosecutors dismissed the case against Holmes, but not before he was subjected to “great embarrassment, public humiliation and hate mail that ultimately led to his suspension,” his lawsuit said. Holmes said he suffered from shingles brought on by the stress of the case.
He claims entrapment, but anyone who has ever worked an "Angel" sting knows that isn't the drill - the Johns line up to buy some affection. There's no need to "entrap." And furthermore:
- In a separate investigation, the city’s inspector general concluded the 2008 prostitution allegations against Holmes should not be sustained. In 2005, though, Holmes was given a 29-day suspension after an earlier inspector general’s investigation found he had lewd photos on his Department of Transportation computer.
So he's a known pervert who has used city equipment before in furtherance of his perversion. And he's going to get $370K? Where do we sign up for his job?
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
47 Comments:
Post the lawyer's name and phone number. Any lawyer who can get his client money with a history like Hugo Holmes is worth his weight in gold.
Obvious Mr. Holmes has some pretty good clout. Problem is the city doesn't fight any of these lawsuits. Could be the lawyers representing the "victims" are tied into the city Corporation Council and various Aldermen. Everybody gets a taste of the proceeds.
A Good Lawyer knows the Law,A Great Lawyer knows the Judge..it's a Gold Coast thing you don't need to know..
At least I've got some time to plan for budgeting my property tax increases due to all these 'settlements'.
Off topic, but how come the mainstream media, after learning who it was who had shut down Lake Shore Drive during a live facebook fake-suicide attempt, has decided to stop reporting on this incident? The subject, a well -known black lives matter activist and community activist, had a loaded firearm but was not arrested? did preckwinkle have a say in not charging? did Foxxxy have a say?
Is this story really over . . . .
Wow, now I am not gonna pick up hookers over there
You're not kidding about "the johns line[ing] up to buy some affection."
Once, my tac team in 015 ran a prostitution sting on Cicero north of Roosevelt Road and as the the wagon was pulling out of a parking lot with an arrestee, another guy pulled into the lot right past the wagon to solicit our girl. It was hilarious! We had the wagon circle the block and by the time he got back around, we had another guy in cuffs.
To be fair though, our "girl" was a very hot, petite young blond that was turning a lot of heads out there. In fact, one john who works in that area a lot, was angry with himself for even stopping by our girl. He said he "knew" she wasn't a hooker because he'd only seen scuzzy girls working out there before and this one didn't fit the profile. We locked up over a dozen guys (and one lesbian truck driver) in about an hour and forty-five minutes. It was easy pickings for sure!
I believe the payout was because the First Deputy crossed over into oncoming traffic to cut the motorcyclist off thereby causing the head on collision. I believe it was caught on dash cam. He fucked up.
I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on tv, but an exhaustive search of medical websites has failed to list stress as a cause of shingles. Who was this guys lawyer? I think my arthritis has been caused by the high level of crime in the city and the threat of being ticketed by a park speed camera. I'll settle for $225,000.
the twerp has always believed like his predecessor that there's plenty of money for everyone and he should spread the taxpayer's wealth around...
Good to see the city has all this extra money. Stand by for the next round of tax increases to play for there own stupidity.
That's a fair price.
Need photos of the "angels."
"Operation Angel" still moving its wings.
80's recruit
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Obvious Mr. Holmes has some pretty good clout. Problem is the city doesn't fight any of these lawsuits. Could be the lawyers representing the "victims" are tied into the city Corporation Council and various Aldermen. Everybody gets a taste of the proceeds.
2/18/2017 12:17:00 AM
BINGO!!!
YOU SIR HAVE WON THE CROOK COUNTY/SHITCAGO CLOUTORAMA GAME FULL O MONEY. SIGN UP WITH YOUR LOCAL ALDERSCUM TO CLOLLECT YOUR SHARE OF UNEARNED TAXPAYER MONEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE....oh, and be quiet, we don't want the voters to know it's their hard earned money we are stealing.
The "Big Shooter" never had to fudge any arrests on 47th street. Firemen, suburban cops, city workers, park district workers and CPS employees were always caught in the net. Most made good their escape. The ones that didn't were the assholes who were talking crap and being disrespectful or had their goodies out for the U/C upon stopping for the proposition.
Not enough billable hours for the whore city attorneys for one thing . Second if it's not public already FOIA all that shit and post it like the real shooting and death totals at Jackass. The Demorats run the greatest lie by omission and alt truth propaganda machine in the world , but ya still can't let run unchecked or challenged . Got to fight back in the info wars against them.........
Concerning Navarro he intentionally cut the drag racers off while they were traveling at high speeds. He should have been charged with attempted murder. This just shows what the city will promote and protect. If a PO would have done it they would have been hung to dry. See it for yourself and you will agree.
The city almost always rolls over and exposes its belly in submission.
That's one of the main reasons these frivolous lawsuits continue.
Can't wait to leave than everyone who voted for these numskulls can pay for this shit. All they do is give payouts and raise taxes. And please, you cut in front of people racing and get promoted again. If I did that shit it would be preventable and I would get time.
You're not kidding about "the johns line[ing] up to buy some affection."
Once, my tac team in 015 ran a prostitution sting on Cicero north of Roosevelt Road and as the the wagon was pulling out of a parking lot with an arrestee, another guy pulled into the lot right past the wagon to solicit our girl. It was hilarious! We had the wagon circle the block and by the time he got back around, we had another guy in cuffs.
To be fair though, our "girl" was a very hot, petite young blond that was turning a lot of heads out there. In fact, one john who works in that area a lot, was angry with himself for even stopping by our girl. He said he "knew" she wasn't a hooker because he'd only seen scuzzy girls working out there before and this one didn't fit the profile. We locked up over a dozen guys (and one lesbian truck driver) in about an hour and forty-five minutes. It was easy pickings for sure!
Real Police Work for sure
Anonymous said,
"A Good Lawyer knows the Law,A Great Lawyer knows the Judge."
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You got that right - especially in Chicago.
Next case.
So this scum bag just says "I didn't do it" and the morons running this city give him close to a half million dollars? Some intrepid reporter has a Pulitzer Prize waiting for them if they just follow that string back to the scum bag politician pulling it. The corruption in this town is growing exponentially.
It is all cheaper than going to trial and loosing to a sympathetic jury.
I'll bet that Holmes does a little political campaigning for our Democratic Party too.
we used to put patrolwomen out on "Operation Angel". One patrolwoman, with self respect, refused to do it. She said she wasn't going to stand on a street corner at night and be seen in public by people who, in further days to come, might see her off duty and believe that she was whoring on the streets. I respect her for that, and would expect my wife, daughter or girlfriend, if they were policewomen, to follow her example.
The girls we sent out would get solicited for five or ten bucks for a blow job. When they came back to the station, officers would "kid" them, telling them that this is what they were worth on the street, and if they weren't police officers, they would be lucky to meet the standards of a ten buck whore.
This was more than 20 years ago. I can't believe that any supervisor or police woman in 2017 is still being asked to do this.
It is a cheap gambit. Most of these johns are so socially maladjusted that they have to pay for sex. It is a fact of life with them. They should be pitied rather than exploited or arrested. The supervisor, who runs these missions and might himself harass women in the workplace,is actually lower than the john.
The whores on Cicero Avenue aren't really prostitutes. They are actually drug addicts , typically, that are simply acting out of the power of their addiction. A real prostitute is light years away from a crack whore on the west side.
They have prostitutes working at the Cadillac ranch in Nevada that can command $25,000 for a night of sex. They will tell you the reason they charge that much is because, for most clients, it is a once in a lifetime experience to be with a woman of that caliber. That is the price. That is real prostitution.
The lonely illegal alien that solicits your "hot blond petite policewoman" isn't that far removed from the $25,000 john in Nevada. The price is the real difference.
Open your eyes.
If you have a supervisor who asks you to work these details, tell him to get fucked. This is 2017. Especially if you are a female. Tell him to work it himself.
Have some self respect.
Actually, Holmes' lawyers were COMPLETE morons. The case took 7rs to finally come up for trial and the day it was to begin, the presiding judge expressed his desire for both parties to come to an agreement because "things dont look good for the police nowadays". So the City paid the low life degenerate off.
"Where do we sign up for his job?"
You'll need to wait until an EVT supervisory spot opens up.
Always pissed me off when the city attorneys wouldn't go to trial on these Angel cases. Either lazy or inept, not sure which.
I see the Snowflake Police has chimed in. Get over yourself 10:27 AM. It's part of doing your fucking job for some people. Quit waxing so philosophical about a profession that's as old as time itself. "You hurt my feelings and made me feel degraded playing a role". Are we to believe that the black officers that pose as drug dealers for reverse stings are being picked on because they're black? Ladies and gentlemen, this is just another example of why this department is sunk.
Come on, you can't defend Kevin, he's a friggin goof. If you dont know this it's because you never had any direct dealings with this idiot. Then again, this is Chighetto and cream/scum rises to the top.
"Concerning Navarro he intentionally cut the drag racers off"...hey asshat (aka R.H. 004), the biker was more than a mile away when Navarro turned into the S-bound lane. Navarro didn't tell him to go 130mph from the light AND right into his squad. Stop being a bitch (you still ain't getting that merit D spot)...hasn't your talking shit about Navarro and others cost you enough. You never learn. PLUS, if its like you say - the pay out would have been much larger buddy!
Seriously, doesn't the City have insurance to cover these settlements? Don't they just settle if it is within the limits of the policy?
And if that is the case, premiums should be skyrocketing before every renewal.
en your eyes.
If you have a supervisor who asks you to work these details, tell him to get fucked. This is 2017. Especially if you are a female. Tell him to work it himself.
Have some self respect.
Where's all the anger coming from? It's a voluntary detail and if you don't want to do it just say "No "
Now if you are a guy and he asked you, then tell him to get fucked
Concerning Navarro he intentionally cut the drag racers off while they were traveling at high speeds. He should have been charged with attempted murder. This just shows what the city will promote and protect. If a PO would have done it they would have been hung to dry. See it for yourself and you will agree.
2/18/2017 08:24:00 AM
Makes sense. Why would you want to talk to the people on the sidewalk they weren't doing the drag racing
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I believe the payout was because the First Deputy crossed over into oncoming traffic to cut the motorcyclist off thereby causing the head on collision. I believe it was caught on dash cam. He fucked up.
And look what it did to his career. Sure screwed it up
This really just falls in line with "The Police Are The Problem" agenda. The politicians and media will total up all the taxpayers money used to settle with the "victims" of "police abuse" and not once look at all the cases in which the police were right and justified.
Its best to just leave. When there is no taxpayers paying city taxes (and Trump cuts off the federal gravy train) the damned politicians can start handing out worthless City of Chicago I.O.U.'s to anyone that wants to blame someone else for their problems.
Stay safe Officers.
J.J.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Concerning Navarro he intentionally cut the drag racers off while they were traveling at high speeds. He should have been charged with attempted murder. This just shows what the city will promote and protect. If a PO would have done it they would have been hung to dry. See it for yourself and you will agree.
So how or where do we see it?
If you have a supervisor who asks you to work these details, tell him to get fucked. This is 2017. Especially if you are a female. Tell him to work it himself.
Have some self respect.
2/18/2017 10:27:00 AM
There are so many things wrong with your post. It's not even worth it to start. You are a moron. It looks like you are on the job unfortunately. You should be pushing a broom.
You are one of the angry malcontents that is just angry all the time, not for any particular reason. You just can't understand anything, so you are constantly frustrated and lash out at everything. You have no friends and don't understand that it is your malevolent personality that drives them away.
We do operations like Angel because decent people live by the strolls. We do them because the creeps solicit regular women and young girls and they find it disturbing. We do it because we are the police and we are paid to do something. We do it because geniuses like you haven't come up with a better idea.
Quit. Stop stealing a paycheck.
we used to put patrolwomen out on "Operation Angel". One patrolwoman, with self respect, refused to do it. She said she wasn't going to stand on a street corner at night and be seen in public by people who, in further days to come, might see her off duty and believe that she was whoring on the streets. I respect her for that, and would expect my wife, daughter or girlfriend, if they were policewomen, to follow her example.
The girls we sent out would get solicited for five or ten bucks for a blow job. When they came back to the station, officers would "kid" them, telling them that this is what they were worth on the street, and if they weren't police officers, they would be lucky to meet the standards of a ten buck whore.
This was more than 20 years ago. I can't believe that any supervisor or police woman in 2017 is still being asked to do this.
It is a cheap gambit. Most of these johns are so socially maladjusted that they have to pay for sex. It is a fact of life with them. They should be pitied rather than exploited or arrested. The supervisor, who runs these missions and might himself harass women in the workplace,is actually lower than the john.
The whores on Cicero Avenue aren't really prostitutes. They are actually drug addicts , typically, that are simply acting out of the power of their addiction. A real prostitute is light years away from a crack whore on the west side.
They have prostitutes working at the Cadillac ranch in Nevada that can command $25,000 for a night of sex. They will tell you the reason they charge that much is because, for most clients, it is a once in a lifetime experience to be with a woman of that caliber. That is the price. That is real prostitution.
The lonely illegal alien that solicits your "hot blond petite policewoman" isn't that far removed from the $25,000 john in Nevada. The price is the real difference.
Open your eyes.
If you have a supervisor who asks you to work these details, tell him to get fucked. This is 2017. Especially if you are a female. Tell him to work it himself.
Speaking as a male whose never done it. How is this any different from doing a buy in narcotics? Are they ghetto dogs then? Grow up. It's called under cover work. As a female white shirt who did Angel on tact in late 90's, early 2000's, it was a fun, easy night for my team. I did it for the other tact teams and gang teams who didn't have female P.O.s. We laughed our asses off at the arrestees, and it was an early night even without computers. (Repeat function on typewriters). Yeah I got shit but it was in good fun. I guess I have thicker skin than the females Millennials coming out now.
This was more than 20 years ago. I can't believe that any supervisor or police woman in 2017 is still being asked to do this.
It is a cheap gambit. Most of these johns are so socially maladjusted that they have to pay for sex.
You wonder WHY PD's still conduct these Op Angel arrests? They do so based upon CITIZEN COMPLAINTS OF PROSTITUTION.
When your daughter or wife has to walk past a location known for this, and is propositioned a few times while getting to their destination, you will understand why these missions are undertaken. The arrests of the Johns will cause word of mouth concerning the arrests to spread, and (hopefully) lessen the activity at those locations (most which not only have prostitution, but robberies of the Johns on a regular basis, which of course adds to our city's notorious crime statistics) causing less calls for service regarding these kinds of complaints.
North Ave./Wicker Park used to be a notorious hoe stroll. Look how it's cleaned up now. Lots of legit businesses, a bustling night life, pretty much crime free. Look at the area around United Center. It also used to be a dump, skid row and another notorious hoe stroll. You can't even afford to live around there now.
And you wonder WHY a female police officer is asked to assist in those missions on an undercover basis? Who else is the dept. going to get to go out there to act as a decoy prostitute? Any female officer who is recognized off duty as an on duty decoy prostitute didn't work hard enough on her disguise while conducting her duties.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The "Big Shooter" never had to fudge any arrests on 47th street. Firemen, suburban cops, city workers, park district workers and CPS employees were always caught in the net. Most made good their escape. The ones that didn't were the assholes who were talking crap and being disrespectful or had their goodies out for the U/C upon stopping for the proposition.
2/18/2017 08:16:00 AM
"Big Shooter" is a legend in his own mind.
He's also damn near a ghost payroller.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Concerning Navarro he intentionally cut the drag racers off while they were traveling at high speeds. He should have been charged with attempted murder. This just shows what the city will promote and protect. If a PO would have done it they would have been hung to dry. See it for yourself and you will agree.
So how or where do we see it?
2/18/2017 08:13:00 PM
You would have to FOIA it or ask the plaintiff's lawyer's to release it for which I'm sure they are under order to not release it. The damming nature of the video would destroy Navarro.
Anonymous Phil the Thrill said...
I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on tv, but an exhaustive search of medical websites has failed to list stress as a cause of shingles. Who was this guys lawyer? I think my arthritis has been caused by the high level of crime in the city and the threat of being ticketed by a park speed camera. I'll settle for $225,000.
2/18/2017 06:18:00 AM
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shingles ... my God ... Well I would guess the lawyers needed to show some type of injury/damages
I heard he tried to say it gave him a case of the "bumps" but they weren't buying
They do have Operation Angelo in some parts of the city.
Come on, you can't defend Kevin, he's a friggin goof. If you dont know this it's because you never had any direct dealings with this idiot. Then again, this is Chighetto and cream/scum rises to the top.
Unless this is the sup talking I'd say for a "goof" he's doing a fuk ton better than you. Sounds like someone's little upset they got passed over. The salt is strong with you sir.
Anonymous said...
Seriously, doesn't the City have insurance to cover these settlements? Don't they just settle if it is within the limits of the policy?
And if that is the case, premiums should be skyrocketing before every renewal.
2/18/2017 06:36:00 PM
No, it does not.
The City is 'self-insured', which means the City has no insurance and pays its own bills and settlements.
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