$44 Million
Another blockbuster verdict that was the direct result of a clouted individual hiding in the system that protected him over and over again:
- A federal jury awarded a Morgan Park man a record-breaking $44.7 million Thursday after finding that a Chicago police officer shot him in the head after a night of heavy drinking and that the troubled Police Department enabled the off-duty patrolman’s violent behavior.
How troubled?
- Because the jury found that the Police Department has a widespread problem with disciplining officers and failed to maintain an early warning system, the city of Chicago is responsible for the $44.7 million award and LaPorta’s legal fees, which likely also will be millions of dollars.
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Kelly, 36, has been found mentally unfit for duty twice, arrested two times, accused of beating a girlfriend and treated for alcohol addiction. He has been sued six times and has been the subject of more than two dozen investigations into his on- and off-duty conduct, including one in which he was found to have assaulted a female sergeant.
Anyone want to clue us in on who protected him, over and over again? Who excused, condoned or covered this up? Because guess who's paying the price every single time crap like this gets papered over? You, us, 99% of coppers who do the job correctly and go home peacefully, calmly, soberly.
How about attacking the system that protects, promotes and excuses this behavior. Aside from a few DUI's, almost every single scandal that has rocked the Department in recent decades has at its heart a connected or clouted individual who thinks they operate outside of the rules. And unfortunately, their political sponsors allow them to, for a short while any way. Before they cost the city $44 million.
How about attacking the system that protects, promotes and excuses this behavior. Aside from a few DUI's, almost every single scandal that has rocked the Department in recent decades has at its heart a connected or clouted individual who thinks they operate outside of the rules. And unfortunately, their political sponsors allow them to, for a short while any way. Before they cost the city $44 million.
Labels: scandals, un-fucking-believable
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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This copper may be a idiot but how does the court system come up with this ridiculous number? 44 million? This guy even if he is disabled would never come close to earning that in his lifetime
The clouted and merited are assholes and their
behavior boomerangs back to hurt the taxpayers,
their protectors, and the 99% of standup cops.
WTF? It's the Chicago way....
As we already know it--- Rham and kidney bean for a supe... don't care about paying cash money to an inside law firm, it can happen during an election year or before. That mayor who resembles a corpse has his people (any sex but a male and European) ready to sign off on millions to an a upstanding citizen or family who was unwittingly harassed by CPD and out of control officers-- this is what read in the fake scum times
I can tell you that his clout was directly connected to s short red faced Irish man who grew up at 35th and Lowe and may have been mayor of Chicago at one time. Yes, his old man was very close with him. That's how he kept his job.
Who was his rabbi?
$44 M for a CCC (Clouted Criminal Cop)
and I still can't get medical for my work
related heat rash
This is the same Department that hired Garry Streetlights.
Consistency from top to bottom.
More gas on the fire...
Ask Ritchie Daley....
A 36 yr old $44 MILLION protected asshole.
Was it worth it? This verdict is a window into
the Toxic Work Culture within CPD.
When will the REAL FEDS investigate and
harvest Godfather Rahm and his cake job
minions? A RICO case if I ever heard of one.
Executive corruption causes death/disability
of civilians and pushes Chicago further into
insolvency.
Asshole clubs, incompetent management, and
cash awards don't mix.
Dad is an Ed Burke lackey. Kid was an untouchable idiot. Hopefully he’s gone.
The average unclouted Chicago Policeman
conducts himself well and lives an unsullied
life as much as humanly possible.
The average unclouted Chicago Policeman
conducts himself as though he "has no friends"
and strenuously avoids putting himself in a
position of shaming himself, his brother officers
and his sworn office as a Chicago Policeman.
Then you have the children of clout, the lowlife
m/fers and the straight-up troubled individuals
who somehow evade being screened out during the
hiring process...
Or "somebody," leans on "somebody else" somewhere
in the hiring loop to put a clout tickler on their
personnel file so that "yet somebody else" can make
sure that file doesn't land in the "REJECT" pile.
It's simple...
Bad, corrupt, ethically/morally compromised and
questionable at best people who have wormed or have
been deliberately placed in the hiring and management
loops have wrecked this Department by hiring and promoting
people who shouldn't be on the job at all.
And if it isn't bad enough that these people are on the job?
When they REPEATEDLY and very publicly fall backwards
flailing and kicking into their own shit?
They're repeatedly rescued by their clout only
to do the same shit over and over again.
These are the "untouchables" of CPD.
The ones whose antics are LEGEN-FUCKING-DARY!
If they weren't clouted and protected
and were actually subjected to standards,
general orders, rules of conduct and the
laws of this land like the rest of everybody
else wearing a blue suit with a star pinned
to the chest, CPD wouldn't be derided as the
fucked-up clown funeral procession it has been
deliberately turned into.
Political control and interference yields
THIS!
And the politicians (and the media) have a
great fear of someone actually knowledgeable,
competent and morally/ethically intact being
in command of CPD.
"Some uptight 'nutron' might get in there
and give you Coppers funny ideas about actually
enforcing the law an' we can't have you guys
doing that. You might turn on US and exact
some long overdue revenge."
CPD is FUCKED-UP because Chicago Municipal
Governance is FUCKED-UP.
Period.
A REAL Federal Consent Decree.
Not the liberal white-guilter progressive, antifa, #blm,
aclu, catered-to constituency, perpetual grievance
industrial complex, Obama/Holder/Lynch anti-Police
revenge fantasy consent decree that Rahm desperately
wants but a real one that could actually result in
him and his being on live feed from a federal correction
facility decaying alive to a skeleton for his/their
crimes against the people of this city.
Snatch CPD away from Rahm and the
city council.
Reboot hiring.
Institute actual Police Training
instead of this slavish devotion
to making criminals safe from The Police.
Criminals should be crying in fear,
terror and despair at the very sight
of Policemen on the prowl for them.
Instead?
Criminals are given leave to swagger
this city free and easy, hard-dicked,
mind-locked and unimpeded while The
Police are reduced to having church
under a bushel basket...
Police Like You Have No Friends.
Knew this guy from the neighborhood and also the guy he shot. Both of them were goofs and acted like jerks going back to high school. When it became known that Kelly was in the academy, everyone that knew him was speechless and figured he would wash out. Next thing you know he was on the street as a ppo. He would prowl the Western Ave. bars and readily show his sidearm to anyone. One night he beat hell out of his attractive girlfriend who, it was rumored, he was going to marry. She took a beating but it kept her from permanently ruining her life by marrying this guy. Right from the beginning this guy was getting beef after beef. But, he was never disciplined. Everyone who knew him would remark that he must have really heavy clout but to this day I have never heard who it is. If anyone knows, please share.
A great story and a reason not to do business with Chicago.
$44 Million?!?!? Where does all that money come from?
Oh - that's easy. Just soak everyone coming to Chicago with high sales taxes, Parking fees, red-light cameras, and anything else that can shake some money out of them.
Do you know how much you could do with $44 Million??? Think about all the neighborhood playgrounds they could rebuild or build brand-new?
Or, just keep it in CPD. $44 Million for equipment, training, even a couple of new hires.
And that is only ONE settlement!! ONE settlement!!!
Chicago needs to get rid of clout. It costs everyone too much money and for what? So someone's relative, who is totally unqualified, can play police officer instead of doing something they may have the skills for, like manning the machine that makes french fries?
Where is the disgust?
Well, no one is going to open up their mouth because their own "loser" niece or nephew is also on the force as well.
Chances are, they have already gotten their two or three "merit promotions" by now and you just can't let go of a Sergeant or Lt. (God help us if they are even higher on the Totem Pole of Chiefs)
CPD is NOT a place for second-stringers and when you come down to it, a second-stringer would be a vast improvement on some of the fourth-string clouted!!
Cozzi gets two years in jail for doing his job while this asshole is collecting a check still. Difference between clouted and regular peon
He’s trash, should’ve been fired a long time ago.
Good Question who is his clout !!!! Spill all the information
Thanks. I have told my friends over and over this blog is the real news. And to read this about that fucked up story solidifies it. Thanks.
Its funny how everyone now is bashing Kelly ....but....everyone stood up for him when there were stories on social media and the news about him. Everyone backed him when Savini did story after story on Kelly.
Not a Savini fan but he was right about him. I hope Kelly gets charged and goes to the joint. The victim deserves alot more than 44million. Pain and suffering alone is worth more. Lifetime care will be very costly
He learned more about police work at his family dinner table by the time he was eleven yoa than most of us did in 24 weeks in the academy. He was born for the job. That is intended as a reflection on the academy, by the way.
I'm sick of the clout hacks on this job ruining everything for the regular guys and girls that go to work everyday to do a job and do it well. This guy and any copper like him is a disgrace
Typical, nothing to see here. There are two sets of rules, has been and always will be. Chicago will keep paying out to protect the clouted, while parading these that aren't around as the face of "zero tolerance." Rumor has it that the city will have to pay out again for protecting a clout heavy supervisor in Homan.
So who is behind him. If CPD affiliated they need to be pouted and fired. But we won't know because no one will do the right thing and go public with info.
The video I saw of his interview states call my dad. Look no further for his clout from him. Who is his dads clout and why would they extend any curtesy to this moron? He said his friend was dead. Moron couldn’t even do that right. I don’t know him but from what I read he was a SW sider. Who is the Dad and who helped the Dad on the job? Answer that question and get the $44 million from them.
Hummm, well doesn't a cop that commits all kinds of crimes qualify as a criminal? Looks to me like if you're going to have a liberal democrat sanctuary city, you got to be fair about it. Protecting all your criminals and illegal aliens just gets more and more expensive.
The only problem is, all your hard working, law abiding, tax paying citizens are fleeing the city! So the tax bill for those left behind gets bigger and bigger and bigger..., but don't worry about it, Rahm Inc. has lots more tax ideas I'll bet.
J.J.
Protected? It's buried in the story, but Kelly was arrested that night for assault to a sergeant. He was an asshole that night and no one on scene protected him.
Two drunk losers hillbies went out and got shit faced and one of the drunk hillbies got shot. Kelly was off duty. There was no reason other the culture to blame police officers for everything for this verdict So now everything someone does off-duty we get blamed? Look where the jurors are from that spoke: North Aurora and Plainfield, hillbilly capital of the world.
Officers on that scene did everything right.
Sooooo.....Is Rahmie going to cut him a check????...Post dated maybe until the year of 2050???
It would be real interesting reading to review his prior beefs and look at the chain of command review and find the common denominator. There are fingerprints out there if someone wants to look for them.
They're repeatedly rescued by their clout only
to do the same shit over and over again.
These are the "untouchables" of CPD.
The ones whose antics are LEGEN-FUCKING-DARY!
If they weren't clouted and protected
and were actually subjected to standards,
general orders, rules of conduct and the
laws of this land like the rest of everybody
else wearing a blue suit with a star pinned
to the chest, CPD wouldn't be derided as the
fucked-up clown funeral procession it has been
deliberately turned into.
Reminds one of a certain recently retired sex offender, er.. Lt from Area North who is quite miffed that none of his clan can find him a city payroll to ghost ride...
No clout involved
There was another large settlement paid out 2 months ago because of his antics. He repeatedly tased a pregnant woman until she lost her baby a couple days later. And continued to harass and stalk the family wherever they moved. Let's not forget his shooting of a mental person dozens of times Plus a six-figure settlement for pistol-whipping a subject. In addition to telling subjects that he will plant drugs on them and a case on them.
Was wondering about this, does this come directly from taxpayers or is it getting covered by the cities insurance?
UNCLE EDDIE BURKE!!!!!!!!
That’s the same guy that will be signing the check for this asshole....
Aren't the juries basically a part of this problem? I assume that the jury pool consists of people from this city-who are the very ones who will be paying for this verdict! (I don't count a certain demographic who routinely see multi-million $$$ signs at the slightest infraction, like only getting 2 pickles on their Whopper instead of 3, and who are usually exempt from having to pay taxes.
This copper should have been fired a long long time ago but it seems that he is gifted with the clout gene. When a guy like this screws up his clout turns the tables and make it look like he got messed with. So one life is destroyed and he walks proud and e pay.
Business as usual.
Its time to leave this job and city. The way the DOJ's and the police accountability reports have been used against us, yet either of the reports needed statical evidence is embarrassing.
The only potential challenger to Rahm was McCarthy (and I wouldn't hire McCarthy to cut my grass). But McCarthy is a better communicator and media hungry person than Rahm. Rahm needed this lawsuit to go bad so he can point to the fact that McCarthy was the Superintendent. $44 million, but nothing from Rahm campaign fund. Kelly was off-duty, he was arrested that night. No one covered up for him.
Someone said it earlier; the Chicago way. Absolutely! And not because of the amount of money. Nope, because of the timing. The City and FOP are in the midst of contract negotiations. What better setup to attack us and our disciplinary system?
I know everyone has an opinion about this, but all you are doing is feeding your master by making comments that give him ammunition to try to screw us all. People, you have to think before putting finger to keyboard.
A story like this shows how stupid politicians really are. And I'm sure his clout don't care anything about the jury verdict or what it will do the CPD . Politicians have an agenda , and none of them care who or what they step on it to accomplish it . There's zero accountability !!
OT: So the great Capt. Eve Gushes shows up in 007 yesterday to give a presentation about her new unit, The Force Review Uint. All of us who know of her antics while she was here in 007 knew she would do or say something that would embarrass her or the department, And boy she didn’t disappoint... towards the end of her awesome presentation where she probably said “I” at least a dozen times, referencing how she did everything herself or at least giving herself full credit in creating every idea, she decided it was important to let everyone know how the people for this new unit were picked. She so elequently described how she took working officers to be in the unit and that it wasn’t staffed with “ Commander’s secretaries, or Commander’s girlfriends, or “other people’s garbage”. Yes she referred to other police officers, not to mention human beings, as garbage in front of the entire 007th district supervisory staff. And this is who will be in charge of reviewing trr’s for the entire department. It shouldn’t come as a surprise of her choice of words as there is an open EEOC complaint against her for throwing a bag of garbage at a P.O in roll call. And that incident happened right before her promotion to Captain. Only the best to lead this department....
OK, but he was off-duty. 44 Million for an off duty incident. Sure throw him in jail, question how he got here in the first place.
The CPD certainly does have a two tier policy. In 2004 I was brand new to the job. We responded to a loud house party. We dispersed the house party and this kid was walking away while smoking weed.The nerve of him! So we stop him and find he has a whole lot of weed, cash and two cell phones on him. I cuff him and he starts yelling that his dad is a Lieutant. A sergeant talks to him and verifies yes indeed his dad is a boss and he orders me to take my cuffs off and let him go. This is how the future "Patrick Kelly's" of the Chicago Police Department are made.
Good. This guy is a goof. Justice for the victim. Let this PO rot.
If the media wants a good story to investigate, FIND OUT who the clout was for Kelly and who protected him!! The public needs to understand that the overwhelming majority of rank and file police officers would have NEVER been allowed to keep their jobs after doing what asshole Kelly has done his entire police career. He's a raging alcoholic who's been out of control on and off duty for a long time. He was part of a group on 3rd watch in 009 that walked around like they were the shit for years (back when Kelly and others had well under 10 years on the job). A couple in that little jag-off group of his have since lost their jobs (forced to resign to avoid being fired). All Kelly and his Clout have done is make every Chicago cop look bad. And on a side note, all-though Kelly needs to be made an example out of, no way did his white trash buddy and their family deserve $44 million dollars courtesy of the taxpayers. These juries have no common sense at all!
Cozzi gets two years in jail for doing his job while this asshole is collecting a check still. Difference between clouted and regular peon
***************
Stop using Cozzi as martyr. He was a goof with a well known track record too. There was no excuse for him to be wailing on a guy in a wheelchair.
A person in 025 a few years back drove home drunk, flipped his car and smashed into a off dutys personal vehicle. Cops had the cop in the back of the squad ready to arrest him. A certain white shirt hears it on the radio, goes to the scene and takes the drunk cop out of the squad. That cop til this day still drives drunk and the white shirt has long since been retired.
A cop in 025 years ago shot a gun in a hospital while on probation. Now the ass is a sergeant in 011.
I worked along side him in 009 for a short time and I have a different opinion of him. I thought he was a good Officer. I did not know about his past or his baggage nor do I condone it. I will say one thing, there was no physical evidence to link him to shooting his friend. Hi friend had the gsr on him not Kelly. I truly believe there will be a special place in hell for Laporta for lying after he shot himself. PK ma of done some stupid things but he did not deserve this.
Who was his rabbi?
I prefer chinaman
Clout has ruined every worthwhile
institution in Chicago, and for what?
How many knew and kept quiet? He is not the only one, if you see something say something otherwise your guilty of harboring a criminal. Bad cops need to have the light of day shining on them. Things like this turn the citizens against you, so the sooner you help clean up your ranks the better.
The appeal process for this one should be interesting. And, I think that this guy will now be looking for a new job
Prime case for a special prosecuted, with his history there has got to be trail. I'll bet a lot of merit and clouted backers are worried about the fallout from this case. This money might have been put your pension. Keeping quiet and the going along to get along days are over. Bad cops need to be called out and fired for cause.
This is an example of why there needs to be better police accountability. You've brought the extra scrutiny on yourselves with actions like this.
Anonymous said:
"Everyone who knew him would remark that he must have really heavy clout but to this day I have never heard who it is. If anyone knows, please share."
Yes, someone knows.
So...
This guy is the Tony Abbate of 2017, huh?
Fuck you to whoever clouted him onto the job.
Fuck you to whoever cleaned up his messes
to protect him.
Fuck you to whoever ran interference for him
to protect him from being disciplined/terminated.
Make this goof's clout be on the hook
for this $44 Million judgement.
And for those who like to flap their dick-beaters
about "The Blue Wall of Silence?"
There's something much more vile, insidious
and corrosive than that.
It's called CLOUT.
Clout is what ultimately protects bad officers
from being roundly dealt with.
"The Blue Wall" is nothing but a construct and
a liberal talking point against the rugged and
rightfully insular culture of Policing.
It's only about:
"Whither The Police?
What are they doing?
What do they think?
Does what The Police
think fall in line with what
WE feel?
Why are The Police the
way they are?"
(Why is it so important for the rest of
everybody else to know?)
They're ONLY Cops...
Right?
So?
That's $44 million that won't go to plug the holes in the pension, and instead, taxpayers get screwed by yet another clouted sociopath with a badge. And the city wonders why people who make good money leave the city and are replaced by people who make less money. Good job, Chicago.
Lori and Sharon love this story.
Merit detective handled investigation, a 19th ward lackey. Check detective out, white Caucasian listed as a minority.
Most alcoholics have at least one underlying personality disorder.
One of the jurors basically said this was done to teach the Chicago Police Department a lesson; unfortunately at everyone living here's expense! There is no doubt that this guy should have been launched, but the Department has virtually no control over the Clouted. Anyone with any time on the job has seen bosses and POs who once clouted were literally untouchable. I can actually remember a Lieutenant being pushed off a Watch because they tried to discipline Clouted Patrol Officers. Rahm himself, the Governor himself; will not stand up to Madigan or Burke! And the money lost on this settlement is peanuts compared to the money that will be lost if Amazon does not come here. I said this weeks ago: The Generosity of Chicago Juries, be they federal or local, is not something that Amazon wants to deal with. Employees get injured and have issues that end up in court. If the courts are willing to give settlements the way Chicago juries award money, Amazon will not want to move here. Stay Safe. Baby "G"
Time to seize Mr. Shortshanks's pension to pay for this mess. Clout-babies who screw up should be charged to their sponsor's account.
That might make for a rapid change to an honest merit based system -- and in the meantime it would feel good to see the arrogant suffer like the rest of us chumbolones.
You want your clouted or race-based or whatever handed a job they don't deserve? Fine, you are on the hook.
Is the Kochman case still in civil litigation and what was the final settlement?
Who ran that coverup and where are they now?
The problem lies in the over-promoted Merit hacks that committed the biggest of improprieties and not the low level blue shirt.
One of the ways the Dept tried handle the misfits was to bury them into a unit or promote them.
Start the reform at the top and hold the past supervisors responsible as well.
On to another point is what happens when the latest new recruit candidate pool is allowed to have an arrest record and various other characteristics that imply recklessness whether domestic or financial?
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
This copper may be a idiot but how does the court system come up with this ridiculous number? 44 million? This guy even if he is disabled would never come close to earning that in his lifetime
It's not only his earning power. Bigger part is the cost of his medical bills and the constant medical attention he will need in the future which is only going to get more expensive
Plus the chances are that judgement will be reduced in appeal. Happens all the time that huge judgements are reduced
Sometimes you are better off taking a smaller settlement and the case is over and no appeal or possibility of reduction
Don't worry, he will be your boss some day.
Can we just fire him and get it over with? City should put a lien and start forfeiture of his assets to try and recoup the money.
Stupid ass should have been fired a long time. And now it has grown into this. Why is he still on the street?
OT
This is what commie AOL posted on their site today:
"As if getting acquitted in the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher wasn’t enough, the record of former Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby has been wiped clean as if it never happened.
Shelby requested that her record be expunged following her acquittal, and District Judge William LaFortune ruled on Wednesday that the first-degree manslaughter case would be removed from her record, with the documents related to the case sealed except by court order.
Outside of government and law enforcement officials, agencies would also be unable to see the case on a background check."
not just the connected bad-seed cops, but their arrogant kids as well.
$44.7 million judgement? Here comes another beverage tax.
Wish we could of a section dedicated to wasteful city projects. Updates on the Block 37 unfinished high speed rail train station, Michael Reese Hospital, Navy Pier upgrades, River Walk and all the other bs.
Maybe it is time to update your eight questions under preview/ unless the results are the same
Will the city appeal this ruling? Of course not. The attorney for the "victim" is certainly connected. The city will just cut a check and that will be that. The city doesn't challenge any lawsuits. No wonder everybody sues Chicago. Unfukkingbelievable!!!
Retired now but when I was on the job I was always told never embarrass your clout. I guess it all depends on who you are.
First of all Tony romanucci is a fine ethical decent guy, he’s not a pro BLM anti cop guy or a clouted Rahm ass kisser. Tony did what he had to do to seek justice for his client which is his ethical and moral responsibility. The fault lies with the CPD allowing these clouted guys get away with anything. You see it daily with Ferguson refusing to investigate the lieutenant cheating scandal, davina wards bs at IAD, campaign contribution irregularities and total corruption in Rahm’s administration. Since the city won’t clean its act up, thank god we have men of integrity like Tony romanucci who will.
I hope this idiot copper got arrested and fired.
Is he doing time now??
Anonymous said...
A 36 yr old $44 MILLION protected asshole.
Was it worth it? This verdict is a window into
the Toxic Work Culture within CPD.
When will the REAL FEDS investigate and
harvest Godfather Rahm and his cake job
minions? A RICO case if I ever heard of one.
Executive corruption causes death/disability
of civilians and pushes Chicago further into
insolvency.
Asshole clubs, incompetent management, and
cash awards don't mix.
10/27/2017 12:53:00 AM
Why is this copper not in jail? 44 millions wow the retirees could of had health care! Watch now thoroughly how quickly coppers will be "evaluated" and removed!
Corruption = lawlessness = anarchy , and when every part of our government is corrupt, we get this crap.
So much for taking the fifth when you are on the stand, perfectly legal and maybe effective on a bench trial, but different when the jury wants to hear from you. The jury stated it was a "game changer" although they tried to play that down a little later
How much of that 44 mil is going to Burke's law firm.
Again, I disagree with you guys on a number of issues...
THIS sure as hell ain't one.
Clout is the enemy of every decent hard-working cop out there.
And the Daley / Madigan machine that continues to infect this city is a horror beyond words, and dollars.
Good on ya' for keeping this sort of crap front-and-center. Great work!
Too bad those who helped cover up Richie Vanecko's murder of David Koschman got away with it. All of 'em.
Who’s his clout? What happened to the Sgt that was pushed? Charges dropped? Did she get promoted meritorious for not pursuing charges? Why should the city pay that money for something that did not happen while that guy was not working. Then there are other officers that get disciplined for way way less. Double standard in discipline I see.
Damn '85 box Chevy caprice phantom...
probably one of the best, most accurate posts ever written
To idiot who says he can't believe he got 44 million!
You spend the rest of your life in a wheel chair!
You lose all credibility when you say BC caught time for doing his job. I don't like what J-Fled did to him either but his peril did not come from "doing" his job.
This guy used a taser on a pregnant woman that resulted in a miscarriage. She went to court and was awarded on $150 thousand. The statue of justice may be blindfolded but she obviously is peaking.
The $44M settlement is not so much to cover future earnings as it is to cover for future medical expenses.
The lawyers will skim about half off the top.
Just saw on channel 7 news they interview jury foreman, F/1 saying that the reason why this became a CPD code of silence issue is because when the office called 911 he identified himself as a police officer. She smugly assert this was to seek special treatment.
Media doesn't know or care that anytime a sworn member contacts the department they are required to identify themselves as officers.
Anonymous said...
This is an example of why there needs to be better police accountability. You've brought the extra scrutiny on yourselves with actions like this.
10/27/2017 09:46:00 AM
Huh?
Who the fuck is this all encompassing
"You" that you ignorant asses are
jabbering about?
F/U...
Since you shit between two shoes like
everybody else, it's your fault too...
Should have not been on the job
10/27/2017 11:08:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Can we just fire him and get it over with? City should put a lien and start forfeiture of his assets to try and recoup the money.
You have any idea what you are talking about? He settled the case against him several years ago for like $300,000. This case was against the city for not taking action against him and allowing the blue code of silence. How can a city be found wrong and have a judgement against them and then put a lien on your asserts. I hope you are not the police.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I hope this idiot copper got arrested and fired.
Is he doing time now??
You are the idiot for making comments about a case you know nothing about. If you had any knowledge of the case you would know he was never charged with anything so how could he be arrested
Oh yea, he's doing time although he's never been charged or convicted. Guess that's the way it works in some people world
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Will the city appeal this ruling? Of course not. The attorney for the "victim" is certainly connected. The city will just cut a check and that will be that. The city doesn't challenge any lawsuits. No wonder everybody sues Chicago. Unfukkingbelievable!!!
News flash!!! The city law department announced they are going to appeal the award. You just don't cut a 44 million dollar check
It's one of the largest if not the largest in city history. By appealing it, the city has a good chance that it will be reduced for the reason of being excessive. Happens all the time. You hear the large judgements and a year or two later it is reduced. Second if they appeal it you will never see the money until all appeals are over with, probably 7 years. Both lawyers and plaintiffs want the money sooner. Who knows what 7 years will bring
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
This copper may be a idiot but how does the court system come up with this ridiculous number? 44 million? This guy even if he is disabled would never come close to earning that in his lifetime
It's not only his earning power. Bigger part is the cost of his medical bills and the constant medical attention he will need in the future which is only going to get more expensive
Plus the chances are that judgement will be reduced in appeal. Happens all the time that huge judgements are reduced
Sometimes you are better off taking a smaller settlement and the case is over and no appeal or possibility of reduction
The court system doesn't come up with the judgement, the jury does
It's all about deep pockets. I don't think there is a doubt that this guy's employment with the city should have been terminated long ago and perhaps he should have been charged with some crime for previous acts, but how do you hold the city accountable for his off-duty actions outside his employment? Is the state held accountable for convicted felons they release early and who then commit murder or shoot someone? Are parents held accountable for the actions of their children? Are auto manufacturers held accountable for someone whose negligent or intentional actions of their product causes death or serious injury to someone. I believe the plaintiff was certainly entitled to damages from the person who caused the injuries, but why is burden put on the taxpayers?
44 million wtf bring back the coke tax and add a flammin hots tax.
A cop in 025 years ago shot a gun in a hospital while on probation. Now the ass is a sergeant in 011.
10/27/2017 09:05:00 AM
Thirty years ago, a clouted ppo popped a cap into the tile floor of an interview room in the old 009th District station. That goof is now a cpd lieutenant of police. Wonderful. Just fucking wonderful.
A word to the arrogant CPD at O'Hare that treat Aviation POLICE like garbage, you'd be wise to stay out of our multiple suburban jurisdictions that a lot of us patrol. To the REAL CPD, sorry but those assholes cost you our professional courtesy.
jurors on the evening news said he immediately identified himself as a police officer in the 911 call, therefore he was acting in his official capacity as an agent of the city and that puts the city on the hook for the 44 million. the injured man rightly deserves a billion dollars, but it sucks the taxpayers have to pony up the 44 million.
What does it take to get fired from the CPD? With a record like his the jury should have given his victim 100 million. Just maybe that would get some media attention. There needs to be an investigation into how this tool kept his job. As an aside, get ready for a tax increase, someone has to pay for all the foolish. Until you stop voting democratic there will never be a change. The Chicago way will continue to dip into your pockets without so much as a thank you.
Clout helped this copper keep his job incident after incident. He and his family are Bridgeport babies, enough said. Everyone knows what politicians are attached to that area, but the politicians are never investigated and jailed for their antics. This officer was off duty and drunk again, but had nothing to do with the suicide his friend attemted. There is pleanty of evidence to show suicide, including witnesses who gave statements of his depression and repeated intent to kill himself. Physical evidence and witness statements couldn't overcome the jury feeling sorry for the guy who shot himself and his parents plea for someone else to have to pay the bills for his actions. He was as drunk as the officer, but couldn't control his own actions and tried to end his own life. Now the officer gets blamed and everyone on the scene is made to seem like conspiring participants. Someone in another post alleged the female sgt may have been meritoriously promoted for dropping charges, but that is just some goof spouting off. That sgt did not drop the charges, she fully cooperated and went to court and testified in the criminal trial fter the officer was charged. The detective division decided what the officer was going to be charged with, and this whole verdict is simply a money grab by the family of the guy who shot himself and the typical greedy, snake attorney. The copper was wrong for not securing his weapon and for assaulting a department member, and he was criminal charged and subsequently administratively disciplined, inclusive of being intoxicated. This copper should have been fired years ago, blame the politicians for this and no one else. But this federal case is only a money grab and nothing more. The idiot copper didn't participate in the discharge of the gun, that was the personal choice of the injured person. He and his family already sued the officer personally, but the half mil they got from that wasn't enough for them and their attorney, they wanted more, so they tried to dirty up the department and other officers who had to respond to the stupidity of their loved one in order to take more money. The guy is wheelchair bound and mentally deficient by his own choices and his own actions, that's no one else's fault. The officer will never be charged with anything regarding this, the states atty office already looked at it twice and there is nothing there. The Dept is just going to turn up the heat to force him to quit.
http://44news.wevv.com/evansville-man-tried-run-officers-sentenced/
Note "tried to".....what a whole different world this is down here
So glad Davina Ward got mentioned in this context.
She is sick and tired of playing second fiddle to Wheezie.
Wheezie ain’t got nothing on Davina.
Supt. Eddie Johnson's niece is otj too. total goof, craaazy as hell, dangerous, but untouchable . Should of failed in the academy, but guess what? Passes. Ask 012. She passed the psych?! Yet Ex military failed?! Bullshit! The Chicago way. Nepotism. Corruption. Clout! Those guys should sue!
So let me get this straight - if two people go out and at the end of the night of heavy drinking, someone either shoots himself or his friend shoots him, they can sue the employer even though they were off work in their own home? This country is fucked. So two bustouts from Wal-Mart, go out after work and do the same thing - Wal-Mart is liable? There is no way - the city will win on appeal.
How is the city liable if some drunk goof, off duty, and in a private residence discharges his weapon and the bullet hits another drunk goof in the head? This award will either be thrown out(hopefully) or significantly reduced.
Anonymous said...
A cop in 025 years ago shot a gun in a hospital while on probation. Now the ass is a sergeant in 011.
10/27/2017 09:05:00 AM
Hey beat off the sergeant you speak of earned the stripes. Not clouted, heavy, no phone call, no merit. The sergeant you speak of also takes care of his coppers. So go back in your mamas basement and run the gel through your hair stroke, these 2 stories have nothing to do with each other.
This copper may be a idiot but how does the court system come up with this ridiculous number? 44 million? This guy even if he is disabled would never come close to earning that in his lifetime
10/27/2017 12:08:00 AM
They are giving him a million dollars year for the rest of his life. He's 36 so they are paying him till he is 80 years old. They are including pain and suffering, lost wages and medical care. The extra 700k was for purchasing a home for him that is accessible to all his needs.
I worked along side him in 009 for a short time and I have a different opinion of him. I thought he was a good Officer. I did not know about his past or his baggage nor do I condone it. I will say one thing, there was no physical evidence to link him to shooting his friend. Hi friend had the gsr on him not Kelly. I truly believe there will be a special place in hell for Laporta for lying after he shot himself. PK ma of done some stupid things but he did not deserve this.
10/27/2017 09:19:00 AM
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You are a complete moron. Your buddy from 009 is a drunken shithead. I hope you get conjugal visits when kelly is in IDOC
Who is protecting this goof?
SCC check that crook sheriff blog they have cad report of police called to Darts house. I know Dart has been telling the media it's not true. Check it out and post it please.
Why does the city have to pay if it happened off duty?
Who’s his clout? What happened to the Sgt that was pushed? Charges dropped? Did she get promoted meritorious for not pursuing charges? Why should the city pay that money for something that did not happen while that guy was not working. Then there are other officers that get disciplined for way way less. Double standard in discipline I see.
10/27/2017 02:58:00 PM
Another idiotic comment. The sergeant is still a sergeant. Charges were not dropped. A judge found him not guilty. You can thank the two detectives who "thoroughly" investigated this case
So why don't you name names? Who was Kelly's clout?
OT
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It’s not Burke’s law firm,,,,,get your facts straight and learn to read.
Breaking News.. Dart domestic confirmed!!!!FOIA request shows someone contacted/filed police report from Sheriff Dart's residence despite CPD repeated denials. What were they initially trying to cover-up?
FOIA IN LINK..
http://crookcountysheriff.blogspot.com/2017/10/breaking-newsfoia-request-shows-someone.html
WHY WOULD ANYONE IN CPD COVER FOR TOMMY TOUPEE> VERY DISTURBING>>
Here’s what I don’t get about this. How is the City responsible for an off duty copper who isn’t doing anything police related?
I need a break from the negativity...
How about you-need a laugh again? Scroll back to this previous post from:
“WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017
Greatest Video of 2017
We think we broke a rib laughing. Be sure you have the sound up for the finale:”
This is an all-time best SCC!
Retired, 30+
GSR on "victims" shirt cuff.
Hmmmmm.
To idiot who says he can't believe he got 44 million!
You spend the rest of your life in a wheel chair!
Really.......he took full part in the bad decisions made that night! Not saying he deserves life in a chair but tired of people not taking responsibilities for their own actions and crying that it's everyone else's fault.
is the jag still collecting a paycheck
city should fight this
Daley and Rham said it's cheaper to settle than try cases. It's all so cheaper to pay overtime. I guess it's easy to take all of our money by taxing us, over regulations and fees.
I'm just counting down my time out of here.
How about take the 44 MILLION from next years training budget. Also for get the new academy, we can't afford it.
I agree with the coment on Tony Romanucci, nice man who gets it, goes after the city but not after the individual. Unlike other law firms that take it personal and our children have to eat spam.
To the idiot that said Cozy hit a guy in a wheelchair. The guy was sitting in a wheelcbair not using it. He wasn't handicapped. Keep spreading the same take news the media did asshole.
his copper may be a idiot but how does the court system come up with this ridiculous number? 44 million? This guy even if he is disabled would never come close to earning that in his lifetime
Ever here of a thing called a lifetime of medical expenses?
FYI - The 44 million is already in an interest bearing account in escrow. That award will sit in a connected banks deposits until the appeals are all exhausted.
Rahm slush fund plus what he paid the connected law firm just took a nice hit. The city will get the $ amount lowered and the lawyers on both sides will agree on the $ the guy will get.
How an off duty conduct is related to the employer is bull shit. But, The Federal Judge found good reason not to toss the case after motions. The Federal Judge' are legit with integrity. unlike the make believe one' in Crook County.
This case was only about two drunk Bridgeport turkey birds playing with a gun. The prick copper is not going to jail !
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A word to the arrogant CPD at O'Hare that treat Aviation POLICE like garbage, you'd be wise to stay out of our multiple suburban jurisdictions that a lot of us patrol. To the REAL CPD, sorry but those assholes cost you our professional courtesy.
10/27/2017 05:46:00 PM
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OK, asshole, I'll stay out of Scummit and Robbins. You'll need those $12 hr gigs to supplement your future $14 hr guard pay... Oh, remember to turn in that "Police" star, and don't "lose" it.
Not an Aviation Security Guard
To the idiot that said Cozy hit a guy in a wheelchair. The guy was sitting in a wheelcbair not using it. He wasn't handicapped. Keep spreading the same take news the media did asshole.
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In a wheelchair, sitting in a wheelchair, same thing. Watch the video, Cozzi did it to himself by losing his cool. He was a well known goof in CPD well before the wheelchair incident. Also, learn some proper grammar and use spell check when posting ASSHOLE!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A word to the arrogant CPD at O'Hare that treat Aviation POLICE like garbage, you'd be wise to stay out of our multiple suburban jurisdictions that a lot of us patrol. To the REAL CPD, sorry but those assholes cost you our professional courtesy.
10/27/2017 05:46:00 PM
Screw you Aviation Pol...security! Disney Mickey police have more power than you clouted assholes. The ILETSB should revoke all your certs because APD was never an accredited or full department. Non arresting non gun carrying wastes of space.
IPRA on a call from lori lightfoot as well as a call to IAD told Ferguson to investigate an alleged coverup. Ferguson refused. Brian Peete his ex cop investigator told me it was still under investigation and it never was. Total obstruction by all of them. Rahm is behind all of this. And he will get caught.
All of these negative comments about throwing him in jail, why isn't he charged, justice for the victim. Laporta shot himself in the head, HIMSELF. P.K. was drunk and left his gun unsecured, was that stupid? Yes it was, however it was not criminal. This so called victim texted his girlfriend saying he was suicidal. WTF have we become on this job that we hope fellow Officers are indicted and in jail. This is why we can't get a fair shake in contract negotations and are easily divided by the Mayor and other politicians. How about we support each other once in a while. I have over 20 years on this job and I have noticed a drastic change in the Officers and how we treat each other. And sticking together doesn't mean there is a code of silence it means supporting each other. I am so glad I can retire in a few years. This department is going down the drain and our own are helping it.
Signed,
Disgusted Sgt.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I worked along side him in 009 for a short time and I have a different opinion of him. I thought he was a good Officer. I did not know about his past or his baggage nor do I condone it. I will say one thing, there was no physical evidence to link him to shooting his friend. Hi friend had the gsr on him not Kelly. I truly believe there will be a special place in hell for Laporta for lying after he shot himself. PK ma of done some stupid things but he did not deserve this.
10/27/2017 09:19:00 AM
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You are a complete moron. Your buddy from 009 is a drunken shithead. I hope you get conjugal visits when kelly is in IDOC
10/27/2017 09:20:00 PM
Hey dumbass the victim was loaded with gun shot residue, not Kelly. He will never be charged, because the so called victim shot himself and there is enough physical evidence to prove that. As for Kelly being a drunk, I have heard that and I do not condone it. With that being said the only bad move he made was leaving his weapon unsecured so this idiot Laporta could use it to shoot himself.
Blogger Peter McQuinn said...
So why don't you name names? Who was Kelly's clout?
10/27/2017 10:46:00 PM
Nobody can name his clout because the guy has no clout. That’s just how things happen some time
Just like the protected jag off high school jock athlete,
guys like this ain't shit outside of their clouted bubble.
Left on their own, they wind up substance dependent,
on welfare, and their idea of painting the town involves
cheap spray paint after getting jacked up after huffing
paint thinner
You want respect for the police to return? Get rid of trash like this bastard. The clot system is cancer.
Cozzi gets two years in jail for doing his job while this asshole is collecting a check still. Difference between clouted and regular peon
Just being devils advocate but cozzi didn't do his job. He cracked around a guy handcuffed to a wheel chair. Was he right as a person?? Absolutely. He deserved a crack. As a policeman? No, he broke the law. He got fair punishment by getting probation and then returning to work. He got railroaded by j fed.
Anonymous said...
Protected? It's buried in the story, but Kelly was arrested that night for assault to a sergeant. He was an asshole that night and no one on scene protected him.
Two drunk losers hillbies went out and got shit faced and one of the drunk hillbies got shot. Kelly was off duty. There was no reason other the culture to blame police officers for everything for this verdict So now everything someone does off-duty we get blamed? Look where the jurors are from that spoke: North Aurora and Plainfield, hillbilly capital of the world.
Officers on that scene did everything right.
10/27/2017 06:53:00 AM
The point you seem to be missing is that this goof had a pattern of behavior both ON and off duty that would suggest to any sane person that he was not fit for the job.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
FYI - The 44 million is already in an interest bearing account in escrow. That award will sit in a connected banks deposits until the appeals are all exhausted.
Close, the money will earn interest and if the judgement is upheld the plaintiff will receive the money plus interest. But it is bbt held in escrow. The courts do not lock up that money until the case is over and all all appeals are exhausted
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Here’s what I don’t get about this. How is the City responsible for an off duty copper who isn’t doing anything police related?
Read the case first and familiarize yourself with it. City was judged responsible because they failed to take action on his previous beefs and behavior. He had like 19 beefs and the city didn't do much. Not saying it's right or wrong, just trying to explain on what basis the judgement was made
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Daley and Rham said it's cheaper to settle than try cases. It's all so cheaper to pay overtime. I guess it's easy to take all of our money by taxing us, over regulations and fees.
I'm just counting down my time out of here.
Do you realize what you are saying? The city did not settle this case. And the city did try the cause. What more could they have done and are now appealing the case
f that , investigate who allowed him to stay on the job , what IAD investigator , supervisor signed off
fire them
they are the problem
The offending officers mom is a Daley niece...nuff said. He was protected his whole career and kept his job (and his police powers) years longer than any other person would have with the same "issues." It wasn't until last week that he even got stripped.
Do you realize what you are saying? The city did not settle this case. And the city did try the cause. What more could they have done and are now appealing the case
Get better lawyers ?
Hey 9.5, still think it was a good idea to say there was a code of silence ?
Regardless, this was an off-duty incident whether he was the police or not he probably still would’ve had a gun. 44 million is ridiculous. Get rid of the jury system, or at least make them pass an aptitude test.
Gun shot residue and text messages...
Patrick Kelly invoked the 5th Amendment 31 times— civil trials allow the jury to draw a negative inference.
Jury said it was a game-changer.
And Rahm needs a better outside law firm.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To idiot who says he can't believe he got 44 million!
You spend the rest of your life in a wheel chair!
10/27/2017 03:32:00 PM
To the idiot above, there are plenty people in wheelchairs who don't get paid 44 million and go about their lives. Military members come home everyday, some in wheel chairs. Maybe u should pay them some of your paycheck. They at least deserve it.
44 million is fucking outrageous. Must have been some brain dead Hillary voters on that jury.
PK was psyched 2x...he should not be a cop.
-former 009 Sergeant
A word to the arrogant CPD at O'Hare that treat Aviation POLICE like garbage, you'd be wise to stay out of our multiple suburban jurisdictions that a lot of us patrol. To the REAL CPD, sorry but those assholes cost you our professional courtesy.
You guys are one step above the T.S.A. agents. You are more like "travel advisers' than any sort of law enforcement.
I worked with PK in 009. I personally witnessed his tantrums which could be described as borderline personality. He is nothing but a large bully who uses physical violence to get his way. Everyone in 009 could see that he had no self control.
Hey dumbass the victim was loaded with gun shot residue, not Kelly. He will never be charged, because the so called victim shot himself and there is enough physical evidence to prove that. As for Kelly being a drunk, I have heard that and I do not condone it. With that being said the only bad move he made was leaving his weapon unsecured so this idiot Laporta could use it to shoot himself.
10/28/2017 09:36:00 AM
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The victim..not the so called victim... how do you know he was loaded with gun shot residue when he was never tested. Let that sink in. Idiot
Thirty years ago, a clouted ppo popped a cap into the tile floor of an interview room in the old 009th District station. That goof is now a cpd lieutenant of police. Wonderful. Just fucking wonderful.
10/27/2017 05:34:00 PM
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Really? Who was his clout? I ask because I know exactly who you're talking about. He had no clout, no politicians in his family and made sgt and lt by test score. In fact he took time for that incident after Gypsie Joe Sperando faked having debris in his eye so he could sit on the medical for the summer. He's also the only boss I know of who took the stand in federal court and testified against clouted bosses who were on trial for screwing over a couple of POs. He had nothing to gain and everything to lose but he did the right thing.
Anonymous said...
f that , investigate who allowed him to stay on the job , what IAD investigator , supervisor signed off
fire them
they are the problem
10/28/2017 02:40:00 PM
yes, you might be correct in this, but then you must also look at the " chain of command", the gold stars that reviewed each and every investigations , if they approved it or not and any comments that they added, " The Command Channel Review". Same as the McDonald Investigation where a police officer is now on trial after the gold stars all said it was a good shoot and now deny it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hey dumbass the victim was loaded with gun shot residue, not Kelly. He will never be charged, because the so called victim shot himself and there is enough physical evidence to prove that. As for Kelly being a drunk, I have heard that and I do not condone it. With that being said the only bad move he made was leaving his weapon unsecured so this idiot Laporta could use it to shoot himself.
10/28/2017 09:36:00 AM
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The victim..not the so called victim... how do you know he was loaded with gun shot residue when he was never tested. Let that sink in. Idiot
10/28/2017 09:37:00 PM
Actually Kelly was tested and found to have no GSR on him. Laporta shot himself and deserves nothing. Laporta had GSR all over him. Taking the 5th on this was what cost the city 44 million.
jurors on the evening news said he immediately identified himself as a police officer in the 911 call, therefore he was acting in his official capacity as an agent of the city and that puts the city on the hook for the 44 million. the injured man rightly deserves a billion dollars, but it sucks the taxpayers have to pony up the 44 million.
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Where do you people come up with these figures? A billion dollars for some white trash hilljack and an off-duty cop that most cops are saying was a clouted POS trashball? There was no cover up. A sgt charged the POS off duty with agg assault to PO. Why stop at a billion? He should be awarded 20 trillion dollars. It matches our national deficit so it's like making a statement, man. People horribly disabled from their jobs, from serving our countryoverseas, from hospital negligence, etc see nowhere near this figure. Yes, I said it, your contribution as a good citizen and the sacrifice you make should be a determining factor in pay. Pain and suffering, I got it and agree to the pay but fuck, do you know how much $44 million fucking dollars looks like? Again, the cop was off-duty, zero cover up by responding officers so what makes this an issue tax payers have to cover? Now, if he did have clout and they greased the political wheels, go after those that covered for him. Let them pay the bill. That, to me, makes sense. The rest is just as insane as this drunk white trash shooting his own drunk white trash friend.
Read the case first and familiarize yourself with it. City was judged responsible because they failed to take action on his previous beefs and behavior. He had like 19 beefs and the city didn't do much. Not saying it's right or wrong, just trying to explain on what basis the judgement was made
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So when someone has been arrested a dozen times for narcotics or uuw and never convicted can that be used against the same defendant in criminal trials? Not saying it's right or wrong, just explaining you're retarded. Oh, and fuck PK and his clout, don't fuck the taxpayers and act like this was a duty related incident or some JFK-esque coverup.
""" Anonymous Anonymous said...
A word to the arrogant CPD at O'Hare that treat Aviation POLICE like garbage, you'd be wise to stay out of our multiple suburban jurisdictions that a lot of us patrol. To the REAL CPD, sorry but those assholes cost you our professional courtesy.
You guys are one step above the T.S.A. agents. You are more like "travel advisers' than any sort of law enforcement.
10/28/2017 08:44:00 PM"""
Waaa-Waaaa-Waaaa says the guard.
"""Anonymous Anonymous said...
A word to the arrogant CPD at O'Hare that treat Aviation POLICE like garbage, you'd be wise to stay out of our multiple suburban jurisdictions that a lot of us patrol. To the REAL CPD, sorry but those assholes cost you our professional courtesy.
You guys are one step above the T.S.A. agents. You are more like "travel advisers' than any sort of law enforcement.
10/28/2017 08:44:00 PM"""
Meanwhile, back at the T-3 info desk, the boys are plotting their next move.
Can someone explain this? If a UPS driver finishes work and then crashes his personal car and kills someone is UPS libel? How is the city on the hook for something that was done off Rudy in his private house which the plaintiff entered voluntarily? I’m calling it. Repeal and then lower settlement before new trial. Which ever way I want this guys lawyer next time I get in a fender bender!
Can someone explain this? If a UPS driver finishes work and then crashes his personal car and kills someone is UPS libel? How is the city on the hook for something that was done off Rudy in his private house which the plaintiff entered voluntarily? I’m calling it. Repeal and then lower settlement before new trial. Which ever way I want this guys lawyer next time I get in a fender bender.
Ok, the city, as I understand it, has to pay because they knew, or should have known that this police officer has a troubled history, and the city should have taken action, either to discipline or fire him. That's all. You may think that is not adequate, but the judge and or jury disagreed.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
First of all Tony romanucci is a fine ethical decent guy, he’s not a pro BLM anti cop guy or a clouted Rahm ass kisser. Tony did what he had to do to seek justice for his client which is his ethical and moral responsibility. The fault lies with the CPD allowing these clouted guys get away with anything. You see it daily with Ferguson refusing to investigate the lieutenant cheating scandal, davina wards bs at IAD, campaign contribution irregularities and total corruption in Rahm’s administration. Since the city won’t clean its act up, thank god we have men of integrity like Tony romanucci who will.
Get off the blog Tony. Dork. He knows his client shot himself, but smart enough to know the chances are good at getting a jury with several members just shy of couple of chromosomes away from severe mental retardation to award him the big $$$.
Thirty years ago, a clouted ppo popped a cap into the tile floor of an interview room in the old 009th District station. That goof is now a cpd lieutenant of police. Wonderful. Just fucking wonderful.
10/27/2017 05:34:00 PM
h=
Really? Who was his clout? I ask because I know exactly who you're talking about. He had no clout, no politicians in his family and made sgt and lt by test score. In fact he took time for that incident after Gypsie Joe Sperando faked having debris in his eye so he could sit on the medical for the summer. He's also the only boss I know of who took the stand in federal court and testified against clouted bosses who were on trial for screwing over a couple of POs. He had nothing to gain and everything to lose but he did the right thing.
10/28/2017 11:07:00 PM
Chill out there buzz cut! Why are you busting out Gypsie Joe? All other fto's paled in comparison!
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