"Consent" Decree

We'll spare you all the details - you can read it at most of the media links on the right hand side of the blog. Here's a few bits of amusement for you though (not the funny type):

• Meanwhile, the FOP, whose leaders want the litigation over the consent decree dismissed, are seeking to intervene in the case, though Dow has yet to rule on whether the union can get involved.

So one of the parties to the decree, the one that will have to operate under it, suffer the consequences of violations, and who are the only parties with actual police experience, aren't even allowed input. That's going to make for some interesting results.

And this:

• In March, city officials and Madigan’s office agreed to allow groups including the ACLU and Black Lives Matter Chicago to give input and criticize the proposed order, and those groups can seek to use the courts to enforce the final consent decree.

Has anyone even seen a hierarchy chart for this blm group? Who's in charge? What is their mailing address? Tax filing numbers? Someone tried to sue them in state court (Texas we think) but there wasn't anyone to serve with papers. At least the ACLU has a mailing address.

Wouldn't it be humorous if the US Attorney General's office refused to be a party to this disaster? Because we don't see Rahm getting piles of federal money to institute the training and equipment requirements that inevitably come with federal oversight. Los Angeles spent billions.....billions Chicago doesn't have and isn't likely to get any time soon.