- The Chicago Police Department filed several charges against officer Robert Rialmo Wednesday, recommending the embattled officer be fired from the CPD for his role in the fatal shooting of Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier in December 2015.
The charges against Rialmo allege these violations: action or conduct impeding department efforts to achieve its policy and goals or bringing discredit upon the department; disobeying an order or directive; inattention to duty; incompetency or inefficiency in the performance of duty; and unlawful or unnecessary use or display of a weapon.
How does that jibe with this?
- The Civilian Office of Police Accountability found that the shooting of Jones and LeGrier was not within CPD policy and recommended that Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson refer Rialmo, 29, for termination.
Johnson, however, disagreed with COPA and said Rialmo’s actions were “justified and within department policy.”
So Special Ed declared the shooting "justified" before he was told it was "unjustified." Let's look at a bit of Rahm's Mr. Fenner's reasoning:
- “....without justification, used force likely to cause death or great bodily harm without a reasonable belief that such force was necessary when he fired his weapon one or more times in the direction of Bettie Jones, hitting Ms. Jones and causing her death,” Johnson wrote.
Um, he was being charged at with a fucking baseball bat. The only people disputing that are the untrained COPA investigators who have been deemed unqualified to be lead investigators on police involved shootings. And once again, Mrs. Jones death was a tragic accident. The officer didn't go there intending to kill anyone, least of all, Mrs. Jones. The city compensated the family for the actions of their employee and he should be subject to retraining.
- The department also cited Rialmo for “inattention to duty” and “incompetency or inefficiency in the performance of duty” for not being certified to carry a stun gun for nearly two years before the shooting.
This a crap charge and a poor excuse for the incompetency in training procedures. There were years when there weren't enough Taser cartridges to qualify individuals so officers were sent away from the Ranges being told, "We'll call you back for training later" and then never called. Not to mention that numerous experts testified a Taser wouldn't have been appropriate and the Use of Force Model, then and now, required Deadly Force (a bat) to be met with Deadly Force (a gun).
We already addressed the "inefficiency" being a training issue over an accidental death and as far as it being "unnecessary," perhaps Special Ed could dispatch some of his stellar exempt staff - or maybe his Wheezie - to ride along on every mental disturbance call and coach officers as to the exact moment a gun should be drawn from the holster in time to protect one's life from a bat attack?
If it weren't for double standards, Special Ed wouldn't have any standards at.....oh wait. Resign already you incompetent over-promoted "merit" hack. We didn't think you could sink any lower, but here you are, digging a basement.
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