WGN = Slantifa

WGN is taking a cue from the hacks over at Channel 7 lately, especially with this tripe:

• Nine months have passed since a Des Plaines police officer chased a bank robbery suspect into the city and accidentally shot a teenager. WGN Investigates exclusively obtained the video of the shooting and spoke to the young man who survived.
  
  But many questions still remain.
  
  Des Plaines won’t say why the officer pursued a suspect into the city, in possible violation of department policy, or why he carried his personal gun – a military-style assault rifle.

Um, it's called "hot pursuit." Most jurisdictions have rules about this (more later) but it's a nationally recognized duty that Officers don't terminate chases because someone flees the jurisdiction. There is no "gool" or safety zone when fleeing a crime. Texas Rangers and US Marshalls pursued offenders all over the country at times.

As for "a personal gun," most jurisdictions recognize that patrol rifles are not something easily exchangeable among officers due to stock length, scope zeros, trigger pulls, biology, etc. And let's not be naive, Department rifles aren't treated as well as a personal rifle. Departments therefore allow officers to buy certain rifles within narrowly defined specs and carry them on patrol. A very high percentage of CPD carries their own rifles, but WGN doesn't even bother to research that, as if owning a patrol rifle is something bad.

Oh, and "assault" is a verb, not an adjective. There is no such thing as an "assault rifle" as WGN calls it.

• Lucia Morales is the mother of wounded Rylan Wilder, who was 15-years-old at the time. “I guess I’m wondering what a Des Plaines officer is doing in the city of Chicago?” she said.

That would be the "hot pursuit" rule.

• WGN Investigates obtained a copy of Des Plaines’ vehicle pursuit policy. It states officers should not pursue outside the suburb if “two units from the other [law enforcement] agency are actively involved” unless “directed to do so by a supervisor.” Records show there was at least 20 other law enforcement units in pursuit that day, raising questions as to why Des Plaines continued and who was behind that decision.
  
  “We’re going to find out whether was he was authorized by the CPD, by the Chicago Police Department, to be in the city of Chicago,” Tim Cavanagh, an attorney for the Wilder family, said.

"Authorized by the CPD"? Who the fuck is this asshole? Oh, another lawyer looking for that "deep pocket" and a political infrastructure unwilling to fight a lawsuit.

CPD doesn't "authorize" anyone to pursue into the city. We don't even have radios that would permit suburban agencies to monitor CPD zones or zones to monitor suburban frequencies. Suburban dispatchers can come over on certain zones that border the city, but that's an OEMC function.

As for the Des Plaines pursuit policy, it says ""should not," not "shall not," not "won't," not "is forbidden." These are important legal terms. You have to read all the way to the last line of the article to find this admission by the "reporters:"

• Records we obtained show Des Plaines determined its pursuit of the suspect “appears to be in compliance with our policy.”

Well well well. And if that is so, it's only prudent for the Des Plaines PD to refuse comment on pending litigation, including the apology. Apologies are admissions of error or judgement and that means legal liability.

Funnily enough, the article doesn't mention that the family of the young man shot by accident is suing the surviving criminal for his getting shot. Is it any wonder Des Plaines is holding off on everything?

And wonder of wonders, the article completely fails to mention that a CPD officer was shot in the fucking head during this pursuit by the dead guy. Now why would they not mention that?