Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Christmas Miracle

Ben Bradley of WGN posted this on his Twitter feed:


He helpfully included the Hammond PD mugshot.

And then a Christmas Miracle happened. 

A fan of ours reminded Bradley taking stories from the blog means making a simple contribution of $50 to the Chaplains Fund as an expression of thanks for making their job easier. Guess what Ben Bradley of WGN did?

Well. We're pretty much speechless. For years, the media has been trolling the blog for stories, but refusing to link back to us and properly credit the source. We almost always link back to the source of our stories - see the highlighted blue text up top - except in the case of Mope-rah or the Sun Times wife beater. It's common courtesy. The $50 donation was a dig at the media who couldn't be bothered to do actual investigative work any more.

A few weeks ago, almost every media outlet credited us for the Tunney story - a rarity for certain.

But Bradley actually contributing to a cause that ought to be near-and-dear to every Chicago cop? That isn't a rarity - that has just never happened. 

So we are forced to do something equally rare in return - Thank You Ben Bradley of WGN and a Merry Christmas in return.

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106 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...


O.k. a media person I respect until proven otherwise.

B.T.W. F.U.L.L.

12/23/2020 12:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ben Bradley is as fair as we can get locally. He once broke character and laughed on air when the fop PRESIDENT slammed LL.

12/23/2020 12:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Ben Bradley and Merry Christmas to you and your family

12/23/2020 12:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How bout an honorable mention Merry Christmas to The Double Huh. And put this post first! Ha!

12/23/2020 12:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i like Ben. met him once briefly long ago, he came up to my police car when i was sitting around on a detail and gave me a magazine to read to pass the time. this was pre smart phones so it helped. seemed like a decent guy.

12/23/2020 12:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice job Ben! You deserve some kudos for the donation

12/23/2020 12:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ABC just had the story and said there will be a press conference tomorrow and Lori Cooper is innocent! This should be interesting! The LGBT community already in a cover up. Her and Tunney are above the law!

12/23/2020 12:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It’s a Christmas miracle as well as calling attention to a good cause. Making a donation as well!

12/23/2020 12:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Brad you are an honorable man and you pay your debts. Merry Christmas.

12/23/2020 12:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But the narrative is the same, were all bad cops. I did not get the feeling any favors were done. A little explanation of who hired the arrestee would have been nice. WTF.

12/23/2020 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas Ben. God bless you

12/23/2020 12:42:00 AM  
Blogger Baby"G" said...

SCC clearly scooped the Political Hacks and Suckholes that pass for Journalists in Chicago on this one,but what is the rest of this story. The incident happened in October, almost two months ago. And if SCC had not printed the story, would Lori had gotten away with her Conduct Unbecoming? Make no mistake about it, Sgt Cooper is a Heavy Hitter at Headquarters. She is White in a Spot that would normally be held by a Minority member. She has always been high visibility, going back to when her and her partner were leaders in getting Domestic Partner Benefits, even before that partner got on the job! So here are two questions that go unanswered: 1. Did Lori fail to notify CPD of contact with an outside Law Enforcement Agency. If so she is looking at 30 Days Pending Separation. Or 2. Is Lori so Heavy, that her Cabal at Headquarters Covered-Up for her? Whatever the case, its time for Lori to turn in the keys on that take home car! Stay Safe and Strong. Baby "G"

12/23/2020 01:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nicely done, Ben Bradley! You did the right thing.

12/23/2020 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Holy cow! Did we finally find the very rare and only honest and fair reporter in Chicago? Well then I say thanks to Ben for being decent. We just don’t see it anymore in the media. Now Ben can you do a piece on CPD going without a contract for nearly 4 years with no end in sight? How the mayor gave everyone a contract even CPDs own supervisors and dispatchers but not the troops in the trenches every day.

12/23/2020 01:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this post was the most positive story of 2020.

wow its been a rough year

12/23/2020 01:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its qll I wanted for Christmas. Cheers!

12/23/2020 01:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ok, Mr.Bradley you have my honor and respect. Thank you.

12/23/2020 01:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Saw him leaving HQ on Monday, hmmm.....

12/23/2020 01:58:00 AM  
Anonymous CppThis said...

Well, I'll be damned. I guess in 2020 anything can happen!

12/23/2020 02:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

aclass act and move,,,thank you Ben

12/23/2020 03:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, it was nice that Ben Bradley donated the $50 to the Chaplain's fund. Bravo.

Unfortunately, that doesn't change the fact that the media has effectively been drained into and absorbed by the sewage that is the Chicago political dystopia. The media bias nationally, especially the shameful actions of most of the major media outlets and their collaborators (or should I say masters?) in the social media and tech stratosphere, is what we've seen in Chicago on a daily basis for at least the last 20 years, maybe longer. They have effectively become the propaganda arm for the Democratic Party.

In an age where Andrew Cuomo can pick up an Emmy lauding his work during the pandemic, while completely ignoring that he sentenced thousands of elderly people to death with his rash and uninformed executive order that herded them into nursing homes with little or no protection, it's clear that the media has abdicated any moral or journalistic high ground they thought they might have possessed. With the exception of reliable, alternative news sources, you heard not a peep from the media. Nothing but crickets. The Hunter Biden story, of course, speaks for itself. It's just a shame most of the country couldn't have learned about it before the election, where instead it was squashed by Twitter and discounted or ignored by most of the major outlets.

So let's not put Ben up for canonization just yet. Paying the fine was great, but him and the rest of the media clowns will keep on going out and committing the same journalistic crimes that essentially enable the county and city's politburo to run roughshod over everything and everybody.

12/23/2020 03:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What!

An honorable reporter!

He deserves an honorable mention for good will!

Thank You!

12/23/2020 04:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A spark of decency?

Thanks for the a twinkle of hope.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Bradley.

12/23/2020 05:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the media started to report and do the honorable thing, I will start donating much more to the police memorial myself!!!

12/23/2020 05:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you, Mr. Bradley.

12/23/2020 05:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How dare he break the media ‘code of silence’ on all matters that will put the Mayor in a bad light! Groot will demand a ‘reckoning’ on WGN (after she blames her staff for not informing her about this drunken, off-duty behavior that she ‘just found out about.’)

12/23/2020 05:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why it take this longgggggg for her to be stripped? That is the story here! Typical clouted cops and bosses get away with anything, no repercussions- no punishment- no consequences for ANYTHING. If this was a non-clouted blue shirt he would of been stripped of all powers and star within mere hours of incident, and IAD would have showed up at HAMMOND Police Department, 100%. Second part of this story, did she have her take-home CPD car that she's had for 20 years with her at the casino? Why no charges for domestic violence of her lesbian partner? Why no official misconduct charges? This has been under the radar for some time, and she is spending lots on attorneys to cover this one up because she knows she fucked herself up big time. Did everyone forget she is reason why the 1st gay pride chicago police float she was represented back in the early 90's, she got stoned cold drunk in uniform and embarrassed herself directly in front of the then police superintendent? LC, you think we forgot about that?

12/23/2020 05:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’m certain this is not her first drunken mess she’s gotten herself into. It’s all good. She’s in the gay mafia and nothing will happen.

12/23/2020 06:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice Work SCC!! So, the ‘Intelligence Section’ officers didn’t get paid their OT yesterday because the suck up replacement secretary forgot to send it in. That’s not so ‘Intelligent.’ That suck up PO was too busy demanding big money from other POs to stuff the envelopes for the LT and commander. But don’t worry- no repercussions cause he’s the commanders guy, he will still have his take home Denali or whatever nice department car he wants. What a joke.

12/23/2020 06:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It’s a Festivus miracle!!! Happy Festivus for the rest of us!

12/23/2020 06:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Eh. I've seen his act over the years. He is no fan of the CPD. He reminds me of a localized Chuck Todd (NBC) another hater. Just my 2¢. Hey Ben, will we learn about that kid slaughtered in Bridgeport (carjacking) anytime soon or is WGN finna roll the SW video for an 8th straight day?

12/23/2020 07:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have known Ben Bradley for twenty years . He has always been a reporter who is fair with a story . I talked to him in length about having Channel 9 come out to Washington during police week in April . He did numerous interviews with the widows of police officers in which four Chicago Police officers were honored . He showed the other side to policing and what happens when a police officer makes the ultimate sacrifice . Ben Bradley is a class act and a reporter who isn’t a police basher. We have far too many of the other side who make of living and show on a daily basis how much they hate the police . Ben have a great Christmas and thanks for being always telling “ both “ sides of the story !
Pat Murray

12/23/2020 07:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To Democrats on this site, please tell me honestly, who is more racist, Trump or Biden? Be honest, who has said more offensive things about African Americans in the last 6 months? The man did the Eulogy for Robert Byrd, a die hard racist, KKK member of Congress. Who gives a eulogy at a funeral but family or close friends?

Now here is his latest gaff with Biden on a conference call with African American leaders where he says "America is doomed, not because of African Americans, but because whites will be the ethnic minorities by 2040 and AA is going to need to step up........

Listen to it for yourself, it was leaked by someone on the conference call because they are offended and we all should be because not only is he a thief, con artist, but he is at its core a racist. He is going to be our President, the great healer, the wise old sage........

Click link below

https://thedonald.win/p/11RNjy6YhE/-joe-biden-leaked-this-country-i/c/

12/23/2020 07:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sad that this occurred in October and it’s come to light now. Why did it take so long to come to light? Who in the CPD was aware and failed to take action? There need to be stripped as well as they participated in let’s not let anyone know and all will be fine. The ones that knew I’ll guess were above the rank of Capt. and are a little nervous now.

12/23/2020 07:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Mr. Bradley! You are a stand up guy!

12/23/2020 07:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's a Festivus Miracle.

12/23/2020 07:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now he can keep his ear to this blog and get great scoops to point in the direction of a great story. It’s a two way street, ya know. We are the insiders of this department and truly know the real story. Only those we trust and like get in, and Ben, you just may be that guy. Thanks for the donation !

12/23/2020 07:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did Brown, Carter and Lightfoot know about this in October and November and did nothing. Now it’s in the media and the officer is stripped. Lightfoot will say she made a mistake and her Carter and Brown will be fine and then heads will roll and others stripped or demoted.

12/23/2020 07:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well Ben you just outed yourself, now what? The people on this site are waiting to see what you are all about and do you have the guts to continue. You might have a loyal base of fans and friends or just more jaded skeptics. Make the right move because it is moments like these that people talk about forever, stories about people with courage. That's all that matters now, courage to stand up to oppression. Brad become a hero for the common man.

Merry Christmas Officers - Make 2021 Normal Again


Anonymous Anonymous said...
Well, it was nice that Ben Bradley donated the $50 to the Chaplain's fund. Bravo.

Unfortunately, that doesn't change the fact that the media has effectively been drained into and absorbed by the sewage that is the Chicago political dystopia. The media bias nationally, especially the shameful actions of most of the major media outlets and their collaborators (or should I say masters?) in the social media and tech stratosphere, is what we've seen in Chicago on a daily basis for at least the last 20 years, maybe longer. They have effectively become the propaganda arm for the Democratic Party.

In an age where Andrew Cuomo can pick up an Emmy lauding his work during the pandemic, while completely ignoring that he sentenced thousands of elderly people to death with his rash and uninformed executive order that herded them into nursing homes with little or no protection, it's clear that the media has abdicated any moral or journalistic high ground they thought they might have possessed. With the exception of reliable, alternative news sources, you heard not a peep from the media. Nothing but crickets. The Hunter Biden story, of course, speaks for itself. It's just a shame most of the country couldn't have learned about it before the election, where instead it was squashed by Twitter and discounted or ignored by most of the major outlets.

So let's not put Ben up for canonization just yet. Paying the fine was great, but him and the rest of the media clowns will keep on going out and committing the same journalistic crimes that essentially enable the county and city's politburo to run roughshod over everything and everybody.

12/23/2020 03:25:00 AM

12/23/2020 07:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lets not get too excited. They only do the honorable thing when caught and shown the error of their ways. He will be reprogrammed by his peers shortly.....

12/23/2020 07:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ben Bradley you are an honorable reporter/news caster. Refreshing to see after 27 years and now retired. Thank you very much sir and keep up the good work.

12/23/2020 07:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I take time off hating Chicago mainstream media to commend Ben for his donation. Nicely done.

12/23/2020 08:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

im Neil Sternberg and we don't approve neither does Rex and you won't catch us doing this,,,just so you know

12/23/2020 08:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, I’ll start watching Ben. Nicely done.

12/23/2020 08:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Ben. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

12/23/2020 08:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Bears reposting:

So let's not put Ben up for canonization just yet. Paying the fine was great, but him and the rest of the media clowns will keep on going out and committing the same journalistic crimes that essentially enable the county and city's politburo to run roughshod over everything and everybody.

***

Sorry, I don’t buy it.
Paying the fine, if actually true was just his attempt
to dodge the onslaught of rips from us who rightfully despise
the media.
Start reporting truthfully on the constant and real issues in our face Ben Bradley.






12/23/2020 08:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Second City, You should ask yourselves why the discovery & release of stories like this and their timing?

The public doesn’t understand the nuances of connected officers and politicians. Groot has a bag full of these
stories she can release to her media heels and whores, in order to take the heat off of herself by making the police force look bad in a moments notice. Tried & True deflection...

12/23/2020 08:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW!

I'm impressed. Also, hats off to SCC too.

12/23/2020 08:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Awesome!

12/23/2020 08:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you, Ben. Cheers to you.

12/23/2020 08:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Stand up guy...well played Mr. Bradley

12/23/2020 08:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas Ben! Happy new year God bless you and your family.

12/23/2020 08:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, nice. A fair shake and a kind word once in a while and we are good.

Get tired of people drivin that ACAB backwards down the street all the time.

God bless all here. Stay safe. A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

12/23/2020 08:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Never thought I’d see the day. Someone write this man an honorable mention and have it sent to his office. I’m more shocked someone publicly said something police related was a “good cause”. Better be careful Ben, hopefully no one hears about that or you’ll end up the scourge of Chicago society like us. Although it’s not all that bad, someone brought cookies to work yesterday and they were really good. Thanks for the donation Ben, merry Christmas!!

12/23/2020 08:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank You SCC and Mr. Bradley. An honorable and class act both of you.
CPD Lt(Ret)

12/23/2020 09:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Like something out of a Dickens story.

12/23/2020 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's hear her side of the story. Dont know her but what she does in the police department cannot be easy. She has been the behind the scenes face for the police tragedies for years. I assume she is competent at what she does. I wish her luck and hope there is more to the story that goes in her favor. If not she should face department discipline without any quarter in regards to her status within the department .

12/23/2020 09:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is she heavy? She has been a Sgt for a long time when some of her people had the power to promote her. I wonder why she has never moved up the food chain? Maybe they knew her gambling and drinking problems would come back to bite them.

12/23/2020 09:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent!

12/23/2020 09:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Ben B and good job SCC! SCC you've morphed by default into the reborn Chicago City News Bureau! And a big F.U. to one-termer LL and JBPritzfuck!! Everyone else: Merry Christmas!!

12/23/2020 09:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

12/23/2020 12:29:00 AM said:
“…The LGBT community already in a cover up…”

Yup, not a peep - yet - out of *Windy City Times*, “The Voice Of Chicago’s Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans and Queer Community Since 1985”:

https://www.windycitytimes.com/

PS: I’m gay and I am thoroughly ashamed that the odious Lori Lightfoot was elected “Mayor”…I voted for Trump (twice) and I am appalled of all the crafty shenanigans of the “woke” left/liberals, especially the ‘LGBTQA’ contingent. They bag on and on about "white privilege" but now it seems that "LGBTQA privilege" overrides all! Have no doubt about it, we are losing our once – wonderful country to this shifty lot. “The Shining City on a Hill” that my hero President Reagan so often invoked will be no more. Very proud of the work that you all do to try to keep us safe…Bless You All…!!!

PSS: Thank you Ben Bradley, your kind gesture is appreciated. Let us hope that this starts a trend -- maybe not especially of giving monetary donations, but at least listening to "the other side" of law enforcement that is not being presented by the MSM...

12/23/2020 09:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Believe me Ben Bradley is not a fan of the police, look how he did a one-sided story of the Des Plaines Bank Robbery/Shooting.

12/23/2020 09:52:00 AM  
Blogger Civilian CPD Devotee said...

Thanks so much, Ben! You are an upstanding gentleman and a credit to your profession.

12/23/2020 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ben may need his own CPD security detail if this type of behavior continues (until it becomes the norm again)

12/23/2020 10:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Ben Bradley, that was indeed classy.

And to those saying it doesn’t matter or change anything, step back from your cynicism (which is valid) and appreciate the fact that not everyone is against us. We don’t want to be painted with a broad brushstroke based on the actions of a few. We should not do the same.

12/23/2020 10:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I had some interaction with Ben years ago. He is a very rare bird - a reporter with integrity. And he has a sense of humor. Well done Ben!

12/23/2020 10:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

a media fuck doing the right thing? big surprise here.

12/23/2020 10:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ben Bradley also did a story about the attempts at parole for the murder of GCS Terrence Loftus. Did he pick that up here too ?

12/23/2020 10:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It’s good to see people still doing their job...my fear for this guy who seems genuine is that he will fall victim to the political machine. If that happens then SCC be prepared to give back the $50!
Good job!!!! Love it.

12/23/2020 10:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He did some good reporting on Dorthy Brown exposing her for her incompetency.

12/23/2020 11:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good for him. Class act.

-
Now comes the I-A-D re-reinvestigation and (another or first?) COPA booth review, addendums 1,2,3 a,b and c.
cc: Friends of Larri.

Q: This tusslin’ having occurred in the loo and not a tavern/bar room, is it safe to say the private video won’t be aired repeatedly for months on end and what about BWC?

12/23/2020 11:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well I’ll be dipped in shit before I give too much respect to our Chicago journalists. I met the original Orange Man (Pat C) on a crime scene once long ago and made a remark about CLTV and he casually gave me an eye roll and said “Oh you mean Children Learning Television” and we all got a good chuckle over that one. That was one of my very few brushes with greatness on this job over my not so stellar career where I’m still it seems running in place to the finish line.

12/23/2020 12:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My wife and I met Ben Bradley in the Hone Depot store in Countryside several years ago. He is a class act.

12/23/2020 12:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Ben has shown that he has some honor but that cesspool he works for is nothing but a racist commie loving bunch of idiots!

12/23/2020 12:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trump wasn't the only man to call out his party and the Democrats. He wants to help the American people and they are just funnelling money into their own pockets. Didn't we want to get rid of the establishment in 2016 and now we want it back again?

12/23/2020 01:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The double huh was a complete ass when he was on the job

12/23/2020 01:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I really don’t care what he did or how much he donated
bottom line is they paint us all as bad , so I’ll have fun
doing the same to them . In my opinion all news people
in Chicago sell there souls to who ever sits at the top
because he gave up 50 bucks don’t make him good or
pro police . It makes him smart . After all some one over there
Did steel the story and he reported it . If the pendulum were
to ever swing back our way I’m sure he will be openly on
our side that’s not saying much about him !!! he’s a tool !!! like
all the rest .if he wants to prove something go on the air and
report the truth and rebutt the bad press and the way they phrase and make leading
statements in police stories by using mis leading reporting techniques
Fuck the news media in Chicago they ain’t no friend to us period. I will give him
Recognition when he calls out LL and the shit she does to the police department
how she wants Jcat out and is doing all she can and will lead the police board to follow
her wants just with the threat of a look how she won’t give us a fair shake and sign off on a contract
because she hates the police etc Ben you want props from us do some real fucking reporting
come out in favor of the policeman that they are trying to hang for the “RAID “ who came up with that word
it was a search warrant anyone of us could have been there if your on a team and someone on your team is working
on a warrant you don’t say I’m not going on that !!!! WTF now they want to hang every copper that was there
what about the uniform officers that were told last minute to be there . Every time a warrant is executed uniform presence is needed
and they are told last minute they don’t know anything about what’s going on . Hey Ben do a real story would ya show the world
how wrong the politicians make it seem for the sake of there political future !!!!!

12/23/2020 02:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She looks a lil sleepy

12/23/2020 03:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow a reporter does their job(late) in the city of Chicago.
https://youtu.be/d07-XCIpBVQ

12/23/2020 03:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

does media and federal consent decree monitor know that a 52% is considered passing on part 1 of sgt exam ?
WTF how many current exempt members scored under 70% ?

12/23/2020 03:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Could there be a Republican Mayor in Chicagos future? Will wonders never cease? Never say never if not now when?

12/23/2020 03:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well I'll be...Found one! Nicely done Mr. Bradley! And SCC, you as well for the Chaplains Fund. Kinda makes me find the Christmas Spirit.

12/23/2020 03:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Ben..
Also
A few years back Sean Lewis from WGN covered Shop with a Cop at Target and spent a few hundred dollars on a toy for one of our Youth in need. Very Nice Fella.

Target abruptly dropped Shop with a Cop this year after choosing to stand with BLM and supporting all the looters and rioters...

What a shame, there’s a lot of Kids who could have used some toys but corporate America fucked it up again. Thanks Target🖕

12/23/2020 04:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Almost forgot,

Fuck LL and her miserable administration

12/23/2020 04:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watched you when you were part of cltv. Thank you Sir.

12/23/2020 05:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Speaking of the media; Laura Washington has joined Mark Brown and Neil Steinberg in refusing to call out Mayor Lori for lying. Lori exposed herself for what she really is. So why are they protecting Lori? Is it because she is black, a woman or gay? Time to ‘fess up Laura.

12/23/2020 06:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To all who believe that Ben has the ability to report whatever he wants, you are mistaken! As I posted earlier, he is as best we can possibly get here locally. Just like we are cops and we are forbidden to tell the public certain things, he has an organization that pays his salary and has to follow his editor's final releases. Ask yourself what if people like Ben didn't exist here? We would be Seattle and Portland.

Ben, thank you for your contribution and thanks for doing what you can...at least some of us understand how the system works. Some of us will never be happy. -Give someone a brick of twenty dollar bills and they will complain you didn't deliver it to them. -Give someone a loaf of bread, they will complain it's not sliced.

12/23/2020 08:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She’s actually a great woman. Helps tons of on and off duty police officers who have bad life and suicide problems. She’s peer support and does a TON for the families of officers who have died in the line of duty. It’s a shame she had to be made out to look like a villain on social media and on this blog. She was wrong. But maybe now she can get help For an alcohol addiction she has been fighting on and off. I know she’s great because I was put in the program after suffering from depression about 7 years ago and she was a god send. I’m not the only one she helped. Another victim of the blog and it’s sensational comments of people who don’t know her. She screwed up, no excuses. But she’s not the A hole you’re making her out to be. And no, she wasn’t in a department vehicle, she was on her 13B furlough and off duty.

12/23/2020 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hope you don't lose your job Ben. She can be very vindictive and petty. Keep up the good work and maybe some other reporters come back to the world of truth and facts but I'm not holding my breath.

12/23/2020 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Ben - now cover the Lieutenant cheating scandal and how S Carter can make Captain by her own husband ? It’s a non~ testable position that is appointed by her husband - I guess captain and 1st deputy retirement pensions must be nice . Unbelievable and unethical

12/23/2020 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the media started to report and do the honorable thing, I will start donating much more to the police memorial myself!!!

12/23/2020 05:21:00 AM

Really? Why do you need someone else to donate in order for you to donate? I'm not trying to tell you or anyone else how to spend their money, but you seem willing and able to donate, and you're relying on an extremely unlikely scenario to actually donate yourself. It almost sounds like you wouldn't donate a cent no matter what happens. Nice attempt at being seen as a charitable person though. Did you think that sounded good for you when you posted it?

12/24/2020 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

also lets not forget John Drummond who we had pleasure to meet on several occasions while on the job years ago and to our knowledge never hurt a copper in his career

12/24/2020 12:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's hear her side of the story. Dont know her but what she does in the police department cannot be easy. She has been the behind the scenes face for the police tragedies for years. I assume she is competent at what she does. I wish her luck and hope there is more to the story that goes in her favor. If not she should face department discipline without any quarter in regards to her status within the department .

12/23/2020 09:17:00 AM

Give it a rest. If this was anything but a coverup for one of the untouchable bosses that know the right people and check off a few diversity boxes, you would've heard her side months ago. Instead, you'll get a bunch of lies about why this wasn't covered earlier, and they'll still try to cover for her as best they can. Then maybe they'll promote and hide her. You're either extremely naive, or just plain stupid. I hope there's more to the story that makes her and her protectors look even worse, with firing and discipline as necessary. And never assume someone in the CPD is competent at whatever their job is just because they've been put in a position and have been doing it for years. This department seeks out and rewards incompetence at every opportunity, often covering up for that incompetence, including promoting the incompetent after multiple scandals, ranging from immoral to unethical to straight up criminal.

12/24/2020 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ok i am going to say something that will cause some to cramp up. Ben Bradley actually likes the police. He has to ride the center. Had a two hour conversation with him years ago. We stil speak.

12/24/2020 12:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


'Could there be a Republican Mayor in Chicagos future? Will wonders never cease? Never say never if not now when?

That might happen if Vallas finally realizes he belongs in the GOP.

12/24/2020 06:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

@benbradley. Look into why crimesha office continues to hire asa's approximately 30-40 during pandemic, and several executive positions when there are few if any cases going forward to prosecution. In addition, the investigations bureau of the states attorney office hired 4 investigators at the end of March and an additional 8 in November. The investigators are "working from home" because there isn't any work for them. So 12 investigators were hired and immediately stay home and do nothing. How is that fiscally responsible?

12/24/2020 07:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She probably has helped folks but:

“And no, she wasn’t in a department vehicle, she was on her 13B.”


13 B isn’t October....

12/24/2020 08:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also - Cooper didn’t work on Domestic Partnership Benefits, that was Dorothy Knutson and her partner Rhonda who was on CFD. I don’t think Cooper was even on the job when it started.

12/24/2020 08:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The liberal de-programing of Ben has begun.
The greatest of journeys begins with a single step...




Who am I kidding...he will be back flogging the police in a month.

NO mercy for them/never forget what they have done to you!


LET THEM BURN!!!


https://youtu.be/vtQucipCzW8

12/24/2020 10:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

12/23/2020 03:25:00 AM

This^^^ exactly!

don't be naive because of $50

12/24/2020 10:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Also lets not forget John Drummond who we had pleasure to meet on several occasions while on the job years ago and to our knowledge never hurt a copper in his career"

12/24/2020 12:46:00 AM

John aleays struck me as the good old fashioned City News Bureau-type reporter, kin to the ol' foot-weary coppers with the callbox key...

A Christmas shot and beer to all.

12/24/2020 11:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Target abruptly dropped Shop with a Cop this year after choosing to stand with BLM and supporting all the looters and rioters."

12/23/2020 04:41:00 PM

It's a good arrangement. You shoplift, then loot, then burn the place and they just build a new one for you and stock it again.

D'oh.

...and anyone who continues to shop there is subsidizing "free stuff for anyone with a brick for the window" through paying higher prices.

Has anyone ever added up how much this Riot Tax costs consumers at the end of the day?

12/24/2020 12:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice Work SCC!! So, the ‘Intelligence Section’ officers didn’t get paid their OT yesterday because the suck up replacement secretary forgot to send it in. That’s not so ‘Intelligent.’ That suck up PO was too busy demanding big money from other POs to stuff the envelopes for the LT and commander. But don’t worry- no repercussions cause he’s the commanders guy, he will still have his take home Denali or whatever nice department car he wants. What a joke.

Can someone explain this?

12/24/2020 04:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She probably has helped folks but:

“And no, she wasn’t in a department vehicle, she was on her 13B.”


13 B isn’t October....

12/24/2020 08:04:00 AM

This is what always happens when the coverup artists and defenders of the indefensible come crawling out in support of these idiots. They get so concerned with covering up what really happened, and completely forget to fact check even the simplest things in their bullshit stories. Would she even leave her car at work during her furlough? I'm thinking someone as special as she is would still have the car during furlough "just in case" she needs to head in to work. So even the completely fabricated and easily debunked defense is a bit questionable already, if it wasn't total horseshit. Cover everything up with lies and worry about the facts when and if you get called out.

12/24/2020 10:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
She probably has helped folks but:

“And no, she wasn’t in a department vehicle, she was on her 13B.”


13 B isn’t October....


I hope you don’t believe that all exempts and special unit personnel turn in their take homes when they are on furlough

12/26/2020 01:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And no, she wasn’t in a department vehicle, she was on her 13B.

Hey moron this happened a couple of months ago.

12/27/2020 09:21:00 AM  

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