Former Chicago Cop Burke Guilty
All we've heard so far is a single count of racketeering.
More to follow if we get it.
Check the media links on the right for more.
UPDATE: possible twenty years on the racketeering alone.
The media isn't broadcasting that Burke was a former cop yet, so we thought we'd help them out.
UPDATE: Thirteen counts of corruption.
A Burke aide skated on his charges, but a developer caught a guilty finding.
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 2:30 PM
111 Comments:
Good. This guy has been shaking down Chicago his entire life. It all finally caught up with him. Hopefully we don’t ever have to hear his name ever again after this.
I love how his wife pulled a Sgt Schultz for the last 40 years.
Very high likelihood, he won't see a day in prison.
Just like Jussie Smollett isn't going to be behind bars to complete his sentence.
maybe eddie burke will follow the same script as in the ending of the movie the godfather part II
Frank Pentangeli in the movie The Godfather part 2
He thanked tom Hagen, returned to his room, and slit his wrists in the bathtub with his shaving razor, killing himself. The Corleones kept their word, and Frank's family was well provided for.
He thanks Hagen, returns to his assigned quarters, and despite the presence in the other room of his federal guards, commits suicide
Be surprised if the pos does any actual time already has one foot in the grave of he got what he deserved
Looks like Pat Goldengoose will be looking for a new job. Who will hold Eddie’s hat and jacket now? Perhaps his new cellie?
I wonder what burke will do now.
Being at the edge of the ass end of his time in this world, revenge is looking sweeter by the minute.
Be nice to your former associates, ed, and give them the impetus to exit this world before they are totally exposed by your, now, sharing nature as to the past immense quantities of indescretions done by so many.
Be kind to them, and provide them with the motives to join you on your journey out of this world.
Trust that they will be most grateful, when you meet them again, on that other side of existence.
Outstanding...!
I am so cynical that I feel he'll be free pending appeal and die thus avoiding prison.
Guilty on 13 of 14 counts...lock him up..!!
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Just kidding!!!!
Good. Now can they please move his clout baby M Vanek out of Area 5. Nobody can stand him.
Won't be missed.
Scum
Die in the joint.. Democrat SCUMBAG.
Flip and watch the chaos.
Does his wife loose her spot since she’s been by his side scamming for 60 years? Amazing Burke whose wife is supreme and Madigan whose daughter was AG for 20 couldn’t catch anyone let alone her own father scamming the system forever? It seems as long as they breathe they scam. What a fucked up state.
We term limits, as in months not years.
Im an old man, I didn't hurt anybody.
The Earth just moved off its axis.!!!!!!!!
Buy lottery tickets!!!!
I lost that bet.
BIG QUESTION;
Will he still get and alderman and a police pension ???
I know if he was charged as a copper with "official misconduct" he would not.
6 months til' his sentencing?
What a crock of shit!
FUCK ILLINOIS !
Hope he doesn't take a dirt nap before going into the joint!
Tribune editorial.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-ed-burke-122123-20231221-k73mflazaramvnyhpe2sgfqu4m-story.html
Sun Times piece on how some of Honest Ed's former aldermanic colleagues feel sorry for him.
Sad and a tragedy they say. Somewhere Harold Washington is cackling.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/21/24011453/burke-verdict-chicago-city-council-reaction-tunney-lopez-sawyer-solis
Burke & Madigan ran the police department for a long time. As time goes on, one can see the Daleys were decent people.
So many idiots were promoted. A big reason why so many cops commit suicide & the crime is so bad.
Oh No, EEEDDDDYYYYY, say it ain't so. Now, you are officially a thief among other alderhat Conga Line from the City Hall corruption pit to the Club Fed just keeps on going. Thanks for all those years of corruption and in doing so - making us Chicago Proud. Now where is Mikey?
Mike Madigan, The bell now tolls for thee...
Biden will pardon him.
Hurry up and get to northwestern hospital. A shortshanks diagnosis might keep your sorry ass out of prison.
Rot in hell wiseguy.
Too bad that smarmy little prick Andrews didn't get dinged.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
BIG QUESTION;
Will he still get and alderman and a police pension ???
I know if he was charged as a copper with "official misconduct" he would not.
12/21/2023 04:43:00 PM
^ THIS!
We wanna know
Eddie only got on the department because his father was the 14th ward alderman at the time . They lived on 52nd & Sangamon his daddy got little Eddie on the department ! His daddy died of a heart attack soon after that so little Eddie had be on the CPD less then a year . The Boss Richie J. Daley made junior the alderman of the 14 th ward like he was a prince the next in secession to rule the 14 th ward democrat crown ! Had a friend I was in school with that lived next door to, and was the Democratic precinct captain, and little Eddie wouldn’t go swimming with us at the Sherman Park pool , Oh hell No ! His daddy had a in ground pool put in there backyard for little spoiled ass punk ass Eddie ! Glad to see time has finally caught up with this arrogant prick ! Fuck You Eddie, and that Bitch of a wife of yours !
He will appeal, but it is up to the judge to let him appeal from his house or a cell. If it is a cell, he will die in prison
Anonymous Anonymous said...
BIG QUESTION;
Will he still get and alderman and a police pension ???
I know if he was charged as a copper with "official misconduct" he would not.
12/21/2023 04:43:00 PM
Excuse me. He was a cop for 4 years. Why would you think he would be entitled to a CPD pension. And even if he were, how much would it be based on the salary of a mid 60's patrolman?
Anonymous said...
Very high likelihood, he won't see a day in prison.
I don't know what makes you say this. The conviction on almost all counts to include the most serious of racketeering guarantees he will go to the joint. He will appeal but it is up to the judge to determine if he appeals from his couch or from his cell. Sentencing is months away, which is common in all cases for mitigation and aggravation arguments. Then, he will get a reporting date a few months from that. So, it could be 9 months until he reports to a correctional facility, unless he has serious health problems.He is 80 years old. Prison will be very hard on him. But, he likes pinstripe suits so this is right up his alley.
He's been an alderman longer then I've been alive.
This is why term limits are necessary at every level of government.
Ironically, the people who make such laws and legislation are the very ones who need the term limits on their office.
At least they make sure they get raises every year.smh
The Daley boys are laughing.
I worked at the Union League Club in the early 1980s. Burke was a member and I got to know his bodyguards. None of them could stand him. What does that tell you about someone who might have to take a bullet for Burke? Always thought he was special. He walked into the club liked he owned it.
Well well whom did he finally upset? Enjoy bending over like we’ve done due to the corruption. Can’t wait for all his buddies to follow. Gee will shitty hall be vacant then???
Sad he was a former LEO. He’s a disgrace to the uniform.
Merry Christmas kiddies.
Convicted on 13 of 14 counts. He'll go the Federal Medical Prison in Butner North Carolina probably. At least five years. Maybe he'll get Bernie Madoff's old cell.
Six months until sentencing? He’ll be in his castle in Ireland by Saturday morning.
Fuck You Eddie you piece of shit ! They need to put that corrupt bitch of a wife of yours anus Annie in a pin striped jumpsuit right with your punk bitch ass ! Time has finally caught up with your corrupt mother fuckers ! Hope that you die in prison you fucking bottom feeding maggot mother fucker, and that bitch of a wife of yours as well ! In closing Fuck You’s your time has finally come !
Now go after mrs. Burke!
How soon before he dusts off the walker and has a “minor stroke” and shows up for court in a bathrobe, slippers, and unshaven acting all crazy? Just like Harvey Weinstein when he was going down. Same it’s bill Cosby, all develop infirmities once found guilty.
Old saying be careful for what you wish for. Yes Burke is an old time Chicago political crook convicted in federal court but he is not off the deep end like the new breed social democratic s in the city council who hate the police and love Hamas. Pick your poison.
The US Attorneys office got one of the Tunas The Next one is up to bat in April. It will be a race to see which one claims he's too ill to go to prison or which one boxes out first. No matter if you like or dislike Cooley he was right. I bet Eddy was on the phone as soon as he left court to Daley to get the number of his doctor who claimed Daley was too ill to testify
Maybe a crook but this city ran a lot better when the crooks were in charge
Judge is very strict.i belive June 19th is sentencing. Most likely he'll get 7-10 years. When he appeals, judge will have time in jail
He shows up for his sentencing in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank. He’ll never spend a night in prison .
How long did this take? Over 5 years? Madigan still enjoying freedom for how long? How come Trump isn’t on the 5 year plan like them? They want him convicted in under a year. If it were any of us regular citizens how long would it take? Probably 1 year at the most.
Who in The City didn't know that Burke & "Fast Eddie" weren't crooked? Both now Convicts... Preckwinkle is next, IMHO.
He'll be in Ireland dressed like a leprechaun evading the law.
Nature abhors a vacuum and so who takes his place?
Fuck you ED BURKE
Let the appeals begin.
BTW Has the Smellit case been dismissed yet? Anyone reading deep into the back msm news pages to find out?
I doubt that Ed will go to Club Fed.
Ed turns 80, 29Dec23. His sentencing is scheduled for 6 months from now,
He will then appeal both the conviction and sentence.
Appeal will take 1-2 years.
I predict by then the proud three piece, pin stripped suit, ambulatory peacock will show up in a wheelchair, maybe a gurney, with IV bottle, catheter, pacemaker and ventilator. HE WILL BE TOO SICK TO GO TO PRISON. He will have dozens of doctors testifying to this. Home confinement, with necessary trips to Irish functions, plays, dinners, etc to keep up HIS moral.
As for Ed flipping on others, no way. He will keep his mouth shut as others did for him. The G knows if he emptied his soul now, Ed would die of natural causes by the time, 10 years from now, he would have to testify.
Congratulations To US Attorney And The FBI
That It Only Took 50+ Years To Get Burke & Madigan.
They Will Never Take Nap In A Cell, They Will Be Taken
A Dirt Nap In Mount Carmel Cemetery Before They Lay
A Head Down In A Jail Cot. Job Well Done Feds Your
Only Half Century Late.
This reminds me when the Justice Department always get their man.
Just like when they put the all the outfit guys in the federal prisons
hospital wards when they were in wheel chairs and on vents. Only takes
50 years or more to get their man. Better late then never, but what a joke.
Madigan & Burke. Didn’t they help place Rod Blago, Sandy Jackson, her husband, Jessie Jr. and Carrie Austin and Barach on several democrat ballots? Didn’t Toni Preckwinkle support all of them? Let us not forget JB either.
the poster child for term limits
I liked him. When watching his house on 51st he was always cool to talk with. I guess I like my corrupt politicians old school.
Weird how his Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice wife is never mentioned.
Max sentence: 110 years.
Hope that rancid fuck gets it all.
They're all guilty.
Chicago is a cesspool of corruption.
Probably always has been.
It's never going to change.
Does his wife lose her spot since she’s been by his side scamming for 60 years? Amazing Burke whose wife is a judge on the Illinois Supreme Court.
12/21/2023 04:05:00 PM
She retired. Her last day was 30 November 2022.
Harold Washington can finally RIP.
Maybe the FBI can find some real criminals to try to put in jail now.
Has the FBI ever made an arrest of a bank robber that some police officer put handcuffs on first and turned over to the political police? Oh, that’s right no wire on your friends or in your house no arrest by the feds
Who's going to plow 51st St when it snows now?
May he take as many as possible with him
Can we chip in and send him some ...KY anal lube.
asking for his cellie...Jussie Smellit
Hope he opens up on the rest of the democrats his stash of what he has! God bless Ed Burke he was a great supporter of police and if you were a constituent in the 14th ward he would help you!
4:43pm. If he's been drawing a police pension, he'll still receive it. What he was convicted of jad nothing to do with that. It would stand to reason he would lose his aldermanic pension since the case was built around him using his office/power as leverage. However, he and his wife have made enough money, along with still having powerful/wealthy friends where they'll be just fine during the years he'll still be out of jail on appeal.
Remember the appeals process kids. He's got a 6month date for sentencing during which he'll be home. Then comes his appeal which could take a few years, during which, he'll be home. The man is 80 plus so who knows if he'll ever report to Club Fed before he goes "home" to rest
4:05pm catch up on the news. Burkes wife retired from the court last year.
reading the possum road kill entrails
Free on appeal
Disappears and ends up in non extraditable country using faked passport
uses substantial nest egg tucked in offshore accounts to sit on the beach
...And his equally corrupt slob wife knew nuttin was goin on....
Living large....
Being a democrat.
Small fine, 30 days and probation. He will never see the inside of a prison cell. Appeals on top of appeals. Who is paying his lawyers? Are the taxpayers on the hook since he was a elected official?
Fun to watch the ,what goes around, visit this POS.
Good!!! Hope he goes to Jail!!! He’ll he could live another 20 YRS!!!
Madigans next !!!
Saint Anne by his side during every bit of corruption
Stone face madigan is next. To bad they didn't get baby stone face, the one who tried to steal burge's pension from him when he was still alive.
Anonymous said...
BIG QUESTION;
Will he still get and alderman and a police pension ???
I know if he was charged as a copper with "official misconduct" he would not.
12/21/2023 04:43:00 PM
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He never worked as CPD long enough to earn a pension. I believe he was otj for 18 months.
Hope Madigan is next. They can bunk together
Burke's 13 guilty verdicts made the day Happy Nobody, Nobody Sent Day.
Hopefully, Burke will lose his pension and use all that tuna in his campaign chest to pay lawyers for his appeals.
Burke will be Somebody, Somebody Sent when he shows up to jail. That's if he doesn't start walking around the 14th Ward in his bath robe and slippers and mumbling to himself.
Good Riddance!!!
As for Anne Burke
DeNiro said it best in Casino as Sam Rothstein "Either you were in on it or you were too stupid to see what was going on."
He’ll get some crazy 36 month sentence, do a year at the Country Club in Wisconsin and ride off into the Sunset with millions. Think he’s got a $5M house down in Marco Island.
Funny thing is I’d still rather have him and Daley in office then these progressives!!!
I want that POS cheese eating Solis to be his cellmate. He doesn’t deserve any leniency. His whole family rats.
Burke helped get my son into CFD and pass LT. exam. Never asked for a favor. That's what old friends do.
The neighborhood he lives in has a lot of convicted felons. No biggie.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
It’s about time Burke got what’s coming to him. He’s been a pompous ass since he was a kid on the Boulevard in the ‘60s. Always thought his shit didn’t stink. His father was the Alderman and he made sure everyone knew it. Went to Quigley while everyone else in the neighborhood went to either Leo, Carmel or De. You knew he couldn’t handle not getting special treatment. Was the type of guy who would say hello to you when he wanted something but if you needed something he acted as if he didn’t know you.
Surprised Pete Andrews walked. He’s been riding on Burke’s coattails for fifty years. He should have gone away 25 years ago during the Hired Truck Scandal. Things like that just made them think they were invincible.
Wonder what Madigan is thinking? He’s probably hiding under his table in the back of Palermo’s in Oak Lawn. Hope the Feds hid their wire pretty well so Madigan doesn’t accidentally find it.
Is the 14th ward in better shape or worst shape since the fall of Burke?
Hilarious how the wannabe irish mafia nepo babies are in disbelief. Entitled elitist pricks. Merry Christmas you old bitch, et al.
His wife is a Supreme Court judge in Illinois. Think about this. Would anyone doubt that she knew all about his criminal activity for decades? The various ways they acquired all their wealth? There’s so much wrong with this it’s beyond words.
wow, I did not see that coming
i was in the sauna at the Union League Club after a grueling workout. Ed Burke walked in, sat down next to me and started reading a book..in the sauna.
They made him a cop at 19 years old.It looked like it was take your son to workday.His mom bought him a leather he could grow into.His future wife worked for the parks at West Pullman park every kid loved her and hated him.Total JO.
The only real POS was that jag Rostenkowski. Rotten bastard.
The local clerics of the Catholic persuasion gave tongue baths to both of them.
Anonymous said...
Saint Anne by his side during every bit of corruption
12/22/2023 06:54:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Burke helped get my son into CFD and pass LT. exam. Never asked for a favor. That's what old friends do.
12/22/2023 08:07:00 AM
Fuck Burke, fuck you and fuck your entitled kid! You can’t even hide the smugness in your posted comment.
So I said to the Judge your honor let me be the judge of dat.
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Tuna often comes in a can.
Love of tuna can result in the federal can.
Enjoy yourself Ed.
You POS
Anonymous said...
i was in the sauna at the Union League Club after a grueling workout. Ed Burke walked in, sat down next to me and started reading a book..in the sauna.
12/22/2023 08:53:00 AM
You blew you’re a chance over there perfect time to talk to him maybe about getting a promotion but then again, what do you what did you do? Stare at his throbbing gristle?
Anonymous said...
I worked at the Union League Club in the early 1980s. Burke was a member and I got to know his bodyguards. None of them could stand him. What does that tell you about someone who might have to take a bullet for Burke? Always thought he was special. He walked into the club liked he owned it.
12/21/2023 07:16:00 PM
Maybe if this is true, you made a disgruntled one. I know the guys on his detail stayed made good money he bought them the suits which were top quality always had new cars. Air conditioning always worked in the unmarked squad. Cars always had M license plates unlike the mayor who thinks he’s super undercover super fly. And when the guys retired from his detail, they all got decent jobs. All taken care of that’s old-school don’t be jealous. Don’t be such a hater Manny wish it was them plus they get the security specialist, D3, pay the mayors guys how many our security specialist and his detail that will get the pension from that pay how many are commanders on the mayors detail that will get that pension as they are only patrolman? How does that work? God bless Ed!
He did that shit for 50 years and they decided to do something when he is near end-of-life. If they took action 50 years ago it would have been a lot better!
Anonymous said...
His wife is a Supreme Court judge in Illinois. Think about this. Would anyone doubt that she knew all about his criminal activity for decades? The various ways they acquired all their wealth? There’s so much wrong with this it’s beyond words.
12/22/2023 08:40:00 AM
The Burkes could be just like the Bidens and never ever talk about business, income or anything to do with their life. They just talk about weather.
Ed Burke, another disgraced Democrat. Now Prickwinkle and her Dummy Brandom can pick another thief to replace the current felon. That's called progress in Chicago and it's the Chicago Way.
Yikes. Burke's people will be halted from quickly attaining rank. Kind of like what happened to Devine's kid. The city has been crumbling for decades.
Fuck You Eddie you piece of shit ! They need to put that corrupt bitch of a wife of yours anus Annie in a pin striped jumpsuit right with your punk bitch ass ! Time has finally caught up with your corrupt mother fuckers ! Hope that you die in prison you fucking bottom feeding maggot mother fucker, and that bitch of a wife of yours as well ! In closing Fuck You’s your time has finally come !
12/21/2023 07:50:00 PM
Take it easy there boomer. All that hate will give you a fucking heart attack.
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Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
His wife is a Supreme Court judge in Illinois. Think about this. Would anyone doubt that she knew all about his criminal activity for decades? The various ways they acquired all their wealth? There’s so much wrong with this it’s beyond words.
12/22/2023 08:40:00 AM
The Burkes could be just like the Bidens and never ever talk about business, income or anything to do with their life. They just talk about weather.
12/22/2023 04:01:00 PM
Kanerva v. Weems July 2014
• Illinois Supreme court 6-1 decision ruled that health insurance premiums are a protected retirement benefit.
Who was the dissenting justice? The newly appointed Justice Burke. 6-1 decision. I remember this explicitly.
CONCLUSION ¶ 57 For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the State’s provision of health insurance premium subsidies for retirees is a benefit of membership in a pension or retirement system within the meaning of article XIII, section 5, of the Illinois Constitution, and the General Assembly was precluded from diminishing or impairing that benefit for those employees, annuitants, and survivors whose rights were governed by the version of section 10 of the Group Insurance Act that was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Act 97-695. Accordingly, the circuit court erred in dismissing plaintiffs’ claims that Public Act 97-695 is void and unenforceable under article XIII, section 5. ¶ 58 Our holding that plaintiffs are entitled to proceed on their pension protection clause claims obviates the need to address the sufficiency of their remaining claims. Because plaintiffs have obtained all the relief that they seek, any comment on their other claims would be advisory and in conflict with traditional principles of judicial restraint. See In re Alfred H.H., 233 Ill. 2d 345, 351 (2009) (recognizing that Illinois courts generally do not consider issues where the outcome will not be affected, regardless of how those issues are decided). ¶ 59 The judgment of the circuit court of Sangamon County is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings. ¶ 60 Circuit court judgment reversed. ¶ 61 Cause remanded. ¶ 62
JUSTICE BURKE, dissenting: ¶ 63 I disagree with the majority’s holding that the pension protection clause protects more than pensions. I also disagree with the majority’s disposition of this case, which is unclear. I - 17 - therefore respectfully dissent
RALPH PAPA THORSON JR SAYS:
Get ready for the Slap - on - the - Wrist sentencing, after all the right palms have been greased.
Take it easy there boomer. All that hate will give you a fucking heart attack.
12/22/2023 11:42:00 PM
You younsters will, should you live long enough, come to appreciate the stress relieving powers of venting the spleen.
Until then, go suck on a binky.
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