Recoup the Money (UPDATE)

So we've been seeing a bunch of comments about how the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is dropping or refusing to press charges for Criminal Trespass after CPD cleared the campus areas.

First up, do we have verification?

If SAIC is out of the process, then guess who is left holding the bag? There better be signed complaints on file or else it's the CPD and City of Chicago.

In the bad old days, the police were used as bouncers and strike breakers by the robber barons. Why pay for muscle when you can have the taxpayers foot the bill? 

That is pretty much what happened the other day at the Hamas-hole protest. If that's the case going forward, then Conehead better get the Finance Division to start tallying up manpower and equipment hours and charge the SAIC for the expenditure, because every minute spent there was a minute not spent somewhere else when crime and/or mayhem may have been happening. 

They do it for parades, special events, assorted call outs like train derailments - charging for the unforeseen expenditures so taxpayers aren't footing the bill. The City has even sued different companies to recoup money.

UPDATE: Verified:

• After a weekend pro-Palestinian demonstration at the Art Institute of Chicago ended with dozens of arrests, there is a new twist on Monday night.

  ABC7 has learned that the Art Institute is no longer pursuing criminal trespassing charges. However, there is some concern that the incident could be a precursor to what police might face with demonstrators during the Democratic National Convention.

So the CPD is definitely being used as "strike breakers." Time for (A) the City to charge the SAIC for the Officers and equipment used on scene and (B) for the FOP to demand "Rules of Engagement" moving forward so as not to jeopardize members with punitive damages from the City's incompetence.