More Info, Better Story
We had noted a story from a few days ago was poorly written - cringe-worthy in fact - and actually made us long for the days of Pat Camdem's capable narrations.
Now it's making more sense thanks to CWB's actual reporting:
- Prosecutors say a man repeatedly pointed a gun at Chicago police
officers while trying to run away from the cops—just six days after
being given “first-time weapon offense probation” in another gun case.
The first-time probation program, which allows cases to be expunged upon successful completion, used to be available only to adults under 21 who met the criteria. But Illinois legislators changed the law this year, making it available to all adults who meet the requirements.
Rakim Kendall, 31, received the first-time weapon offense probation sentence from Judge Tiana Blakely on September 10 after he pleaded guilty to having a gun in a car in suburban Lansing last year. Just six days later, around 10:50 p.m., Chicago police officers tried to stop Kendall because he matched the description of a masked man who had a gun outside some businesses in the 7100 block of South Jeffery, a CPD report said.
Kendall ran from the cops and promptly got struck by an SUV, which knocked him to the ground, according to the report. It said he got back up, pointed a gun toward the officers, and continued running with the gun in his hand.
Prosecutors told Judge Susana Ortiz that he pointed the gun at the cops several times with his finger on the trigger, according to a detention order. The officers repeatedly told him to drop the gun, but he refused, leading the officers to shoot at him. They missed.
That is a far better narrative, demonstrating the Officers' credible restraint in the face of numerous attempts to threaten their lives.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
8 Comments:
If they were serious about stopping “gun violence,” “first-time weapon offense probation” wouldn't be a thing.
The city will be sued anyway.
The police will be criticized by the scum media because of the total payments equaling almost a billion dollars.
FUCK doing anything.
I don’t think is Illinois law, but a new program created by Chief Judge Evans. 18-25, “emerging “adults”, non violent crimes, they get to go sit in peace circles and given 500 dollar gift cards not to re offend. Re-emerging adults is not a legal term, it is a made up term from Evans, Foxx, and the PD. They now have their own courts set up around the City. They don’t believe that your brain is fully formed until 25. Absolutely disgusting how they by pass State law and make up their own courts and age groups in order to not punish anyone.
I miss the Original Orange One.
These coppers sound incompetent and reckless. And they’re setting a terrible precedent. Are all officers now expected to let a person point a gun at them numerous times before acting? Are coppers supposed to fire warning shots? These coppers failed at their jobs. It shouldn’t be promoted. It shouldn’t be expected to allow a criminal to point a gun directly at you multiple times before you’re brave enough to act. You’re going to die and cause others to die if this becomes the expected norm.
Is firearms training part of the job anymore. Then again what type of training are they getting.
Some people's brains are never fully formed, and it has nothing to do with age. Isn't it odd that there are areas where 14-year-olds have fully-formed brains, but other areas where 40-year-olds don't.
Brains not fully formed just might be true. Look at Judge Evans, He's way past 25 and is still the same dullard he has always been. A Democrat hack, rather dimwitted soul
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