Justice for Root Beer!
The man convicted of tossing root beer in the face of former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday, bringing to an end a case that critics say highlighted the county’s two-tiered justice system, in which some victims appear to hold a premier status.
William Swetz, 35, was convicted of aggravated battery in a public place on November 17 after a bench trial before Judge Tiana Blakely. At the same time, the judge found him not guilty of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle.
The Illinois Attorney General’s Office handled the prosecution during Swetz’s two-day trial at the Markham courthouse.
When a moron meets another moron, moronic stuff happens.
But as CWB notes, it did highlight the two-tiered system in place to protect the clouted from their own idiocy by pretending to be better and more important than the peons they rule over.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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OFF TOPIC-To piggyback on yesterday's disability post regarding the officer who was forced to perform a FCE test with a toy gun is true. I worked with that officer a few times and he was what we used to call "The Real Police" until his injury. The Medical Section nurse Arvetis made the owner of Sports and Ortho manipulate his examination in multiple ways so he could pass and yes, the owner went ahead with this manipulation of using a toy gun to qualify. A toy gun does not have a recoil; due to his injury they knew it would hurt or injury him further. He has been on no pay status for over a year or two. To those officers who have legitimately suffer life altering injuries on duty, challenge them and ask questions. Document everything through email to leave a paper trail. The city doctor's also cave in into their demands. You also need an attorney who is not part of the FOP, they don't care about you, period. That useless woman Monica Ortiz from the FOP told another officer I know that since he can't carry a weapon the city will place him light duty in another city agency such as the water department, streets and sans or alike. The officer said that those were scare tactics to make him go back to work light duty with CPD. By contract, by law, if you are injured on duty that alters your physical or mental well-being the city is responsible to respond. These two officers' injuries are real, but they lost their benefits thanks to those who abuse the system. Remember, we are all dispensable to CPD.
The only guy in cook county to be convicted for BS!
The guy should have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Well Raul gets a conviction for something.
Think he may tale on a public corruption case?
I would have taken it to a jury and focused on the 2-tiered justice system.
In the 70s I’ve had felony charges rejected because the victim was on shot in the leg.
It's still a conviction that will follow him around for decades. Personally, a sane world would have had an apology offered, accepted, and people would move on with their lives. But, it's not a sane world.
Bet Swetz was sweating it out
Remember FOP endorsed Khamenei who is the Illinois Attorney General. Kim my should have gotten charged with walking on the street.
Just remember all this BS that Kim FOXX caused in Crook County?
So when some jackass throws a frozen water bottle at you. Or swings a pipe at your head and the States Attorneys office either refuses charges or lets case fall apart after a few years?
This guy got Battery charges approved on him and convicted for throwing root beer at Foxx? But if some protestor spits on a uniformed officer! That is just normal everyday occurrence for Officers around the Country?
If you continue to allow this misconduct it will grow more?
Rules for thee and not for me.
Root beer rules.
I had a root beer float last night to celebrate my boy beating his case and getting probation.
#FREE_BILLY_SWETZ
if it would have been a diet root beer then he would have received a "lighter" sentence
Good riddance to Kim Foxx! A true disaster as the States Attorney and as a human being!
Kim Fuxx
She wouldn’t have gotten hit by the root beer if her forehead wasn’t so big
Insane to get a felony conviction for soda throwing, especially considering how the locals generally condunct themselves
Everybody knows she is a mutt
Monica is absolutely useless & an embarr"ass"ment to the gender
Still a felony conviction that may have some serious consequences in his life. No guns, voting, credit application, job search etc. Every detective, every officer has knowledge of the felony review unit denying felony charges. Clear cut evidence and denied. Root Beer assault is a miscarriage. Pedestrian rage vs road rage nonsense should not be felony material. Kim Foxx was and is an incompetent goof, a pawn of the democrats, a racist and hopefully, soon, a former attorney.
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Remember the “judge” who convicted him on Agg Batt for a root beer wet down at election time. SMH at the pure audacity of Dems!
What piggyback post are you referring to? This is so sad to hear. Is there a 10-1 benefit for this officer?
To all of you stupid hard chargers, if you ever become injured, this is how the CPD treats you.
What is a FCE test? So what attorney am I supposed to get?
Oh, ok. What do you think the make up of the jury would have been?
So root beer constitutes ag batt but a subway sandwich does not.
Why do "they" like walking in the street so much, especially the young females.
How can they put you on no pay status for 1-2 years? Just for being on IOD?
Because he was told to. No great shakes from that office. Any office it gets $4 million from the Governor and almost 1,000,000 from Madigan you know who he responds to.
Next time he should get an orange or a grape, and none of that stinkin root beer.
Melissa Conyers-Ervin’s campaign ads often highlight that she cared for her disabled sister and was raised by a single mother who had to fight the system. But there are countless single mothers out there raising children with disabilities and facing those same struggles every day.
What makes this messaging troubling is that she also sits on the Chicago Police Pension Board, where decisions are made about whether injured officers receive duty disability benefits. Many officers feel their claims are routinely denied. If the stories in her ads are meant to show compassion and understanding of hardship, people are right to question whether those values are reflected in the decisions being made.
There are also growing questions about where her campaign funding is coming from. Any concerns about potential connections to pension-related funds or influence should be fully examined so the public can have confidence that everything is transparent and above board.
Wow. They stripped the dash. Did the ferals steal the equipment? (Probably CPD radios etc.?). Would love a helicopter. Get a perk at the min bid. I guess the grabinor wouldn't fit in it.
So she was jaywalking and dude gets convicted.. 🙄 only in crook county but if an officer gets struck by a liquid they don’t approve felony charges..
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