Attempted Murder Charges

For all the "crime is down" we keep hearing, there sure are a lot of people pointing (and firing) guns at police:

• A non-compliant sex offender with two active warrants, now accused of trying to murder a Chicago Police Officer, bragged to cops who arrested him that he just got out of prison for beating other police officers, prosecutors say.

  Menard Allison, 34, was ordered detained Tuesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer and several other felonies stemming from a Saturday night encounter near 67th and Halsted streets that started like a slapstick comedy but soon turned deadly serious.

  [...] Prosecutors said he fled into the parking lot of Kennedy King College, where, by coincidence, a third uniformed officer in a marked car was just pulling in on patrol. That officer saw Allison running from the other unit, and his in-car camera recorded what happened next: Allison allegedly pointed a handgun with his right hand at the officer’s car and fired multiple shots. The camera captured several muzzle flashes and a blue laser beam trained on the squad car, as well as a bullet striking the pavement between Allison and the vehicle, prosecutors said. No injuries were reported. 

Just in case anyone forgot, if you're in a car and someone is shooting at you, you are permitted to run them over with the vehicle - deadly force met with deadly force - and in this case, all the evidence you need is being recorded by the dash cam. Nice to see they kept this one in custody.