This Crap Again?
Naming Park District property for an armed criminal justifiably shot by polioce:
The Chicago Park District plans to rename a playground within Washington Park for a man who was killed in a police shooting nearby in 2014.
[...] The Park District Board approved the district's request to start a 45-day public notice period.
A playground on the northwestern side of Washington Park, at 53rd Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, would be named Ronald "RonnieMan" Johnson Playground. Currently, the playground does not have a name.
And here's the shooting coverage from 2014:
Cook County prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges against a Chicago police officer who shot and killed 25-year-old Ronald Johnson, saying dashboard camera video of the shooting shows Johnson was carrying a gun when he was shot.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said her office conducted a "very careful" review of the Independent Police Review Authority's investigation of the shooting, and determined Johnson resisted arrest, and ignored several orders to drop a gun he was holding as he fled police on Oct. 12, 2014.
What does it say about a community that constantly memorializes the dregs of society, especially somewhere that children play?
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