Shooting Footage

Earlier this year, an Officer was wounded in the leg following a struggle with an armed suspect. We wouldn't usually post video of this sort except for one very important part:

• video link here

The application of the tourniquet to the wounded Officer's leg was very well done, almost flawless, and that's difficult to do in a dynamic situation like that. 

Hats off to the Officers involved.

Hired then Fired

We thought CPD's hiring was bad....check out NYPD's disaster:

• The NYPD is trying to force dozens of officers and recruits who failed to meet the department’s standards to resign  —  but the effort faced a roadblock late Thursday after a state judge blocked the move, the Post has learned.

  At least 30 cops and cadets – hired between 2023 and 2024 under Inspector Terrell Anderson, who has since been transferred out of his role with the Police Academy – were notified of the NYPD’s attempt to purge them Thursday, according to the sources.

  “They all got called down,” a police source told The Post. “They’re being told: ‘You didn’t meet the qualifications. You shouldn’t have been hired. You have 24 hours to resign or be fired.’”

Many of the individuals had psych issues. Others lied about arrests, convictions and previous job terminations. But an allegedly crooked high ranking exempt-type passed them all through the hiring process after the commissioner lowered hiring standards.

For those who were around in the early 90s, CPD had a similar fiasco when a number of people were disqualified during the "psych exam" and deemed unworthy of being hired. Many dozens sued and were later scattered among later hiring classes. 

We met quite a few, and some ended up being decent cops. Others....well, there certainly appears to be some solid reasoning behind those types of exams.

The whole NYPD thing is going to court, but perhaps the first hiring mistake was the exempt who thought he could just disregard established protocols.

Skip a Grade?

Well why not?

• Chicago Public Schools is trying to make sure more students from a range of backgrounds are able to skip an entire grade or accelerate in a single subject.

  Board members were briefed Wednesday on proposed changes to the acceleration policy and will vote at their July 24 meeting.

  In the past, few students were allowed to jump ahead a grade or get accelerated instruction in math or reading, or both, and they were mostly from schools with few low-income students, according to data obtained by WBEZ. In a statement, CPS said most students came from North Side schools.

We can hear the cries of "racism!" already:

• The current policy for skipping a grade or moving ahead in reading and math calls for schools or parents to refer students and says they are only eligible if they exceed standards on the state standardized test. But only 4% of elementary school students exceed standards, and no students in either math or reading hit that mark in more than 100 schools.

It isn't like the teachers are actually helping the kids learn anything.

Best Rant Ever

We didn't know he was still alive:

We were still in high school when Lee Elia let loose with this one, and we heard the censored version for years on the Dahl and Meier radio show opening. He played for both the Cubs and the Sox, but he probably picked up most of his salty attitude in Philadelphia

Without a doubt, one of the greatest rants ever. 

Rapper's Dad Gunrunning

Who would have thought a rapper who "sings" about gun, dope and ghetto violence would have a family members involved in crime?

• The father of rapper Mello Buckzz was arraigned on federal firearms charges Tuesday, just days after drive-by gunmen targeted her fans in River North, leaving four people dead and 14 others wounded.

  Federal officials say Melvin Doyle illegally sold 13 guns since May 20 to confidential informants working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) — including one transaction that took place after the July 2 mass shooting outside Artis Lounge, where his daughter, Melanie Doyle, had hosted a record release party.

Thirteen guns to federal informants, so he's probably going away for twenty or forty years, perhaps more, all in the federal system.

The presser was quick to rule out poetic justice though:

• A law enforcement source told CWBChicago that investigators have found no evidence connecting Doyle’s alleged gun sales to the shooting outside the lounge at 311 West Chicago Avenue.

That's not to say he wasn't supplying other guns to rival gangs in other crimes....just not this one.

PPP Sentencing

This one slipped by us last week:

• A South Holland was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $20,000 in rent payments from public housing tenants and more than $40,000 in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans. Delvya Harris, 32, pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge after an investigation by the Chicago Housing Authority’s inspector general’s office.

  “I am pleased to see an individual held accountable for taking advantage of tenants and the public by stealing public funds for personal financial gain,” Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Monday.

  Harris was working for the Habitat Co. as an assistant community manager at the CHA’s Trumbull Park Homes in South Deering when she stole 50 money orders worth a total of $18,125 and deposited them into her personal account between December 2022 and March 2023. Prosecutors said that, in some instances, she gave the checks to her significant other to cash.

  In February and May 2021, Harris received more than $41,000 in PPP loans and received an advance on a COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan — both for businesses that did not exist, prosecutors said.

So another single case is closed, while the Statute of Limitations marches onward, letting dozens more cases fall by the wayside, including a number of high ranking CPD exempts, a dozen OEMC leeches and forty or fifty CPS employees.

It's Happening

Conehead will probably go down in history as the mayor who let the Bears get away:

• In an offseason surprise, some Chicago Bears fans got an email this week asking their opinions on seating options and pricing for a new stadium.

  Is this a sneak peek at the new seats, and does it signal plans are moving forward for a move to Arlington Heights?

  Some of the fans who received the email have long histories with the team, and there are a lot of concerns. But at least one expert asked for a quick time out on the speculations, though he does think this signals the team is moving forward with their plan to move to the northwest suburbs.

If the McCaskey's were any sorts of business people, they would have moved out years ago, built a new stadium out-of-pocket (instead of swindling taxpayers), and have a franchise comparable in value to the Cowboys. 

Conehead was willing to sign away all the taxpayer money he could scrounge up, but Springfield was actually smarter in this case since they'll get their cut no matter where the Bears play in Illinois and taxpayers are more than a little fed up with billionaires getting hundreds of millions in "subsidies" for private enterprises.

But this is going to blow another giant monetary hole in the Chicago budget. 

Welcome Home Ed!

We guess Madigan will have to hunt up a different bunkmate:

• Former Chicago Ald. Edward M. Burke has left the northwestern Illinois prison where he’s been held since September for his historic racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion conviction, officials have confirmed.

  Burke transferred Tuesday from a low-security prison facility in Thomson to community confinement, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. That means Burke will either continue to serve his sentence in home confinement or a halfway house. His official Bureau of Prisons release date remains Feb. 20, the spokesperson said.

  Burke’s two-year prison sentence raised eyebrows when it was handed down in June 2024 by U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, now the city’s chief federal judge. And in the end, it appears the punishment for Burke’s abuse of office is a total of nine months behind bars.

So Ed will have time to spend his ill-gotten gains as he shuffles off this mortal coil. Nine months behind bars and a few extra months getting home cooked meals and see friends and family.

Mike is looking at triple what Ed got, so he's desperately looking to stay out of prison while he runs through his appeals.

Chicago Media Catches Up

Remember, you don't hate the media nearly enough:

• ABC Channel 7 - GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (WLS) -- A suburban park district is investigating what happened over the weekend when staffers were overwhelmed by hundreds of young people.
• Fox Channel 32 - A rowdy crowd of teenagers and young adults prompted the early closure of a pool Saturday afternoon in Glen Ellyn.
• NBC Channel 5 - A suburban community pool closed early over the Fourth of July weekend after unruly behavior erupted when a large crowd swarmed the area, police said.

We're sure there's more, but one has to wonder why they waited almost four days to cover what ended up becoming a national story. It probably has to do with the video spreading far and wide to the point they couldn't actually ignore it any more and continue to call themselves "reporters."

Kind of the like the Philadelphia shooting where there were 3 dead and ten wounded - a far cry from Chicago's 4 dead and 14 wounded. What's the main difference?

• video of the shooting 

The Chicago shooting had a single grainy video of the suspect vehicle rounding the corner after unloading on the crowd. The Philadelphia shooting has four or more people upping their pistols and unloading down the block at another set of shooters, including some fool unloading a switched-Glock over the heads of six or more peoples (or folks) heads. 

We have to wonder how many of the dead/injured were friendly fire.

More Suburban Adventures

The mayhem is spreading!

• Shots were fired in the parking lot of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, north of Chicago Monday night, but police say there are no known victims.

  Gurnee police were called to the theme park at 8:20 p.m. Officers found evidence at the scene confirming that shots had been fired, police said.

  Preliminary information indicated there may have been a quarrel immediately before the shots were fired.

And don't forget all the gun offenders Naperville cops are finding at Top Golf. Pretty soon it might be safer in the City than the burbs.

Is that Conehead's plan? 

Anti Immigrant Protests

But not where you think:

• It turns out that Mexicans are as happy about US citizens legally moving to Mexico as US citizens are about Mexicans illegally crossing the border to live in the United States. 

  Sure, Americans are bringing their money--not asking the government to pick up the tab for their lifestyles--but the influx is apparently raising housing prices and diluting Mexican culture. 

  Now that's a twist I bet you didn't see coming. We have Mexicans and others violently protesting here in the US, making the claim that they have an absolute right to enter our country legally and get all sorts of US welfare benefits, and we have Mexicans violently protesting in Mexico to keep legal US immigrants out because they are diluting the culture. Even American tourists are too much.  

Golly, Mexican citizens supporting Mexican sovereignty in their own country.

We're just waiting for the left to start screaming "racism!" 

Alder-Racists (Present and Past)

Imagine if Ed Burke said something like this in public:

• When a Chicago Park District lifeguard was accused of shooting and killing a teenager at Douglass Park in late June, Ald. Monique Scott (24th) and her brother, former Ald. Michael Scott, weren’t surprised.

  Both had served as Douglass Park supervisors and feared something like this would happen, they contend, because the park district has too few lifeguards, too little staff training and inadequate park security.

  And, they say, part of the problem lies in assigning white and Latino lifeguards to pools in African American neighborhoods.

Seriously.

• “There’s a certain way you have to deal with these kids,” Monique Scott said. “They’re going to give you a hard time. You need to have an authoritative presence without disrespect. You’ve got to know how to talk to these kids and not demean them.”

  Scott said she got a call recently from a South Side park supervisor who reported that a Latino lifeguard had walked off the job after declaring that he “can’t work with these kinds of people.”

Seriously:

• “If you don’t have a strong lifeguard, and the guard doesn’t look like the community they’re serving, there’s a problem,” said Michael Scott, who is now a Cook County commissioner.

Gee, we've sarcastically suggested exactly this many times after the brain-dead politicians complain about the racial makeup of certain Districts, conveniently ignoring the fact that once an Officer gets some seniority under their belt, they bid the Hell out of crappy high-crime Districts for someplace the citizens appreciate the police presence.

And the "demean[ing]" behavior noticed by aldermoron Scott (both the current idiot and the previous) is a two way street. We could tell stories about Michael running back years in the 24th ward - the disrespect he dished out was nothing short of epic. Much of it comes down to parenting....or lack of, but Eric Holder and Sparklefarts told us we weren't ready for that discussion.

You know what we dream? We look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. 

And guess who's lacking in character content the past six-plus decades?

Suburbia Coverage

Someone finally noticed the two-hundred or more Chicago denizens who invaded Glen Ellyn this weekend:

• A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager.

  A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. (another link to video)

  Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool.

And guess what was instituted the next day?

• On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal.

Seems the AWFL wine moms don't like diversity anywhere except their yard signs when it ends up chasing their kids out of the pool.

Strange Flex

Over fifty bodies with extra holes in them, and the Slum Times is helping Conehead out by saying, "At least it wasn't a hundred!"

• Nine people were killed and 40 others were injured in citywide violence over the holiday weekend, making it the least violent Fourth of July weekend in at least six years.

  The weekend runs from 5 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Monday, meaning late Wednesday’s mass shooting — which left four dead and 14 others injured — was not counted in the total.

  [...] By the end of the weekend last year, 19 people had been killed and 86 others wounded. The 68 people injured and 12 killed over the first two days of the July 4th weekend in 2024 surpassed the numbers for the entire 2023 holiday weekend when 11 people were killed and 62 wounded. Both holiday weekends those years stretched over four days, potentially increasing the totals.

  Violence peaked in 2021 when more than 100 people were shot and 19 were killed in shootings across the city through the mid-summer holiday weekend.

Nothing like throwing Conehead a life preserver so he doesn't have to answer for the odd spike in shootings.

It's good that crime is down year-over-year, but there should still be accountability for the surge last week, with four or five "mass shootings" that they'd all be screaming about if they happened anywhere else except here.

Notice how the coverage completely died out? Kind of like the Idaho firefighter killer, or the Minnesota assassin. Once the shooter turns out to be democrat, leftist or approved class, the story is memory-holed overnight. 

No Money

But the teachers want to be at the front of the line:

• Chicago Public Schools is so cash-strapped that its new interim CEO and board president are scrambling to find a way to send out back pay owed to teachers and staff that was negotiated in the Chicago Teachers Union contract, which was settled in March.

  The CTU won 4% raises plus additional salary increases for experience and advanced degrees. Because the old contract expired last June, the raises cover a whole school year and will cost the district more than $100 million. Teachers and staff are expecting CPS to deliver that retroactive pay this summer.

The firefighters have been without a Contract for how long? Four years?

If we recall, CPD supervisors have a court ordered settlement for VRI overtime running back to the very beginning of that program AND a "me-too" raise that the City refuses to pay while the back pay accrues interest.

And the FLSA OT, too.

But since the teachers can hold the children hostage, have the ability to strike and own Conehead, they think they deserve to be up at the front of that line. It's far past time to legislate teachers statewide as "essential."

 

Nice Weekend Conehead

Well....

When we miss, we miss big. Our prediction was:

• ....0000 hours, Friday 04 July and running through 0500 hours, Monday 07 July. Seventy-seven hours total we're going to go with ten dead and twenty maimed - thirty total bodies with extra holes.

There are still about five hours to go for the final totals, but so far:

•  nine dead (so close) and thirty-one wounded - forty total bodies with extra holes

(remember, we're only counting Friday thru 0500 Monday)

HeyJackass.com covers a longer time frame, going back to 03 July. Those totals are 10 and 41.

For the entire calendar week (30 June to 05 July) it was an embarrassing 17 and 72 - 89 total casualties. 

We're guessing Conehead shouldn't have given all the Violence Reduction / Interrupters people the weekend off? 

Fun Times in Suburbia

How far DuPage County has fallen. There was a "teen takeover" planned for Naperville this past weekend:

The Naperville PD was alerted to the plans of the usual suspects and responded with a sizeable show of force, so much so it was broadcast all over social media:

Undeterred, the planners rapidly shifted venues and took over the Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn instead. Hundreds of "teens" invaded the facility, attacking attendees, throwing a manager in the water, pitching fireworks into the pool, along with the usual smoking and drinking:

Anyone know why there wasn't any news coverage of this?

Glen Ellyn is a notorious refuge of "Hate has no Home Here" signage along with all sorts of liberal virtue signalling. You get what you vote for we guess.

Could This Happen Here?

Frankly, we're surprised it hasn't yet:

• At least some Boston city employees who expected to receive their first paycheck of the month on Thursday will now not be paid until after the holiday weekend, according to a member of the City Council.

  Sam Dillon, president of the Boston firefighters' union, said he heard from some members who were not paid. He wants an investigation and is asking the city to pick up any overdraft fees incurred by employees.

  City employees were sent a memo stating, "We are aware that the availability of funds may be impacted by different banks' processing schedules" related to the holiday. "Most of the deposits went through yesterday," Mayor Michelle Wu said on Friday. "Some even came through earlier today."

Yeah, and some didn't. 

Everyone does Direct Deposit now. The last guy we remember not having it retired two years before we did. And if you have Direct Deposit, you probably have some automated payments set up for various bills - gas, electric, mortgage, car, etc. 

And now you're on the hook for bounced checks? 

Has the FOP ever considered a remedy for this? We were never one to live check-to-check, but some aren't as lucky as we were with a decent financial plan, no crushing student debt and a cushion we built up over time.

Walls Work?

Look how Florida is protecting its police properties:

• DELAND, Fla. - City officials in DeLand have approved construction of an eight-foot wall surrounding the police department in an effort to better protect officers and staff following recent security incidents on department grounds.

  DeLand city commissioners have unanimously approved the construction of an eight-foot security wall around the police department in response to recent threats, including a drive-by shooting, vandalism, and damage to patrol vehicles. 

  The wall will include a gated access system to restrict unauthorized entry and improve safety for officers and staff. The estimated base cost is $20,000, though final expenses could rise depending on the gate specifications.

Compare that to CPD's three-foot fencing, open lots, unsecured buildings, and lobbies built for easy access to all manner of homeless, terrorist and psycho.

How many times a year do we see comments and AdMin fax messages about trespassers on CPD properties? 

Off to a Roaring Start

Literally in front of Cook County Jail and Courts:

• Four people were wounded in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in Little Village.

  The victims were in a parked car about 1:45 a.m. in the 2700 block of South California Boulevard when someone in a dark sport utility vehicle fired shots as they drove by, Chicago police said.

  Three men, ages 25, 26 and 32, were shot multiple times and listed in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

This is something like the 4th or 5th multiple casualty shooting in July so far.

And still a day to go for the weekend. 

Deez Guys? Again?

Is it "deez," "dem"or "doze" guys?

• Three high-profile Illinois casinos have now faced allegations over contractors with reputed mob ties

Is anyone surprised that any form of gambling and the associated support businesses has an Outfit connection?

You shouldn't be:

• The largest fine levied by the Illinois Gaming Board in recent memory — $3.2 million — was paid in 2003 by Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, whose investors at the time included Gov. JB Pritzker and members of his family.

  Now overseen by Pritzker, who took office in 2019 and no longer owns a piece of Grand Victoria, the gaming board will decide if and how to fine Bally’s Chicago Casino for a similar offense: hiring a contractor with reputed mob ties.

Golly, and a shady connection to the governor? Who used to own a piece of the Casino? But doesn't anymore - he just appoints the members o f the "oversight" board.

The only thing that would make worse would be some sort of CPD connection:

• In 2015, the gaming board proposed fining Rivers Casino in Des Plaines — which landed a lucrative gambling license after the Rosemont project was tanked over fears of mob influence — $2 million after a Sun-Times reporter found that United Service Cos. was hired for security and cleaning work there.

  United was long run by former cop Richard “Rick” Simon, who has had business and personal ties to reputed mob figures, including Ben Stein, his late friend and boss.

The Outfit ties to legalized gambling never went away, they just went underground, mostly out of sight. But they're still scamming, skimming and raking in millions while buying politicians to help hide it all.

Shut Up Porkulous

What an odd thing to brag about:

More money collected from taxpayers than ever before, the result of increased in taxes, fees, and fines.

And there's still a projected budget deficit of $3.2 Billion for 2026.

The Illinois debt is around $158 Billion.

There's less money coming from Washington and if Fata$$ continues to give ILLEGAL aliens Medicare in violation of Federal Law, all those numbers are going to go up even more.

But yeah, brag about what taxpayers are being forced to pay. 

Crime WAS Down

Remember a week or two ago how we warned Conehead and others about hanging their hats on the so-called crime reduction? How bragging about a drop could come back and bite them in the ass? 

These things are cyclical and are connected to too many other factors to predict any sort of short-term trends:

• economic factors;
• ethnic entanglements;
• foreign drug wars affecting supply and demand - even border enforcement;
• local gang battles over territory, rap music, disrespect;
• changes in local / state laws letting criminals out....if they ever went in at all.

And in spite of what McCompstat told everyone, the weather affects crime. 

Look at what happened in the middle of this week:

• in 40 hours, 51 people got shot, 9 of those died.

If you want to brag about crime reductions, do it on 01 January about the previous year.

Rumor #2

A lot of rumors popping in the comment sections. Here's another one:

• SCC, Expect big changes next week. Superintendent is pissed off. No more outer vest cover!! Your bullet proof vest will be worn under the uniform shirt, no more cargo pants, or baseball caps. No more gym shoes, only shoes that you can shine. Duty belt will be the leather one, no more nylon duty belts.
  
  Going back to the old school uniform. The way we left the academy is how the Sup wants us to to look on the streets.  

Either someone is bored or someone in charge is getting some heat from City Hall.

And before anyone starts whining about posting unverified rumors:

• we said, almost from the first ever post, that Rumor Central was a thing here;
• we've always used rumors that sound plausible as fodder for posts;
• it's the holiday weekend and what else have we got?

Besides, many of the rumors end up being true in one form or another. Many times, the publication of rumors actually stopped stupid ideas from coming to fruition. 

Rumor #1

Who was it who warned years ago that LEMART Training would open up the Police Department to all sorts of liability, not to mention obligations (real or imagined) to treat persons injured? Was it something "insignificant" along with hundreds of their readers? 

• Just found out this little nugget for all the hard working and caring P.O.’S that transported victims to the hospital in that chaos Wed. My neighbor is a paralegal for a Law Firm that is already drafting up Law Suits against CPD for not waiting for CFD and BLAMING CPD for deaths and injuries…disgusting!

We'll confess, we don't really believe this one. The lawyers would have to prove transporting someone resulted in further injury, along with negligence and intent. We're told the ones who died weren't the ones transported, mostly because of the nature of the wounds (massive trauma).

The City and Department could solve the entire issue by using the LEMART training for what it was originally instituted for - saving an injured Officer's life.

Or by stopping training for chest seals, tourniquets, quick-clot and bandages and leave everything to the paramedics....who are understaffed, overworked and wasted on tummy-aches in certain neighborhoods.

Happy Independence Day

 

We'll be in and out all day, with a few celebrations and BBQ's to attend, but we'll be checking in.

If you're home, enjoy it. 

If you're working, stay cool, hydrated, alert and safe. 

What in the Actual....

Rumor in the comment sections about stand-up Roll Calls being conducted all over Area 5 yesterday.

Anything to do with this?

 

Thanks to the dozen people who sent this one in. 

And thanks to each one who suggested this was the new policy to discourage foot pursuits. 

The Inspectors are looking for 5-11 pants and bump cards while commanders show up at Honors Funerals without proper insignia and this is going on? 

Weekend Prediction

Good thing the River North shooting happened Wednesday night. It would have thrown off our attempted prediction by almost 20.

Bad thing is it might provoke a cascade of revenge incidents across assorted territories, making our guess an exercise in futility. But we'll try.

Almost no rain on tap, high temps during the day, warm overnights, three-day holiday weekend.

Starting a few minutes ago 0000 hours, Friday 04 July and running through 0500 hours, Monday 07 July. Seventy-seven hours total we're going to go with ten dead and twenty maimed - thirty total bodies with extra holes.

As usual, HeyJackass.com has the only numbers that we consider accurate and official. 

Chickens Home to Roost

So what could have sparked the tremendous and generous outpouring of gunpowder and lead that littered the streets of River North Wednesday night? Were there any warning signs? Anything that would have tipped off party-goers and business owners that something bad was on the horizon?

Well, there was this:

• According to court records filed in March 2024, Doyle was arrested in connection with the October 2023 incident in Calumet Park. Doyle [aka Mello Buckzz] allegedly hit Dade several times in her face, causing her to fall through a window, according to the court records. Doyle continued to punch Dade in the face, the documents said, leaving Dade with a broken nose and a “severe laceration to the right hand” that required tendon surgery.

Got thirty months probation for that one.

Reading some of her lyrics, we get a sense that this wasn't a one-off:

• [Chorus: Mello Buckzz]
  I got my blick out, pull up, hop out, boom
  Better not act like you want smoke, this bitch gon' tweak and act a fool (And act a fool)
  Tryna diss, we fill his ass up with hot shit, he think he cool
  I feel like Django with my switch, I'll wet a bitch up like a pool (Buckzz)

For the unaware:

• "blick" is a gun
• "hot shit" is fired bullets
• "switch" is an illegal device usually on a Glock that allows fully automatic fire

That's about the only verse we can quote without offending our mothers - the rest of the "song" is as verbally pornographic as you might imagine.

We'll say it's nice to see that the rap community doesn't practice sexism in its thirst for blood and violence - if a girl is going to make a diss track, she and her posse are going to be targets just like the boyz.

So Much Generosity

The "crime is down" narrative takes a bit of a hit:

• Eighteen people were shot and four were killed in a drive-by shooting late Wednesday night outside a nightclub in River North, Chicago police say in their latest update.

  The shooting happened around 11 p.m. near the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue, outside Artis Restaurant and Lounge, as well as a Dunkin’ Donuts. A number of clubs and businesses are located in that area, and witnesses say they heard rapid fire and a car racing out of the area.

  “Traumatizing. I’m just shook,” one female witness said.

  A worker at the nightclub told WGN News it was holding an album release party for a Chicago rapper named Mello Buckzz on Wednesday night. The club was closing when the shooting happened, so a large group of people were heading outside.

That's an entire weekend worth of numbers.

If that address seems familiar, there was another incident just a few years back that barely accounted for four people (or folks) shot.  Back then, the bar was shut down as a "public health hazard." This time, the City probably ought to level the building.

Rivera Family Not Happy

We can't say we blame them:

• An attorney for the family of Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was fatally shot by her partner, [...], said Wednesday that [...] should have never been a police officer, given a serious complaint made against him during his probationary period, and the death of Rivera “should have never happened.”

  The lawyer, Antonio Romanucci, at a news conference on Wednesday called for an independent investigation of the shooting, saying the Chicago Police Department narrative “does not pass the smell test” and asked the department to publicly release [...]’s full disciplinary record as well as police body cam footage from that night that left the family with more questions than answers. “We have many questions that need to be answered. And we don’t yet trust the narrative that officer Rivera was shot and killed by her partner during a pursuit of suspects who never fired a shot,” he said.

  Romanucci wrote Chicago Police Department Supt. Larry Snelling a letter on Friday, requesting he ask the Illinois State Police to conduct an independent criminal investigation into the shooting and that he release video, audio and other evidence of the shooting. 

Illinois State Police investigating would be step in the right direction. We trust them a lot farther than we would COPA.

We can't really agree with the release of video, audio and evidence at this time however. There is still the potential for this to all end up in front of a judge and jury, and the Rules of Evidence cannot be compromised until such time as that result is ruled out. 

In the meantime, it's probably safe to assume that no one is seriously looking at our suggestions the other day regarding background checks, hiring practices and training. No one has the political will for everything that would be exposed.

Johnson/Fenner Soap Opera

Word on the street is that Eddie "Underwear Arsonist" Johnson is about to be served with a No-Contact Order of Protection from Nakia "IAD Group Test Cheater" Fenner regarding some allegedly unwanted  physical contact during a recent incident at the marital residence.

Who's got the scoop? 

Conflict of Interest?

A "conflict of interest" is defined thusly:

• A conflict of interest occurs when an individual or organization has multiple interests that could potentially influence their decisions, often leading to biased judgment. This situation is particularly important in fields like law, medicine, and business, where personal interests may conflict with professional duties.

We bring this up because we are being told of an ongoing issue involving the Medical Section and the Pension Board regarding the duty status of a number of Officers. Case in point:

• an Officer has been determined by multiple city doctors to be "mentally or physically unfit for duty." This finding makes the Officer eligible for a hearing before the Pension Board Disability Committee to determine what the Officer is entitled to receive;
• the Disability Committee however, has decided to disregard the findings by the very doctors they hired to do these evaluations, and has ordered the Officer to undergo an additional "functional capacity evaluation" in preparation for a return to duty;
• remember, multiple doctors have found that this Officer is mentally or physically unfit for duty, as in performing the necessary tasks to protect themself, their partner and the public, up to and including carrying a firearm.

There are a number of doctors hired by the Pension Board to do these evaluations. There is a doctor in charge of the Medical Section who appears to be a "per diem" employee of the organization that is paid by the Pension Board to conduct these "FCE" examinations and all seem to share some sort of professional association among medical facilities. Does it seem suspicious that an organization benefiting financially from a city entity recommending evaluations would be allowed to interact in this manner?

To top it all off, the Medical Section is slow-walking all of the letters and paperwork the Officers need for their hearing, leading to extensive delays in scheduling before the Committee, leading to lapses in insurance coverage. We're talking extensive delays, sometimes nine or ten months.

We shouldn't be surprised at all this incompetency as one of the Disability Committee members is Melissa Conyears-Ervin, recent Inspector General target and wife of the un-indicted stripper patronizing aldercreature. 

But this crap is driving families into debt and bankruptcy. 

Second Guessing Gets Worse

Many of our readers predicted something like this years ago, and we agreed with them:

• Timothy Glaze Dean was shot and killed by Chicago police on January 3 of this year. Police body-camera video showed he was holding a knife at the time. Glaze Dean was shot 20 times, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday afternoon by an attorney for his estate, who said this is part of a longstanding pattern and practice of excessive force used by CPD.

  Police body-camera video showed officers exiting their vehicle, answering a wellbeing check call for Glaze Dean. An acquaintance was concerned about his mental state and said he was playing with a knife. The video showed police entering the Little Village apartment complex, traveling by elevator to the sixth floor and announcing themselves at Glaze Dean's door.

  A second later, Glaze Dean walks into frame with a knife in his hand. Two seconds after that, as he walks towards police, they open fire, shooting 20 rounds.

  Some bullets were fired after he was already on the ground without the knife and no longer a threat, according Glaze Dean family attorney Greg Kulis. The entire incident took less than two minutes from when officers exited their vehicle. "The police don't say, drop the knife. They don't say, police, put your hands up, drop the knife, step back," Kulis told the I-Team.

  Kulis said the body camera footage showed a lack of any attempt by police to deescalate the situation and points to what he calls a broader problem with CPD of excessive use of force, referencing both Laquan McDonald and Dexter Reed, who were shot 16 and 13 times, respectively, by Chicago Police and were killed.

First up, anyone who cites the Reed shooting in any capacity can be classified as a Grade A Moron. Reed shot first, shot a cop, and deserved every bit of lead Officers were able to fire at him. Fuck Reed, Fuck Channel 7 and Fuck this scumbag lawyer.

Second, anyone who views the video from the Dean shooting sees that he (A) had a knife, (B) brandished the knife in a threatening manner, and (C) advanced on the Officers in a tiny hallway. There was literally tenths-of-seconds to decide, draw and fire. Once the decision is made to utilize deadly force to meet an oncoming threat, there isn't a single order, ordinance or law that requires Officers to take a hit - any sort of a hit - before using said Deadly Force.

But these scumbag lawyers and whore media types want it to be:

1. observe the threat
2. give verbal direction
3. observe if there is any reaction to the verbal direction 
4. draw weapon
5. observe the threat
6. point weapon with additional verbal direction
7. observe if there is any reaction to the verbal direction 
8. fire one single bullet
9. repeat steps 1-thru-8

Now go dig up the footage of the Reed or Dean shootings and tell us exactly where all of this was supposed to take place?

Once again, we make this open ended offer to any scumbag lawyer or scumbag media type:

• we will provide you with a full set of CPD equipment - gunbelt, holster, OC spray, baton, handcuffs and bullet-resistant vest. We will steal a Taser from a friend. We will get you a pistol and three magazines fully loaded;
• we will print out a copy of the Use of Force Order and get Larritorious to explain it to you as he is the (allegedly) preeminent expert on CPD;
• we will set up an address for you to respond to via a radio call, someplace with multiple doors, narrow hallways, bad lighting, etc.
• you will be required to place us into handcuffs within the Rules, Regulations, current Ordinances and Illinois Law. You will do this without damaging us or suffering damage to yourselves;

But....:

• we might be armed....maybe a stick, a pipe, a blade, blunt instrument, maybe even a gun. You won't know until you get there and find us....because we'll be avoiding direct contact with you;
• if you use anything besides your winning personality, we win and you lose; 
• losing will involve some sort of forfeit on your part, probably something along the lines of a written/televised apology and admission that you don't know diddly-squat about police work and everything you've been spouting is just so much bullshit in service of the lib-tarded agenda for starters; 
• after that, there will be a monetary and physical penalty to drive home the lesson.

Oh, and did we mention that we'll also provide you with a waiver, signed and notarized, absolving you of any damage you might inflict upon us - direct mechanical strikes, pepper spray, taser effects and gunshot wounds. We'll have it written up by an actual lawyer and make a video of ourselves reading it so there's no question we knew what we were signing up for.

And you'll sign the same waiver.  

Poor People Exempt from Law

Do we have to show a tax return or something?

• A program designed to allow low-income Chicago residents to have their traffic fees waived has been made permanent due to a new law.

  What we know: Under the program, eligible fees, fines, and costs due to traffic violations would be waived in Cook County for people experiencing financial hardship.

  County judges determine who is granted a fee waiver.

  The program was established in 2021 with a sunset of 2024. It was extended through this year, but state lawmakers voted to make the program permanent during this past legislative session.

  What they're saying: The Chicago-based state lawmaker that sponsored the bill explained why he pushed for the change.

  "We do not believe someone should be forced into homelessness because they can’t afford to pay a speeding ticket," said State Sen. Javier Cervantes (D-Chicago). "This new law extends grace to some of the most vulnerable members of our community, and I am proud to be a leader in getting it passed into law."

We don't know - if you can afford a car, plates, stickers, insurance and gas, then you can afford to either obey the f#$%ing law or pay the fines that go along with breaking the law. Or just take the damn bus.

Additionally, if they're in danger of losing their housing because they constantly drive like assholes, maybe they can just live in their car to save money.

Arrests After Brawl

The "Giant Brawl" post from the weekend is finally getting some coverage.

It's from CWB of course, because a giant crowd attacking and injuring four cops isn't worthy of lamestream media coverage:

• A chaotic street brawl involving Chicago police and a large crowd erupted on the city’s West Side Friday evening, sparked by the arrest of a 22-year-old man, according to a Chicago Police Department report.

  The incident, captured in a viral video circulating online over the weekend, unfolded around 6:45 p.m. in the 100 block of North Lockwood, drawing dozens of officers to the scene after a “10-1” police emergency was declared.

The savages (that's a description of observed behavior) were attempting to free a narcotics arrestee, injuring a number of cops in the process.

And just a reminder:

• Under the SAFE-T Act, aggravated battery of a peace officer is not a detainable offense unless the officer suffers great bodily harm. Judge Susana Ortiz released Alexander, Burns, and Jackson to await trial.

Not a single assailant was held on any sort of bond except a signature.

This Must be Racist or Something

CWB blog has a post up about the weekend "pride" mayhem:

• Police arrested 39 people in connection with the Chicago Pride Parade and its aftermath between Sunday evening and early Monday, including six individuals who were illegally carrying firearms, according to the Chicago Police Department. One man charged with weapon possession was allegedly carrying two guns.

  This year’s arrest total is lower than the 53 arrests made last year but higher than the totals seen from 2016 through 2023. Of the 39 arrested, 13 individuals, including two juveniles, were charged with felonies, while 21 face misdemeanor charges, and one person received citations, a police spokesperson said. Charges were still pending against four people as of midday Monday.

And then they posted the Booking Photos of the felony arrests (adults only):

Something about this....

We're not sensing Conehead's "most generous" comment getting a lot of traction here.