He's Not Happy to See You

Every couple of years, something like this happens and every couple of years we remind everyone, "Search, Search and Search again."

• An 18-year-old man who was supposed to leave the Cook County jail on Wednesday is not going home after all. That’s because Kemari Johnson is now facing a fresh charge of possessing a loaded firearm inside the jail.

  Johnson was initially arrested on November 11 after he slammed a Chicago police officer to the floor during a domestic altercation, according to court records. The next day, a judge decided to release Johnson on electronic monitoring, but he stayed in jail for a week, seemingly unable to find a place to live while wearing an ankle monitor.

  According to court records, Judge Lindsay Huge dropped the electronic monitoring requirement on Tuesday, allowing Johnson to leave jail on a nighttime curfew.

  At about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday, a probation officer was preparing to place an ankle monitor designed to track curfew compliance on Johnson’s leg when Johnson popped a question.

  “Can I surrender something?” he asked, officials say.

"something" turned out to be a Taurus 140 semiauto, loaded with seven rounds and a with a spare magazine.

And if we're reading the article correctly, he had it:

• at the domestic incident 11 November;
• during arrest, transport and processing in the District;
• in the transport wagon to Cook County;
• at Cook County receiving;
  
• in the jail itself until 20 November

Are you fucking kidding us? No one found this anywhere? He should have been searched at least five times during his stay - arrest, before transport, during processing, before getting on the transport wagon the next day and at the "bridge." Those are just the instances we're familiar with. The sheriffs might do more in the jail before, during or after court.

Maybe there's something missing from the story, but for God's sake, SEARCH YOUR F#$%ING PRISONERS. And if you accept a prisoner from some other Officer, SEARCH YOUR F#$%ING PRISONER AGAIN.