Body Cam Proves Lies....Again

A criminal making false statements against the police? The "media" reporting these lies as fact?

CWB destroys the Fox "News" report by requesting the body camera footage - something Fox should have done before airing the lies:

• Police body camera footage appears to contradict parts of a television news report in which a Chicago man claimed CPD officers beat and wrongly arrested him while he was trying to rescue his younger brother from a Fourth of July “teen takeover.”

  Quotangelo Temple, 19, was featured by Fox Chicago four days after his arrest in the 1200 block of South Fairfield Avenue. The station’s story, headlined “Chicago football player alleges police beat him while rescuing younger brother during teen takeover,” centered on Temple’s claim that he went to the gathering only to retrieve his 16-year-old brother.

  “I was just trying to get my little brother out of there,” Temple told Fox Chicago. He denied striking any officer and said he wished police had “approached me differently.” “The disregard of what they had going on, how they was frustrated with the kids and all that stuff, that don’t mean just take that anger out on me,” Temple said.

Um....you don't get to "rescue" someone who is being arrested - that's a charge unto itself dumbass.

But guess what CWB discovered when the body cam footage was viewed?

• After reviewing Fox Chicago’s report, CWB Chicago filed a public records request seeking all Chicago Police Department body-worn camera footage related to Temple’s arrest and the criminal charges filed against him. CPD released one body camera recording last week.

  In that footage, the man CPD identifies as Temple is not wearing the clothing shown in Fox Chicago’s report. Instead, he is wearing a black T-shirt with a white and red design, jean shorts, and red athletic shoes. Temple’s mugshot from July 4th also shows him wearing a black T-shirt.

  As the CPD clip begins, the man police identified as Temple walks quickly around the back of a parked SUV and advances briskly toward a group of officers. An officer almost immediately pushes him back, telling him to “back up, back up,” and a physical struggle begins.

So HE approached aggressively. 

HE disregarded legal, lawful and proper orders to cease his advance and return to the sidewalk.

HE grabs an Officer by his vest.

HE continues the attack by swinging his fists before being subdued and arrested. 

Too bad he didn't get tasered. 

But kudos to CWB for doing the job the "media" doesn't even bother to do any more. 

More Signs? Seriously?

Remember these?

 

They're everywhere. The City even threatens businesses with all sorts of licensing hurdles, procedural stumbling blocks or premise inspections if they decline to post these signs, all in an effort to make Chicago the most gun-unfriendly city in existence, all while gun crime remains steadily persistent and homicide totals are regularly at the top of the national numbers.

You know what we need now? More signs!

• Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is launching a public service campaign across the Chicago Transit Authority system aimed at warning people who commit violent crimes on buses and trains that her office will seek pretrial detention.

  The campaign will place signs on CTA buses and trains as part of an ongoing effort to reduce crime on public transit.

  "It is a sign Eileen O'Neill Burke hopes anyone boarding a CTA bus or riding a train will read in detail," according to the announcement of the campaign.

  O'Neill Burke said the signs are intended to send a message to potential offenders.

This is a really dumb idea, a significant misstep by O'Neill Burke.

First up, that's a BIG leap, assuming criminals (A) can read and (B) would take time from searching for victims to brush up on potential consequences.

Second, criminals know with 100% certainty that even if they're caught committing a crime, they'll be out on a SAFE-T Act release within hours, BECAUSE THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

Hell, all we have to do is scan the first ten pages of the CWB blog and we can find almost twenty stories about CTA crime by persons out on parole, out on no-bail provisions, or escaped from EM bracelets. 

After all those signs that don't keep the CTA gun-free, anyone with a brain knows that new signs explaining non-existent consequences aren't going to do much either.

Nice Parole System Fata$$

This is what voting for democrats brings you 24/7/365:

• A man with a long, violent criminal history who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking a 94-year-old woman during a home invasion in 2016, but was released after serving less than half of that sentence, is now accused of attacking and robbing two more women in their 60s on the Northwest Side.

  Olajuwon Claiborne, a 36-year-old whose tattoos include one stretched across his chest reading, “I can do all things through Christ,” is charged with two counts of robbery of a victim older than 60, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, and unlawful possession of a credit card.

You know what else voting for democrats brings? Massive tax hikes that you can see with your own eyes:

• On Sunday 7/26, the SHELL station in Wilmette had these fuel prices:
  Regular $ 4.249 - Plus $ 5.249 - V-Power $ 6.249
  
  
  On the exact same day, the SHELL station in Valparaiso had these fuel prices:
  Regular $ 3.699 - Plus $ 3.899 - V-Power $ 4.699
  
  
  Why would two neighboring states with towns just 70 miles apart have such a disparity in their fuel prices?

We'll give you a hint - it's not who Fata$$ is always blaming....it's Fata$$'s tax policies.

Any Update?

Is this another Conehead Corpse?

• Possible human remains were found in a South Side alley on Monday morning, Chicago police said.

  Police said the remains were found in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood's 300-block of East 68th Street just before 9:30 a.m.

If it isn't identifiable, then it's been there a while.

That's....Lucrative

It certainly pays to be connected:

• Newly installed interim Chicago Police Supt. Fred Waller is collecting an annual city taxpayer-funded pension of $141,608 while he has been earning more than $210,648 per year as a deputy director, bringing his total annual compensation to $352,256, according to records obtained by WTTW News.

  Waller, 64, has now twice served as CPD’s interim leader, first leading the department from May 2023 to September 2023 before Mayor Brandon Johnson picked Larry Snelling as the city’s top cop. After Snelling took office, Waller stayed on to advise Snelling, serving as deputy director in the superintendent’s office, records show.

  Waller has received pension payments of more than $11,500 per month since he retired on Aug. 15, 2020, and they will continue for the rest of his life, according to records obtained by WTTW News from the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Annually, Waller’s pension increases by 3% to cover any increase in the cost of living, records show. He received a pension payment in June, according to documents obtained by WTTW News through a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the police pension fund.

How many "merit" bumps?

Remember - Given, not Earned.

Crash Footage

The temporarily airborne vehicle footage:

• video link here

 And as predicted, the blame game has begun:

• Morales' father said he believes law enforcement bears responsibility for the events leading up to the crash.

  "They told me they stopped chasing, but the videos online show something else. They show lots of police cars behind them. I think there are other ways they could have stopped the car," he said in Spanish.

Well then, please list the "other ways" the police could have stopped the vehicle.

And while you're listing the reasons, please explain why a fourteen-year-old minor child was out at 2:00 AM with people (or folks) pointing a rifle at citizens.

We're just curious. 

Quick Hits

A few fun stories....another Brandon body:

• A man was shot Saturday night in an alley in the Hermosa neighborhood, and it’s unclear how long he lay there before anyone found him, because no one called 911 to report gunfire, he did not cooperate with police, and the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system that once covered the area was shut down by Mayor Brandon Johnson in September 2024.

That's Number Eighty-Nine. Any predictions on when Conehead will hit 100?

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Time to outlaw scooters!

• A man was hospitalized after he was shot by someone on a scooter Sunday night in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.

  The 35-year-old was outside about 10:15 p.m. in the 900 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue when a male gunman on a scooter opened fire in his direction, police said in a statement.

  The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds , police said. He was listed in fair condition. Police reported no arrests.

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And yet another ILLEGAL ALIEN culturally enriching Chicago:

• A Venezuelan migrant has been ordered detained after prosecutors accused him of dragging a Chicago police officer with a car during a South Side traffic stop, then biting and punching officers while threatening to kill one of them.

  Jose Yorwin Marquez, 22, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer, two counts of resisting or obstructing a peace officer, and multiple traffic violations, including driving without ever having been issued a driver’s license.

Remember, this is who Fata$$ is protecting and who Conehead is spending countless million on.

So What's the Actual Problem?

This might be a bit dark, but there need to be more prisons like this:

• Around 10 p.m., a haze of gray smoke wafted down a hallway lined with prison cells at the Joliet Treatment Center. The window of cell A9 began to glow red as the fire within grew. Jason Stephens was locked inside. Minutes ticked by, and the smoke became so thick you could not see more than a few feet. No one came to let Stephens out.

  There have been more than 70 fires at the facility in the last three years, according to an investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times. That includes a dozen cases in which men incarcerated there set themselves on fire.

  The Joliet Treatment Center opened in 2017 with the promise of being a new kind of prison in Illinois, designed to provide intensive mental health treatment. But in the years leading up to that night in the summer of 2024, incarcerated men and civil rights lawyers who visited the facility said the conditions declined. Men were kept locked in their cells for long stretches, with nothing to do. They complained about a lack of medical care and mental health treatment, which the prison system is legally obligated to provide. Men reported that guards used excessive force.

  As the men grew more despondent, some became willing to do anything to draw attention to their troubles and resorted to setting their cells — or themselves — on fire.

Sounds like a win. 

Prison is supposed to be restrictive and depressing so that inmates don't want to return to it and they make the effort to not go back. 

If they do go back - and the recidivism rate seems to imply a lot of them do - then the prison obviously didn't make a bad enough impression on them so that they improve their lives, get jobs and contribute to society.

Self immolation seems like a decent outcome....for the taxpayer at least. 

They Believed They Could Fly

But flying cars don't exist yet:

• Three people were killed early Sunday after a car fleeing police drove off a bridge and into a train box car in Bedford Park, Chicago police said. A fourth passenger is in critical condition.

  Chicago police were responding to a call after someone pointed a gun at a person from the car. Officers tried to pull over the vehicle, but the driver didn’t stop. Officers briefly chased the car before stopping the pursuit, according to police.

Smart move! Obviously someone has been reading the Training Bulletin!

But then....:

• Illinois State Police troopers then saw the same car and attempted to stop it in the 5500 block of South Cicero Avenue. The car briefly stopped for the troopers, but then the driver sped off again. State troopers radioed Chicago police for back up.

We're hoping this is just sloppy reporting. Chicago terminated the chase, whether by supervisory order or self-termination - IT WAS OVER. Anything the State Police transmitted after that point should be considered information only - as in "last seen" or "headed in XXXX direction" or "occupied 4 times" etc.

Yes, we're aware a gun may have been displayed or pointed in some manner, but the powers-that-be have decreed that this alone is NOT a reason to pursue. We don't agree with it, but it's easier to suspend or fire you for disobeying the rules than to actually enforce the law.

Because then this shit happens:

• The wanted car — speeding away from police in the 6900 block of South Cicero Avenue — drove off a bridge and crashed into a train box car at around 2:15 a.m. Sunday, police said. Two men and one woman in the car were killed and pronounced dead at the scene. A second woman was taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition.

And now the years of lawsuits begin and careers will hang in the balance as the bottom feeders attempt to blame the police for some dumbass being unable to drive....or obey the law.

UPDATE: unconfirmed report the fourth offender died? 

UPDATE: confirmed. 

CWB Alert

We really need a DEFCON type counter to be broadcast live these days:

• Large groups of teenage males violently attacked and robbed two women in separate incidents in the Loop this weekend, according to police, sending both victims to hospitals. CPD has now issued a community alert as they work to identify those responsible and prevent additional attacks.

  Between 10 and 16 people were involved in each attack, police said, both of which occurred near the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt.

  The first woman was attacked around 7:58 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue. Police said the group struck her with their fists and feet and took her phone and jewelry. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital by ambulance, according to a source.

  Shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, a similar group carried out what police described as a nearly identical attack in the first block of East Roosevelt Road. That victim took herself to Insight Hospital.

And CWB relays the FACTUAL information about who is doing it:

• Police described the attackers as a group of 10 to 16 Black males approximately 14 to 19 years old, but CPD has not yet released any images of the suspects.

And the Red Line....what a shocker.

Another Weekend

Another "mass shooting" in Conehead's Reign of Error:

• A mass shooting sent six people to the hospital in Chicago's Humboldt Park community early Sunday morning.

  The shooting happened at 2:09 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of North Central Park Avenue, near Augusta Boulevard.

  Police said someone fired a gun and the gunfire struck all six victims.

  A 35-year-old man was shot multiple times throughout his body and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition. A 36-year-old man was also shot multiple times throughout his body and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.

  The other four victims were all in good condition.

Nothing goo happens after midnight.

Even less good happens on the west side....24/7/365. 

Slow News Day?

This is "newsworthy" now? Instead of routine?

• Chicago police shot a dog after it had attacked two people, seriously injuring them, early Sunday morning at a home in North Lawndale on the city’s Southwest Side.

  According to police, a 15-year-old girl and a 25-year-old woman were attacked by a dog inside a residence in the 4200 block of West Cullerton Street just after 5:30 a.m. After officers arrived on scene, one fired their gun and hit the dog.

  The 15-year-old girl was taken to an area hospital in serious condition with multiple puncture wounds and cuts on her arms, and the 25-year-old woman was also taken to an area hospital in serious condition with puncture wounds to her hands.

And the finishing touch?

• Police did not provide an update on the condition of the dog....

At least they didn't "report" the race of the dog - that would have been typical of the media.

Are the Officers on Thirty Day Desk Duty now? 

Nationwide Shortage

We've been commenting on the shortages for years now.

L.A. is putting numbers out there:

• The Los Angeles Police Department’s officer shortage has gone from bad to worse — with the city’s top cop revealing that he has lost hundreds of officers in recent months while trying bolster the beleaguered force by a staggering 4,000 more.

  LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell exclusively told The California Post that the department’s uniformed force currently stands at about 8,550, down about 200 officers from February when the LAPD had more than 8,700 cops.

  McDonnell also revealed that the LAPD currently needs about 12,500 cops to ideally safeguard the city, updating a previous estimate of about 12,000 officers that he cited to the Post in February.

That's what....a 33% shortage, give or take a few? 

Always the blue city / blue state $hitholes. 

Stupid Cheeseheads

Once again, you have to wonder about the "heroes" the leftists create - ILLEGAL ALIENS, dope addicts, murderers, rapists, etc. They're at it again in Cheeseland:

• The mother of a man shot and killed by Madison police said Corey Ruiz was an exceptional man who loved his daughter and the rest of his family.

  "He was my love. He loved his daughter, he loved his family. He did not deserve to be taken out like that. They took my baby from me," his mother Elsa Ruiz said, breaking down in tears. She said she never imagined she would be burying her son.

  The emotional news conference Thursday marked the first time the family has made a public statement since Ruiz, 38, was killed on a busy city street on Wednesday. Police say Ruiz pulled a knife during a struggle with four officers, injuring one of them. That officer then fired the shots, according to police.

Wah wah wah. "He had a family" seems to be a common refrain among these idiots.

You know what else he had?

• Court records show Ruiz had been in and out of jail over the past decade on charges including failing to pay child support, driving a vehicle without consent, jumping bail, threatening authorities, taking a vehicle without consent, possessing drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer and retail theft.

A real hero of the lib-tards there.....and oh yeah....this time he had a knife, wounding an Officer.

You know who never seems to get shot? 

• people who DON'T try to stab Police Officers. 
• people who DON'T attempt to disarm Police Officers. 
• people who DON'T make the effort to run Police Officers over with automobiles

 It's funny how that works.

O'Shea Doesn't Care (UPDATE)

That party house over on Maplewood that happens to be almost directly across the street from the aldermoron is still hosting parties AND advertising it publicly:

• Hidden Treasure Rooftop & Patio is a unique multi-level backyard venue located in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. This private outdoor event space features a large patio, rooftop deck, elevated lounge deck, and garage service station, creating the perfect flow for hosting memorable celebrations. 
• The venue’s rooftop deck overlooks a beautiful tree-lined park, providing a peaceful scenic backdrop that makes the space feel like a hidden oasis within the city. 
• With multiple levels for entertaining, the layout allows hosts to create separate zones for music, food, cocktails, and conversation. The space works perfectly for everything from baby showers and birthday parties to live music performances and private celebrations. 
• With nearly 2,000 square feet of combined space, Hidden Treasure Rooftop & Patio comfortably accommodates up to 140 guests with mixed seating or up to 170 guests cocktail-style.

Remember, this is a RESIDENTIAL neighborhood where this sort of venue is NOT allowed...but that isn't stopping the owner:

• A Beverly neighbor has come under fire for hosting unlicensed concerts and events at her home, though she denied she is operating an entertainment business from the home and said officials have thwarted efforts to bring the events in accordance with the law.

  Since late May, a home in the 10500 block of South Maplewood Avenue — which has billed itself online as Hidden Treasure Rooftop & Patio — has been the subject of visits from police and city business officials over a series of ticketed events that were advertised as featuring live entertainment, food and drink.

  The latest outdoor event, held on Saturday and featuring a live band and armed security, saw police respond to the home and officials with Business Affairs and Consumer Protection issue nine citations.

She's selling tickets, has armed security on site (suburban off duty cops), has received numerous citations from CPD, and is still running the venue despite the building being in foreclosure.

And O'Shea is doing next-to-nothing, not even giving CPD the go-ahead to start mass arrests on scene, so there's obviously some political bullshit in play here. 

They shut down that bar up in 017 the other day after a single shooting, pulling licenses and shutting down the building....but this place gets a pass why exactly? 

How soon until someone gets shot over there?

UPDATE: The building is in foreclosure, but it turns out she also doesn't pay property taxes on the building - as in zero. She has a senior and disabled veteran exemption attached to the property....from her parents....that don’t live there.

And the aldermoron is backing this lawbreaking 100%. 

Governors Run States, Right?

But not Porkulous - he's only concerned about what might generate national interest in a presidential run:

• Gov. JB Pritzker said he has not seen the video of an Illinois State Police trooper shooting an unarmed woman to death in January, though he reiterated trust in the department’s leadership on Wednesday.

  “So, I have to admit that the details of the decision about that, I do not know. So, it’s very hard for me to have a reaction,” Pritzker said at an unrelated event in Chicago, though he later referred to the woman who was shot as a “victim.”

  He was specifically asked about the St. Clair County state’s attorney’s decision not to file charges against trooper Gary Blake Novack for shooting and killing Rachel Tarrence, a mother of three, during a traffic stop in East St. Louis on Jan. 4.

  By contrast, the governor has said he watched “frame by frame” the video of a federal immigration officer fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis three days after the Illinois shooting.

So he saw the bullet hits to the front of the vehicle? The ones that could only have been fired by someone standing directly in the line of travel? Or the events leading up to the shooting where the deceased disobeyed lawful and legal orders by the Officers?

The good news is that in the latest New Hampshire polling, Fata$$ didn't even break 1% of the polling, so the nation is probably safe from him gaining national office. 

Someone Told Carter, "No"

Rumor central:

• Whoaaaaaa…. Listen to this. Eric Carter called the 1st deputy and asked to have a certain Lt from 006 promoted to a commander and she said no, Waller will be making those decisions and she said she won’t back any of his picks.. he blew a gasket, called Waller and vented and Waller told Carter where to go… hilarious. Good for the first and good for Waller.

Hilarious if true.

Crackhouse Owner Speaks

This alderthief has a great idea:

• Ignoring fears that Chicago was “buying high after selling low,” Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most powerful City Council ally on Wednesday forged ahead with his eleventh-hour plan to create a public infrastructure trust to take back the city’s parking meters.

And where would this "public infrastructure trust" get it's funding to buy back the parking meters?

You'll never guess:

• Budget Committee Chair Jason Ervin (28th) formally introduced his long-shot ordinance that would create a nine-member public trust to pool pension and city funds and match the $2.5 billion winning bid submitted by Stonepeak Partners, a New York investment firm, for the city’s parking meters.

Brilliant.

Might we add a suggestion though? If we're going to be taking existing pension funds, it ought to be funded by the best funded first and then working it's way downward through the funding ratios.

First up would be the aldermanic pension funds, which we're certain aren't short a dime.

Second, the teachers pension fund seeing as how they only contribute 2% of their salaries while taxpayers pick up the rest.

Working downward from there, the Fire and Police pensions would be near the bottom of having to contribute to this political boondoggle. 

Oh, and the funding that would be raised (unlikely as it seems) would be applied in reverse, so the worst funded would reap the benefits first since those are the pensions that need saving the most. 

Where's the Manpower?

These numbers would certainly alleviate manpower shortages at the District level:

• Fun fact: CPD has 145 Full Duty Sgt’s and 480 Full Duty Police Officers assigned or detailed to a unit within PSHQ. What-the-ever-loving-crap is going on at HQ that you need that many full duty people. That’s the equivalent of two entire districts covering 3 watches in one building, that primarily works M-F, 7am-3:30pm.

Under the "Consent Decree," the optimal span of supervision (officers overseen by a supervisor) is supposed to be something between 5-to-1 and 8-to-1. 

Most Districts we worked in, it was closer to 10-to-1.

HQ is 3.3-to-1 which is ridiculous with HQ sergeants doing between one-third and one-quarter of the supervisory tasks, not to mention there are few (if any) interactions with the public that would end up as Log numbers of something requiring actual....you know....supervision.

Seems Plausible

From that paradigm of truthful reporting, the Babylon Bee:

• Mayor Brandon Johnson credited Chicago's drop in reported crime to his new policy of holding the crime statistics chart upside down.

  While previous mayors held the chart right side up, making crime appear to be on the rise, Johnson came up with the idea of simply flipping the chart over.

  "And as you can see," said Johnson, pausing for dramatic effect as he turned the chart upside-down. "Crime is actually falling at a historic rate. The arrow is pointing down. We did it. Good job, me."

The included photo is funny:

 

This one is still funnier though:

 

"math?"

Vallas Commentary

As long time readers are aware, this is our only social media presence. We don't have any other accounts and yes we're aware there are others out there that use the same name we do....but it isn't us.

It isn't likely we'd expand our footprint, so we're mostly reliant on people sending us interesting posts from other authors. This particular one was either from The Contrarian's or Paul Vallas's X Account. Since Vallas writes for the Contrarian, it gets confusing sometimes and our emailer wasn't clear:

• You can’t make this up.
  
  
  Just the latest in a string of settlements involving hundreds of criminals who actually committed the crimes for which they were convicted and incarcerated, many were released and granted “Certificates of Innocence” by Kim Foxx. The COIs helped them secure multimillion dollar civil settlements.
  
  
  Foxx admitted in a recent deposition she believed evidence existed suggesting Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes were both guilty of the heinous Bucktown murders. Mejia, a co-conspirator in the crime who procured Solache and Reyes services and never retracted her testimony of their involvement remains in jail.
  
  
  These cases have cost hundreds of millions and will cost hundreds of millions more. It is important to note half of those released and half the cash settlements for “wrongful convictions” occurred in county while Foxx was in office.
  
  
  For the cottage industry of advocates and trial lawyers who claim this was justice reform, explain this warped justice that has rewarded hundreds of millions of dollars to vicious criminals and their trial lawyers, to the families of the victims who were overwhelmingly Black or Hispanic.
  
  
  Meanwhile the media reinforces this narrative that these settlements are all because of police misconduct, portraying these criminals as victims and even sometimes heroes and their lawyers as civil rights advocates.
  
  
  This demands a US Justice Department investigation.

Foxxx really needs to be prosecuted for Official Misconduct at some level - there's no statute of limitations on it in Illinois, and she was actively playing for the other team - elected to PROSECUTE criminals, but making up Laws to make it impossible to successfully charge, try and imprison felons along with the "Certificates of Innocence" bullshit that is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions.

But she's part of the crooked system here, so that's unlikely.

Hey Conehead?

Can we demonize this one?

• Less than two hours after 17-year-old Javar Woods returned home from a stint at the Cook County juvenile detention center on May 21, he shot 13-year-old Deantwan McKeever while the two were stealing a car together, prosecutors allege.

  Felled by a single shot to his forehead, McKeever lay alone in a South Chicago gangway for roughly 24 minutes before someone finally called 911 on his behalf, officials say. Until Mayor Brandon Johnson deactivated the city’s ShotSpotter network in September 2024, the technology could have alerted first responders to the gunfire even if no one else did.

Added Bonus!  Another Conehead Corpse! 

This happened on 21 May around 2:43 in the afternoon....a school day. 

Why weren't these non-demonized yutes in skool?

Cheap Ass Mofo

Another SAFE-T Act success story!

• A suburban man accused of robbing a restaurant owner at gunpoint tried to saw off his ankle monitor by walking into Home Depot and using a pair of — appropriately — bolt cutters from the shelves, prosecutors say, but he walked right into the arms of Cook County Sheriff’s Police in the parking lot, according to prosecutors.

  Tyrone Arnold, 28, is charged with escape from electronic monitoring and criminal damage to government property for almost severing the county’s GPS tracker from his ankle. Almost.

Cheap ass couldn't even buy the bolt cutters?

We guess we should be thankful he didn't steal them....even though he'd be released on that charge before the case reports were approved.

Police Are Bad

But don't look over at the CPS / CTU:

• More than 700 employees of Chicago Public Schools were found to have engaged in some form of misconduct within a single year, an analysis of district records shows. 

  Over the course of four months, WTTW News obtained records that provide a detailed look at how CPS disciplined employees in cases investigated by district staff, outside agencies or the CPS Office of Inspector General.

  Between Jan. 3, 2025, and Jan. 6, 2026, Chicago Public Schools sustained misconduct allegations against more than 700 employees, with most cases involving routine workplace violations and dozens involving more serious allegations, including harassment, discrimination and fraud, records show. Among the most serious offenses, 10 employees resigned or were fired after facing allegations of sexual abuse involving a student, and almost two dozen cases overall involved allegations of sexual misconduct or discrimination. 

It sure would be interesting to compare those numbers against other City departments, even on a per capita basis. Sure, there would be a lot of low level, SPAR sustained stuff for uniform infractions, court deviations and procedural errors, but we highly doubt any other department would come close to the chomos that CPS covers up for.

We Guess the Truth Hurts?

Reports from the State FOP Conference:

• Illinois State FOP Vice President and Chicago Lodge 7 President John Catanzara addressed the delegates from across the state. Instead of focusing on issues affecting law enforcement, he spent part of his remarks complaining about a website that has, "been critical of his leadership," and "made fun," of him  Although he never mentioned it by name, it was obvious what he was referring to. He became visibly emotional, saying he couldn't believe people would question his character and integrity. His voice shook, he appeared to fight back tears, and the room full of law enforcement officers from across Illinois seemed noticeably uncomfortable. Nobody in that room wanted to watch John cry cause his feelings were hurt. 

Well, golly....

• if you'd just answer legit questions from the members you claim to represent, 
• open the books as required by the By-Laws instead of imposing improper restrictions (as you yourself complained about when running for office)be getting emails on a daily basis about 
• and stop with the backroom politics, strange hiring practices, questionable investigations and tossing out elected representatives for real or imagined offenses regarding your behavior

...then maybe we wouldn't be getting daily emails from people whose voices and concerns have been dismissed out of hand, along with continuous rumors of outside investigations by both the State Lodge and the feds?

Just saying..... 

Another Conehead Corpse

In a neighborhood originally covered by ShotSpotter:

• A 15-year-old boy found unresponsive on the back porch of a West Side home overnight was actually a gunshot victim, a discovery paramedics made only after they began treating him at the scene.

  First responders had no indication the boy had been shot, or even that there had been gunfire in the neighborhood, because nobody called 911 to report shots fired, records show. The block is also no longer monitored by ShotSpotter after Mayor Brandon Johnson ended the city’s contract with the gunshot detection system in September 2024.

  The Chicago Fire Department responded to a home in the 4600 block of West Jackson Boulevard shortly after 1 a.m. for a report of a person who was not awake or breathing. According to dispatch records, the person who discovered the child had already begun performing CPR before emergency crews arrived.

  About 15 minutes later, a Chicago Police officer who was asked to ride along with paramedics reported over the radio that the fire department believed the boy might be suffering from a gunshot wound. They soon confirmed their suspicions. In a media statement, CPD said the 15-year-old had been shot in the head. He was transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

How long ago did Conehead say he was looking for a replacement for ShotSpotter?

How long does it take to find a niece, nephew or other aldermanic relative to run this connected replacement?

This is the 88th victim of Conehead's Reign of Error.

House Mouse Deployments

The First Deputy is making some waves:

• It has been decreed that ALL full duty members in cushy spots (like BIA, BOCT, BOP & Constitutional Policing) are to be deployed on posts. No EXEMPTIONS are permitted. Full duty members will be “working day” deployed for all events. This alleviates cancelled days off, reduces overtime (to keep her promise to the Mayor) & takes the strain off units that are constantly deployed, day-in-day-out. Also heard, some of the Chiefs are already in her crosshairs for perceived slights since her promotion. 

Exhibit #1:

Actually a good and appropriate move, but kind of humorous seeing as how little time the First actually spent on the street. We've got an entire folder of those stories. 

But how much "power" does she actually have as they brought Interim Fred back and wouldn't even let her run the Department for a single day - which is actually in the job description for the First Deputy

Fun times ahead? 

Attempted Disarming

West side:

• A Chicago police officer’s weapon discharged during an attempt to arrest a suspect accused of being in possession of a stolen vehicle early Tuesday in North Lawndale.

  Around 3:40 a.m., Ogden Police District officers in the 1600 block of South Drake Avenue were trying to arrest a male for possession of a stolen vehicle when he tried to disarm an officer, police said.

  An officer’s weapon discharged during the struggle, authorities said. No one was struck by gunfire. The officer suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital in fair condition, officials said. The suspect was arrested and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for minor injuries, according to police.

  The officers involved in the shooting will be placed on routine administrative duties for at least 30 days.The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating the shooting.

If it turns out the suspect discharged the Officer's weapon, does he have to serve the thirty-days off of the street? 

But if that happened, you can bet COPA is going to hand out ten or twenty days.

Another Blown $$$ Opportunity

Chicago missed the casino boat a long time ago. Then the River North Casino has turned into a boondoggle of construction delays and missed revenue projections while the suburban Rivers Casino turned into the #1 casino in the state that prints money for Des Plaines.

Now it's going to turn into a lawsuit that Conehead's people will likely lose:

• Bally's casino is warning Chicago aldermen it will sue the city if the City Council does not reverse its decision to legalize video gambling terminals in bars and convenience stores — and the company is offering a deal it says would replace the revenue the city was counting on.

  At a committee hearing, Bally's senior vice president reminded aldermen that a 2022 agreement struck by the Lightfoot administration gave the company a monopoly on virtual slot machines within Chicago city limits. Legalizing video gambling terminals, known as VGTs, outside Bally's property would render that contract null and void, the company said.

  The City Council approved legalizing VGTs as part of its late 2025 budget.

  If the contract is voided, Bally's said it would halt its annual $4 million licensing payments to the city and would no longer honor its commitments to diversity and union hiring.

Chicago politicians could f#@$ up a one-car funeral.

Number One Again

But in a completely off-the-wall category:

• Chicago has been ranked the worst city in the country for bed bugs for the sixth consecutive year, according to Orkin's annual list.

  The pest control company's rankings are based on where it performed the most bed bug treatments between May 12, 2025 and May 12, covering both residential and commercial sites.

  Los Angeles came in second on this year's list, followed by Detroit at third, Cleveland at fourth and Indianapolis at fifth. New York fell just outside of the top 10.

So raggedy. 

How long was Chicago #1 in rats?

Officer Recovering

Out of surgery and resting.

It appears he was wounded through a closed doorway and the bullet struck below his vest - one of the worst spots to get shot:

• When officers approached the door, the man allegedly shot through it and struck a police officer.

  The officer was shot in the lower abdomen and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital.

Twenty years ago or so, we remember seeing the HBT people (this was before SWAT) had a large ballistic shield - almost like a Kevlar curtain - that had to measure al least six feet by six feet square on a frame. It appeared to be mounted on a pipe frame for ease of movement.

This was in addition to the man-portable shields with a visual window to see through that covered from the top of the head to the knees, protecting the vital organ areas. 

Were none of these available? 

Prayers and best wishes to the wounded Officer for a full recovery.

Confused Conehead

Somebody asked for this photo:

 

We're told that's a common expression most of the time.

Fifteen Years (minus four)

Already four years off for custodial credit though:

• A Chicago man who fired a machine gun at an off-duty Chicago police officer during a road rage altercation on the Stevenson Expressway has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, court records show.

  Neither the officer nor the accused man, 26-year-old David Abarca, was injured in the August 2022 shootout. But a 24-year-old woman driving the car Abarca was riding in suffered serious injuries when one of the officer’s bullets struck her in the head.

  [...] Investigators found a handgun with an extended magazine outfitted with an auto-fire switch and a green laser sight lying on an embankment about 15 feet from the crashed vehicle. They also found 23 shell casings that had been ejected from the recovered firearm. Abarca initially denied possessing a firearm.

  Abarca had faced attempted murder and other charges, but those charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun in a vehicle. Judge Steven Watkins sentenced him to 15 years in prison with credit for 1,493 days earned while in the Cook County Jail.

No Federal charge for the switch?

Officer Shot

 Albany Park area:

• A Chicago police officer was shot Monday morning in Albany Park.

  The shooting happened in the 4600 block of North Springfield at around 11:45 a.m.

  The officer was taken to Illinois Masonic. Their condition is not available at this time.

We will update when we can.

Heavy Phone Calls

You probably aren't going to hear much about this one unless some enterprising "reporter" steals it from an alternative site:

• 16 July 2026; 1904 hours; 2711 W Flournoy
• M/1/21; son of State Senator Lakesia COLLINS arrested for PCS and Resisting Arrest 

We certainly hope the Senator hasn't been calling the 011th District desk attempting to "seek information" and maybe get her son released....oh wait....

CB number and RD number available for FOIA requests to interested parties.

Aldercreature Neighbor?

The Contrarian had this on their social media feed the other day:

The reason this is concerning to 19th Ward people is surprising:

• the aldercreature lives almost directly across the street from this problem residence - literally the width of the street.

So the "ward leadership" is undoubtedly 100% aware of this problem building, the problem residents, and the issues that lead to 022 police resources being expended there on a weekly basis.

Are they political donors or something? 

Wounded Suspect was What Now?

From yesterday:

• A suspect is recovering in the hospital on Saturday after he was shot during a struggle with officers who were working to disperse a crowd on the city’s South Side overnight.

From the comment section since:

• Apparently this goofy was on off duty IDOC agent. Whatever that means. Misdemeanor charges also.

"Goofy" would be an understatement.

Just so you know, the on-duty Officer is always assumed to be in the "right" in terms of Department Policy and the eyes of the Law. 

There is no "right to resist" and certainly no "right to be an off-duty goofy." That's why there are investigative processes to figure out things after the fact - in the meantime, do what you're told and complain later.

 

Everyone is Packing on the CTA

If you're unfortunate enough to ride the CTA, might as well:

• Two men are jailed after a tipster informed Chicago cops that the pair had guns on the Red Line downtown, and for one of the accused men, it’s the second time he’s been jailed for allegedly having a gun on the Red Line.

  Officers assigned to the CPD’s Public Transportation Section tactical team arrested the two convicted felons and recovered two firearms early on July 15, 2026, with the help of the tip, police said. The team was conducting a routine check at the Jackson Red Line station, 230 South State Street, when a witness approached officers and reported a man on the platform with a gun.

  Officers relayed the description to colleagues working in the Public Transportation surveillance camera room, who located footage allegedly showing the man entering the station by jumping a turnstile. The surveillance officers used the CTA’s extensive camera network to provide tactical officers with his live location, CPD said. Tactical officers stopped the man, identified by police as 22-year-old Davonte Sims, and recovered a firearm from his bag, according to police.

  The surveillance team also spotted a second man placing a bag containing a gun inside a seat on the Jackson platform, CPD said. That man departed on a train before police realized the firearm was in the bag. But the surveillance officers once again used live video feeds to track him down. They located the second man, 28-year-old Terry Sturgis, at the Garfield Red Line station and sent patrol officers to arrest him, police said.

Nice job by the Officers. Nice job by the camera operators who were able to follow the suspects from camera to camera until apprehension.

That's why if you're packing, don't attract attention to yourself, don't commit other crimes, and avoid the "tells" that might giveaway that you're armed. 

Gold Coast Stabbing

It's everywhere!

• A man was left in critical condition after being stabbed during a fight in Chicago's Gold Coast Saturday night.

  Police said at 9:35 p.m., the man, age unknown, came up to a woman on Oak Street near Rush Street and they got into a fight.

  The woman took out a sharp object and stabbed the man in the neck, police said.

  The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

We're pretty sure there are roughly 200 cameras within a mile of that location.

And 9:35 PM on a Saturday night is prime tourist/nightlife time.

And someone still got stabbed, because crime is down.