Two years later, an agency that didn't even exist, using "evidence" that none of its non-existent investigators ever saw, has completely dynamited any imaginary "credibility" they may have had, confirming every suspicion that they were put into place simply to railroad coppers:
- Chicago police disciplinary officials have ruled that an officer was unjustified in the fatal 2015 shooting of a baseball-bat clutching 19-year-old and an innocent bystander.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that Officer [...] unjustifiably shot Quintonio LeGrier and 55-year-old Bettie Jones while responding to a domestic disturbance on the West Side on the day after Christmas two years ago, according to documents obtained by the Tribune through an open records request.
Did the Department rule the shooting justified? Not that that means much in light of past rulings.
The States Attorney refused to press charges. That means a lot more.
Corp Counsel attempted to properly sue the estate of the deceased seeing as how it was his actions that led to the death of a bystander.
Hey Special Ed. You used to have a halfway decent reputation on this job. You gave it all up for a job you never applied for and sold your soul for a monetary pittance. How about pretending you're the cop you used to be and do the right thing. Disavow this entire charade and cut COPA off at the knees. There is nothing unjustified about this shooting - you know it, we know it, the Department knows it, even Kim Foxxx knows it. What happened to Bettie Jones was a horrible tragedy, but the blame lies entirely at the feet of LeGrier and his actions. Resign if you can't stick up for the troops.
To the FOP, this ought to be a rallying cry to a vote of "no confidence." Apply it to COPA and their non-existent "transparency." They are a political construct to bring about political outcomes to politically unpleasant shootings, even those complete justified under local, state and federal laws. Apply it to Special Ed if he doesn't do the right thing and continues to exhibit the spinelessness that has marked his entire tenure. And apply it to Rahm - attack his already weakened political standing in the forgotten communities, not the one he panders to incessantly. Fuck him.
And finally, to the police readers. Everyone out there thinking that if you just do everything "by the book," within the constraints of General Orders and follow the law as written, this isn't a game. This isn't 1970, it isn't 1980 and it ain't 1990 or 2000 either. COPA can make their pronouncements without having first hand knowledge of the scene, without applying even the basic nuts-and-bolts of the Use of Force model, completely disregarding State Law and United States Supreme Court rulings to come up with a political solution - an appeasement. We hope the message that Rahm is sending is getting through loud and clear.
The States Attorney refused to press charges. That means a lot more.
Corp Counsel attempted to properly sue the estate of the deceased seeing as how it was his actions that led to the death of a bystander.
Hey Special Ed. You used to have a halfway decent reputation on this job. You gave it all up for a job you never applied for and sold your soul for a monetary pittance. How about pretending you're the cop you used to be and do the right thing. Disavow this entire charade and cut COPA off at the knees. There is nothing unjustified about this shooting - you know it, we know it, the Department knows it, even Kim Foxxx knows it. What happened to Bettie Jones was a horrible tragedy, but the blame lies entirely at the feet of LeGrier and his actions. Resign if you can't stick up for the troops.
To the FOP, this ought to be a rallying cry to a vote of "no confidence." Apply it to COPA and their non-existent "transparency." They are a political construct to bring about political outcomes to politically unpleasant shootings, even those complete justified under local, state and federal laws. Apply it to Special Ed if he doesn't do the right thing and continues to exhibit the spinelessness that has marked his entire tenure. And apply it to Rahm - attack his already weakened political standing in the forgotten communities, not the one he panders to incessantly. Fuck him.
And finally, to the police readers. Everyone out there thinking that if you just do everything "by the book," within the constraints of General Orders and follow the law as written, this isn't a game. This isn't 1970, it isn't 1980 and it ain't 1990 or 2000 either. COPA can make their pronouncements without having first hand knowledge of the scene, without applying even the basic nuts-and-bolts of the Use of Force model, completely disregarding State Law and United States Supreme Court rulings to come up with a political solution - an appeasement. We hope the message that Rahm is sending is getting through loud and clear.
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