Cops Injured by Fireworks

This first one is just stupid games:

• A Chicago Police officer was injured by a firecracker Monday morning at the 17th District station in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
  
  The man went into the restroom at the station in the 4600 block of North Pulaski about 5:50 a.m. and was injured by a novelty firework most commonly known as a firecracker or "noisemaker," police said.
  
  The officer was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital as a precaution in good condition, police said.
  
  The station’s bathroom was not damaged.

Thank goodness the bathroom was okay! Now who's going to step up and take the suspension time on this one?

This other one is how stupid ideas get coppers hurt:

• Two Chicago police officers were injured when someone threw a powerful firecracker at their squad car in the South Shore neighborhood Sunday, authorities said.
  
  [...] The South Shore incident happened around 4:20 p.m. Sunday, according to police.
  
  Two officers were on patrol in the 7400 block of South Exchange Avenue when a red Toyota Camry pulled up and someone inside threw the large firecracker at their squad car and it exploded, said [...] a police spokeswoman.

First of all, the officers weren't "on patrol." They were on a fixed post for an aldercreature. This particular aldercreature wants the cops parked at that spot every day because of crime in the area - that way, no one has to pay for a separate security guard. In fact, right after the cops went to the hospital, there was another squad immediately assigned to the spot, one of three the aldercreature has manned every day:

• All because the aldermen want fixed posts so the district downs three rapid cars every day to babysit three corners and put huge targets on the POs heads. And each fixed post needs relief for lunch, personals or any arrests they go in for. So at any point there may be up to six cars down in a busy district because the aldermen want it.

This makes the coppers sitting ducks for any asshole who wants to throw an explosive at the car. Brilliant idea! And such a wise use of manpower - and taxpayer money. Hey Eddie, you think we could get that around our neighborhood?