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Four demonstrators facing felony charges are accused of spitting in an officer’s face, chucking a water bottle at a cop, throwing “an unknown liquid” at another officer and tagging police vehicles. One, a 37-year-old Chicago man, said his “emotions got the best of him” when he was tackled and struck with a baton after tossing the bottle.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Could only hope for a sheriff like this !! Illinois would be a completely different place
I wonder how the tory would read if someone spit in Mayor Johnson’s face? Would it be an “alleged” event or would that person be immediately charged with multiple felony accounts?
Remember when a guy was arrested for throwing a cup of root beer at the former Cook County States Attorney? I believe she was looking for the death penalty but punch a cop, throw a brick or spit in their face well thats just funnin’.
If a Police officer “lets his emotions get the better of him”, he loses his job. So you getting thumped with a Billy club and then hog tied with handcuffs does not seem too “violent and aggressive”.
Where’s Richard J Daley when you really need him.
Communists and their dupes. Evil and/or foolish. Enemies of the Constitution, both foreign and domestic.
PS the photo shows a cop with a billy club.
“Guess the police emotions got in the way “
It looks to me that the only ones controlling their emotions were the Police!
FAFO – The CPD did exactly what they should do and are trained to do. Excellent work CPD!
Play stupid games…win stupid prizes. Love the comment in the story about the protester who’s emotions got the better of him and he chucked a bottle of water at a police officer…then is surprised at what happens next…More, oh so much more, of these consequences need to happen to these protesters. The Cops won’t start it…but if they are assaulted they can and should finish it – and leave no doubt. The protesters will think twice next time and part of their evaluation of whether to throw a bottle will be…how much do I want to pay for this action…and… Read more »
Oh for the days of Billy clubs and water cannons
Yeah, let’s go back to the stone age where life was GOOD and we can seriouly injure and maybe even kill our supposed enemies based upon our instincts. We don’t need no damn trials ‘cuz we have “common sense.”
Looking for the laugh emoji here and then I realized it isn’t Facebook.
Paraphrasing the left’s BS analogy for killing unborn babies here: “You don’t want to get hit? Then don’t hit someone first”. That is common sense.
Life is tough, wear a cup!
I like your last sentence in particular!!
What suburb to you live in ? Do you even have a stake in what goes on in the city ? Do you actually accept hitting a cop without repercussions is OK? Get real
If your ancestors didn’t have the instincts you now decry, you wouldn’t be here right now.
You described almost perfectly the lunatic Leftists and illegals running amok on the streets of our cities.
And it appears you must have hit your head on something early on in life with your continued asinine comments.
No, just TDS.