Chicago Special Operations Section

[MaterDei]

A candid look into how absolute power can corrupt absolutely. This units all out war on guns and drugs apparently had no limits. I realize that this guy might have just been trying to save his hide, but I'm glad to see that he reformed his ways and helped to bring down this corrupt organization.

Unintended Consequences? Perhaps...

To access the correct video click on 60 Minutes and scroll down to the video titled "Officer Herrera goes public"

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?

For any of you who feel like cop bashing, remember it was the police themselves who policed themselves in this instance.

 

[ilbob]

I think you should read some of the posts on secondcitycop about this situation. For the most part, as far as they are concerned, nothing these guys did was wrong.

 

[Deanimator]

For any of you who feel like cop bashing, remember it was the police themselves who policed themselves in this instance.

Pardon me, but wasn't it the US DoJ? In fact, isn't the Chicago Internal Affairs the SUBJECT of an FBI investigation? Seems IAD sat on the SOS allegations for YEARS without any substantive action. The Feds want to know WHY. And I believe that Finnegan, the ringleader, is facing Federal charges for attempting to arrange the contract murders of several other cops whom he feared would testify against him.

But as was noted, this is what happens in places with repressive gun control laws. They reflect a general contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law.

 

[Picard]

To find the video, search "Chicago Special Operations."

 

[Deanimator]

For the most part, as far as they are concerned, nothing these guys did was wrong.

General consensus there appears to be that crimes by police are not the problem. It's media attention TO those crimes which is the problem. I'm sure that more than a few of the participants on SCC would love to see Soviet style laws against "agitation" against the CPD, ie. reporting crimes by the CPD.

The latest judgement against the CPD ($7.7million for false arrest, coerced confession, etc.) has of course produced a similar reaction, characterized by the usual racist spin that accompanies any finding against the CPD when non-Whites are involved. In this case a woman who rescued a cop from a smouldering police car after an accident was accused of stealing one of the officers' guns and held for 10 months. A judge threw out the charges and she sued and won.

 

[Picard]

That interview with Daley at the end really got me infuriated. He's as corrupt as any of his SOS police officers. From what he said, he fully agrees with the ends justifying the means, just like his un-Constitutional gun bans.

Despite his city-wide handgun ban, crimes committed with handguns have not dropped. He doesn't seem to understand that there is no magical force-field preventing people from bringing handguns into the city.

 

[ilbob]

The latest judgement against the CPD ($7.7million for false arrest, coerced confession, etc.) has of course produced a similar reaction, characterized by the usual racist spin that accompanies any finding against the CPD when non-Whites are involved. In this case a woman who rescued a cop from a smouldering police car after an accident was accused of stealing one of the officers' guns and held for 10 months. A judge threw out the charges and she sued and won.

Have you seen the outrageous stories that have been posted about what the SCC posters claim really happened in this incident? If even 5% of it was true, no jury would have given her so much as a nickel.

Much like their support for their fellow copper who is in jail in Iowa over a bar fight. Its doesn't seem to bother them one bit about what he did, only that as a copper he actually got arrested and charged. They are truly shocked that there are places in the US where cops are held to similar standards of conduct as non-cops.

 

[Jeff White]

Somebody want to tell me why they think this is on topic by PM. The only gun related thing in this story is the dirty cops had guns,

Try http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/

Jeff