Posted on 03/25/2007 9:47:44 AM PDT by SubGeniusX
Prosecutors are investigating allegations that six off-duty Chicago cops were caught on a downtown bar's video camera beating four businessmen, the second such incident in recent months, law enforcement sources said.
In the Dec. 15 beating at the Jefferson Tap and Grille, one alleged victim required reconstructive surgery on his face and another suffered four broken ribs, said Sally Saltzberg, a lawyer for the men.
Other bar patrons called 911. But when patrol officers responded, the off-duty officers involved allegedly spoke to them and the patrol officers left without intervening, sources said.
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sad....
I'm glad my little town has good cops who don't need to do much of anything but write a couple of tickets.
any link to the video on the web?
Robert Heinlein: "An armed society is a polite society".
With the DEMOCRATIC engineered total civilian disarmament in Chicago this is no surprise.
Are you saying that of all the cops in Chicago, only 1% of the responding cops would have been waved off and let something like that go?
That's a really small percentage, so I'm glad to hear that.
Prolly didn't observe the "NO SMOKING" sign. :<
A lot of bad cop stories in the news lately. A few days ago in Colorado a drunken ex-cop killed two teens.
Cops are very close-knit. They tend to socialize and even marry within the law-enforcement community. That's worrisome because of one bad apple theory.
If this is true, then Chicago has a huge problem.
With the militarization of police through SWAT teams come no-knock deadly raids. Now off-duty police wave officers off crimes in progress. The WOD and WOT funding give up a police force that takes the hyperbole out of 'tyranny.' I've had enough law & order from the conservatives, thanks.
Six on four? Sounds like off-duty Chicago cops. When I was back visiting old friends over Xmas - a number of whom are Chicago fireman - I was surprised at the negative attitude towards Chicago cops. Starting to see where that comes from.
I understand that police are a tight group, my dad carried a badge, but that doesn't excuse what is going on in Chicago. The officers there must figure that they have protection from the top officials of the department and must say it sure looks like it. The chief should have acted way before this and from what I can read he still hasn't acted. Bad, very bad.
So you think crooked cops are the fault of conservatives?
I'm glad my little town has cops who are too cowardly to get out of their cars, let alone start brawls.
Mayor Daley is a Democrat.
That's interesting. A few minutes ago I went to the story without registering. I went there again and now they are requiring registration.
To a liberal, a "conservative Democrat" is a Democrat who gets caught.
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