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Chicago pays $22.5 MILLION to woman who was gang raped .....
The Daily Mail Online ^ | January 18, 2013 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 01/19/2013 6:06:37 AM PST by Uncle Chip

The city of Chicago agreed today to pay a record $22.5 million to a woman who was released from police custody in 2006 and instead of being taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, she was released into a high crime area where she was gang raped and plummeted seven stories.

Christina Eilman, was 21-years-old when the crime occurred and she suffered permanent brain damage from the fall and has needed constant medical care ever since. Eilman, who is bipolar, was taken into police custody at Midway Airport after suffering a mental breakdown on her flight from California.

Rather than bring Eilman to a hospital, police released her after 29 hours in custody, despite her parents calling at least nine times to warn them about her mental health status and that she was having an episode.

Police later testified at a deposition hearing that she was visibly agitated and should have been taken to the hospital. Witnesses said she was throwing herself against the bars in her jail cell.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; chicago; chicagopolice; eilman; illinois; searchisyourfriend
January 5, 2010 story here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-police-lawsuit-testimony-05-jan05,0,5477785,full.story

1 posted on 01/19/2013 6:06:48 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

Where is Chicago going to get $22.5 million....Obama’s stash?


2 posted on 01/19/2013 6:09:35 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: txrefugee

It’s called the First People’s Bank of Downstate Illinois.


3 posted on 01/19/2013 6:18:45 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Bipolar?

That treatment would make me unipolar, I’m afraid. And homicidal.


4 posted on 01/19/2013 6:25:46 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Uncle Chip
Liberal Politicians (who represent the low information dumb ass voters who don't pay taxes)”F” up and taxpayers (who vote, but in smaller numbers against these evil Leftists) pay the price...

...the Fail Safe mechanism of the 2nd Amendment is getting closer to final activation.

5 posted on 01/19/2013 6:56:38 AM PST by Happy Rain ("Banning guns over Adam Lanza would be like banning speech over Bill Maher.")
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To: txrefugee

“Where is Chicago going to get $22.5 million....?”

That’s the first thing that came to my mind.

Maybe some kind of insurance policy. Thing about insurance: If you use it, the price goes up or they take it away.

If you think about, it’s kind of amazing anyone would sell the city insurance.


6 posted on 01/19/2013 7:32:34 AM PST by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: Uncle Chip

How are the people of Chicago/Illinois responsible for this?


7 posted on 01/19/2013 8:44:40 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL
They hired the goons that did this.

I know it is popular in certain circles to whine about "the poor citizens who didn't have anything to do with it" but the fact is that they gave their blessing with their votes.

Perhaps the poor wittle helpless people will actually get up and vote the thugs out of office. But unless it hurts they have no incentive to do so.

Incentive has just been provided. Let's see how they respond.

My guess? They will whine a lot and nothing else.

So there will have to be more incentive provided until they do respond.

8 posted on 01/19/2013 8:53:54 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Promotional Fee Paid for by "Ouchies" The Sharp, Prickly Toy You Bathe With!)
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To: GeronL

Here’s the 2010 story on it:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-01-05/news/chi-police-lawsuit-testimony-05-jan05_1_christina-eilman-officers-chicago-police

Apparently she was having a bipolar episode and her parents had called the police 7 times to tell them to take her to a mental hospital for evaluation as was also required by police procedure. But instead they dropped her off in a high crime area in the projects where a gang of thugs raped her and threw her out a 7 story window.

Chicago — enter at your own risk.


9 posted on 01/19/2013 8:55:29 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: txrefugee

Now the mayor won’t be able to buy that ivory backscratcher.


10 posted on 01/19/2013 9:00:41 AM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Who ever decided that it was OK to drop a white female mental patient wearing a cropped shirt, shorts and a pair of boots in the middle of a gang infested housing project knew or didn’t care what was going to happen to her.


11 posted on 01/19/2013 9:51:43 AM PST by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: submarinerswife
Who ever decided that it was OK to drop a white female mental patient wearing a cropped shirt, shorts and a pair of boots in the middle of a gang infested housing project knew or didn’t care what was going to happen to her.

According to at least one report, the cops called her a white b**** before dropping her off. They knew just what would happen to her, and did it on purpose.

12 posted on 01/19/2013 10:13:18 AM PST by Nea Wood (When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
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