Chicago Police Officer John Ardelean leaves the Cook County Criminal Courthouse today after drunk driving and reckless homicide charges against him were dropped in a crash that killed two people. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Police Officer John Ardelean leaves the Cook County Criminal Courthouse today after drunk driving and reckless homicide charges against him were dropped in a crash that killed two people. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Way.
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Sickening!
CPD has officially covered up another murder by one of their own. Sleep well boys and girls.
Had this creep done this to my family I'd caption that picture "Dead Man Walking".
Typical corruption for the statist Chicago oligarchy.
I’m sure Obama is proud.
I’m holding my breath for Obama to say this cop acted stupidly. Not.
This is dirty from the word “go” and any of our resident cop haters will tell you that I am NOT one of them. When the rubber hits the road, I defend the cop.
Not this time. This fothermucker deserved exactly what would have happened to any NON cop in the same case.
What ever happened to the Chicago cop who beat up the female bartender a couple of years ago? Nothing?
This is not at all uncommon. The problem with the probable cause is that his fellow officers screwed up the case deliberately. They committed a crime and will get away with it. I have seen this personally too many times. They never follow procedure if they have the slightest chance of getting away with it.
With due condolences to the family, perhaps someone should point out that thousands of American’s have been killed by drunken illegals over the years and we hear not a PEEP out of the victims or media about “racism” or the unfairness of it all...
With due condolences to the family, perhaps someone should point out that thousands of American’s have been killed by drunken illegals over the years and we hear not a PEEP out of the victims or media about “racism” or the unfairness of it all...
This is where our legal system (we don't have a justice system) has gone off the rails and punishes the victims and their families twice.
If cops error in an arrest then the cops must be taken to task, fined, fired, whatever is appropriate, while KEEPING the evidence. The evidence is not bad but it is treated as such because of official misconduct or incompetence.
The pendulum has swung way too far towards the criminals.
Miranda is in need of a review but given the "get out of jail free card" to be exploited by trial attorneys it is doubtful their lawyer buddies in congress will change the law.
So, if you’re not drink it’s okay to kill someone with your car?
There's no need to use the race card. The cop gets off in this situation, no matter who the victim is.
Must be nice. Joe six-pack would’ve been rotting in jail forever.
The prosecutors lied to the family and the judge must be corrupt. At some point some victim of a corrupt judge will be a target of street justice and I for one will be neither shocked or surprised.
“A police supervisor at the district later ordered Ardelean to submit to a Breathalyzer, but Judge Thomas Gainer Jr. ruled in April that police had no probable cause arrest and detain him,let along force him to take the test, which did not show he was drunk”
I don’t know the case but it would seem that if he took a Breathalyzer and passed, that test should be much better proof than a very subjective “ he had bloodshot eyes and I smelled alcohol”. Am I missing something?