[BBell]

The cop should have used a white guy. Then no one would care.

[BBell]

Chicago Police Officers Jerome Finnigan, left, and Timothy McDermott with an unidentified man | Photo from court file

[Norm Lenhart]

Can we see the photos of the Democrats from 20 years ago speaking at anti abortion and anti gay events too?

No? I wonder why.

[MeganC]

Likewise to the Duggar topic I don’t see what’s to be accomplished by punishing these police officers for something that happened 16 years ago. If they haven’t repeated this behavior then let it go and move on.

[cripplecreek]

They said they wanted to protect the privacy of the unidentified African-American man.

From what?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Looks like 3 guys messing around. Not worthy of a news story.

[Disambiguator]

This just proves (once again) that liberals have no sense of humor.

The “deer” in the photo was obviously in on the joke.

[DiogenesLamp]

They should be fired for stupid, if nothing else. What did they expect to happen when they did such a foolish thing?

[gaijin]

RIDICULOUS..!

That black guy is their BUDDY.

I can’t see anything racial in this AT ALL. They’re guilty of being NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS.

I’m totally disgusted that this created ANY noise.

Almost every “cop scandal” the media loves is a non-issue.

Meanwhile there are serious cop problems the media is ignoring.

[BenLurkin]

[vetvetdoug]

And what law did they break? Where is it said that a photograph that is clearly sarcasm is grounds for firing an employee? I think there is a lawyer and a good lawsuit to be had by the policemen that have had their rights removed without due process.

[Joe 6-pack]

This is very series. So hugh and series in fact I think not only should the cops be fired, but their entire supervisory chain should be fired up to, and including the mayor.

[piasa]

How come the "drug suspect" isn't handcuffed?

Believed to have been taken in a West Side police station between 1999 and 2003, the Polaroid photo was given to the city by the feds in 2013

If they don't know in what year it was taken, how do they know the third guy was a "unidentified drug suspect?"

How did the feds come upon a polaroid photo of this? It's not like email that gets blasted to millions in a short time that anyone can get their hands on... polaroids are one of a kind.

[piasa]

Finnigan — the notorious other cop in the picture — was sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading a crew of rogue cops in robberies, home invasions and other crimes.

That's Chicago for you... if you can't beat ,em, join ,em...?