http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-071205cops-htmlstory,0,4405016.h
tmlstory
"On a summer night in 2003, two patrol cars pulled over a driver in front
of his South Side home for running a stop sign. Thinking police had
chased the car earlier that night, four officers drew their guns and
ordered the driver out.
The man's mother screamed from the sidewalk: "He can't walk! He's
paralyzed! He can't get out of the car!"
When one officer thought the driver raised a gun, he opened fire,
shooting the driver five times before reloading and shooting him once more.
Eight hours later, as Cornelius Ware, a 20-year-old paraplegic who drove
by pushing the pedals with a wooden cane, lay gravely wounded in the
hospital, police supervisors cleared the officer of any wrongdoing.
They didn't check the direction of the bullets. They didn't interview all
the witnesses, two of whom said they saw Ware's hands raised in
surrender. And they didn't wait for the autopsy report, which showed two
of the bullets struck him in the back of his hands.
Authorities never challenged that preliminary conclusion, even when
contradictory information emerged in the days and months that followed.
Far from an egregious exception, the Chicago Police Department's handling
of the Ware case fits a pattern of officials rushing to clear officers
who shoot civilians, an eight-month Tribune investigation found. "
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Even if you submit entirely, you still may be shot, and don't expect
anything to come of an investigation.
DanKMTB@gmail.com - 06 Dec 2007 21:22 GMT
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-071205cops-htmlstory,...
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> Even if you submit entirely, you still may be shot, and don't expect
> anything to come of an investigation.
It's a bit of a read, but I suggest clicking the link and reading the
entire article. Scary stuff...
Studemania - 07 Dec 2007 21:54 GMT
On Dec 6, 1:22 pm, "DanK...@gmail.com" <DanK...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-071205cops-htmlstory,...
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I knew a lady who had family on a biog city polioce force not a
million mile from Chi. The three gun habit was exp-lained to me.
One gun issued by the police
One gun that works well
One gun for planting.
(Note: %hat was decades ago.)
Ashton Crusher - 09 Dec 2007 05:21 GMT
>On Dec 6, 1:22 pm, "DanK...@gmail.com" <DanK...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>One gun for planting.
>(Note: %hat was decades ago.)
Nothings changed. Just a couple months ago they caught some cops
carrying drugs to plant. It was only discovered because they went to
the wrong house to plant the drugs and then make their "bust".
Interestingly, everyone pretty much ignored the fact that the cops
were carrying drugs to plant and just focused on them shooting the 80
year old women in the house.
Brent P - 09 Dec 2007 06:32 GMT
> Nothings changed. Just a couple months ago they caught some cops
> carrying drugs to plant. It was only discovered because they went to
> the wrong house to plant the drugs and then make their "bust".
> Interestingly, everyone pretty much ignored the fact that the cops
> were carrying drugs to plant and just focused on them shooting the 80
> year old women in the house.
Because of the property siezure done in the war on drugs, if a cop wants
a particular house, they can just set the present owner up on drug
charges and then whatever cop can have an inside track to get it cheap.
Same with someone's car.
Other times they carry drugs for the same purpose they carry a drop gun.
If they want to justify shooting someone or some other improper behavior
they plant the evidence to make the victim appear to be a criminal.
Scott in SoCal - 09 Dec 2007 16:12 GMT
>Other times they carry drugs for the same purpose they carry a drop gun.
You mean a throwdown. Get hip wiff da lingo, Holmes!