facepalm of the day

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

From the article:

"From 1972 through 1991, the suspects were subjected to mock executions and electric shock and beaten with telephone books as their interrogators flung racial epithets at them. A Chicago Police Department review board ruled in 1993 that Burge's officers had used torture. He was fired.

Burge and his officers have denied wrongdoing.

The statute of limitations ran out on his alleged crimes, but Burge was convicted in 2010 of perjury in civil proceedings for lying about torture he oversaw. He was sentenced to 4½ years in prison and completed his sentence this year. Burge continues to receive a police pension."

One cop costs Chicago over $100 million in legal fees and settlements. But he still gets his pension. Impressive.

That's the UNION for you and why Chicago is so f'd up with a debt of $63 billion. If only the city and the State would follow the path set by Gov. Walker in Wisconsin they'd have a chance. But that will never happen.

Meanwhile the teachers are planning on striking again because their UNION tells them so, f'k the kids and taxpayers!

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chica...n-debt-burden/

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

From the article:

"From 1972 through 1991, the suspects were subjected to mock executions and electric shock and beaten with telephone books as their interrogators flung racial epithets at them. A Chicago Police Department review board ruled in 1993 that Burge's officers had used torture. He was fired.

Burge and his officers have denied wrongdoing.

The statute of limitations ran out on his alleged crimes, but Burge was convicted in 2010 of perjury in civil proceedings for lying about torture he oversaw. He was sentenced to 4½ years in prison and completed his sentence this year. Burge continues to receive a police pension."

One cop costs Chicago over $100 million in legal fees and settlements. But he still gets his pension. Impressive.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/jon-burge...eleased-prison

has info in there about his pension. it's outrageous that he still receives that.

last paragraph, which is spot on:

“[Burge] has the opportunity to start his life anew with the funds he receives from his police pension that is funded by the Chicago taxpayers,” Joey Mogul, an attorney with the People’s Law Office, told reporters during a press conference at Chicago City Hall on Thursday, “while those he tortured continue to struggle to cope with the torture they endured without one red cent or redress from the city of Chicago.”

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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...envy-the-world

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/us/san...xts/index.html

An issue nationwide.
The civil rights act was a big step. But certainly not the end of the journey to true equality.

[dellinger63]

WTF is this country coming to?

What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails
And puppy-dogs' tails
That's what little boys are made of
What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice
And everything nice
That's what little girls are made of

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2214550

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/us/san...xts/index.html

An issue nationwide.
The civil rights act was a big step. But certainly not the end of the journey to true equality.

While we're piling on:

http://mic.com/articles/106886/one-g...-s-not-the-nfl

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

While we're piling on:

http://mic.com/articles/106886/one-g...-s-not-the-nfl

sad to say, I know first hand the types of things a policeman can exhibit after being in that job.
I lived it, it's not fun. that's why I have said that there should be breaks from active duty, therapy, etc. when someone spends every day dealing with 'the bad guy'...well, you get jaded. and that's putting it mildly.
suicide attempt by one parent, alcoholism, serious abuse...it goes on from there. it wasn't pretty.
and people wonder why I live fourteen hours away from my family.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

sad to say, I know first hand the types of things a policeman can exhibit after being in that job.
I lived it, it's not fun. that's why I have said that there should be breaks from active duty, therapy, etc. when someone spends every day dealing with 'the bad guy'...well, you get jaded. and that's putting it mildly.
suicide attempt by one parent, alcoholism, serious abuse...it goes on from there. it wasn't pretty.
and people wonder why I live fourteen hours away from my family.

Oh God. I'm sorry. Good for you for recognizing you need the distance. And for clearly breaking the cycle with your own kids.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenny-...b_5659617.html

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Oh God. I'm sorry. Good for you for recognizing you need the distance. And for clearly breaking the cycle with your own kids.

Thanks. My oldest made my day not long ago. I said something about some kids not winning the mommy daddy lottery. He said 'we sure did'. They're so sweet! I have fun with my grown kids, but sometimes I miss my little ones.

[dellinger63]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6172092.html

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenny-...b_5659617.html

Unfortunate this guy couldn't have joined the ladies.

http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/r...urbator-890654

[dellinger63]

Another banner day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ich-chain.html

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http://www.theroot.com/articles/news...news_host.html


yeah, cause I want government policies to be taken from a book written by people who didn't know where the sun went at night.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Thanks. My oldest made my day not long ago. I said something about some kids not winning the mommy daddy lottery. He said 'we sure did'. They're so sweet! I have fun with my grown kids, but sometimes I miss my little ones.

Awww! Having had mine a lot later, I'm still in the little one stage. There are worse things to wake up to on a Monday morning than discovering a wee imp climbed out of his bed so he could snuggle in between Mama and Daddy.

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http://www.slate.com/articles/health...oring_the.html

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro..._heretics.html

[GenuineRisk]

Cop pulls over the wrong car, and even when told the mistake is caught on video refuses to look at it until media gets involved:

http://jalopnik.com/justice-police-d...hal-1703943408

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Cop pulls over the wrong car, and even when told the mistake is caught on video refuses to look at it until media gets involved:

http://jalopnik.com/justice-police-d...hal-1703943408

awesome.
my husband and some others spent the night in jail once due to a mix up.
they were on shore leave, walked into a bar right when a group left, seemingly in a bit of a hurry. they sat at an empty table, and before they could place an order, the cops hauled them off to jail.
the next morning the bar owner came, looked at them, looked at the cop and said 'those aren't the right guys'.
the group that left in a rush was the group they wanted, but the bartender just directed the cops to the table they'd vacated, without paying attention to who was at the table.
luckily for the driver, it was quickly fixed...
as for cops who are 'so sure', that's how we keep getting innocent people charged, convicted, and spending years behind bars or on death row-or worse. i'm sure everyone has heard by now about the cops who have altered evidence because there isn't enough to prove the guy they 'just know did it' actually did it.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7259486.html