{"id":176455,"date":"2020-06-11T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/06\/11\/support-your-local-police-11\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T00:07:00","slug":"support-your-local-police-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/06\/11\/support-your-local-police-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Your Local Police"},"content":{"rendered":"
In yet another example of how the Boyz in Blue are covering with glory, while protests were raging, a squad of officers, including supervisors, hung out in Representative Bobby Rush’s office drinking his coffee and popping his microwave popcorn<\/a>.<\/div>\n

One took a nap on the office couch.<\/p>\n

The others just hung out, instead of  \u2026\u2026\u2026 you know \u2026\u2026\u2026 Doing Their F%$#ing Jobs<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Then again, considering that their job right now is basically basically brutalizing people for engaging in First Amendment protected behavior.<\/p>\n

Still, their asses should be fired:<\/p>\n

As protests across Chicago devolved into chaos last week and residents started to loot nearby stores, police officers were making popcorn and drinking coffee while \u201clounging\u201d inside Congressman Bobby Rush\u2019s office, officials said in a stunning news conference on Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span>
This is F%$#ed Up & Sh%$<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Rush said at least 13 Chicago Police officers were loitering inside his South Side campaign office in the early hours of June 1 and were \u201crelaxing\u201d while nearby stores were being looted and burned, and their fellow officers were clashing with demonstrators. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey even had the unmitigated gall to make coffee for themselves and to pop popcorn, my popcorn, in my microwave, while looters were tearing apart businesses within their sight and within their reach,\u201d Rush (D-IL) said. <\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

The incident, which Rush and Lightfoot said was captured on CCTV, showed the officers\u2014and at least three supervisors\u2014with feet up on desks. One officer \u201cwas asleep on my couch\u201d while another \u201cwas on his cellphone,\u201d Rush said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey were in a mode of relaxation and did not care about what was happening. They did not care. They absolutely did not care,\u201d Rush added.<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

Lightfoot, at times visibly angry and tearful during the Thursday press conference, said the officers \u201cdemonstrated a total disregard for their colleagues [and] for the badge\u201d and should be held accountable. She said she and her team were \u201cenraged\u201d when they learned of the incident. None of the 13 officers has been identified, and she urged them to come forward before investigators find them. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They’re not going to come forward, because \u2026\u2026\u2026 COPS<\/b>.<\/p>\n

That being said, when they get caught, I think that the statement from the Chicago police union defending them is going to HAVE to be one for the ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In yet another example of how the Boyz in Blue are covering with glory, while protests were raging, a squad of officers, including supervisors, hung out in Representative Bobby Rush’s office drinking his coffee and popping his microwave popcorn. One took a nap on the office couch. The others just hung out, instead of  \u2026\u2026\u2026 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[588,526,590,406,403],"class_list":["post-176455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-fail","tag-law-enforcement-misconduct","tag-protests","tag-stupid","tag-wanker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}