facepalm of the day

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...urge/70885118/

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.

[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.”

[Danzig]

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

[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.

[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.