Jeff Cagle
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At one point the most dangerous place to be in the crowd was not at the front of the line where the main clash was happening, but about 15 feet back as police surged west and pinned everyone up against the wall of a business. The metal barricades separating the street from the sidewalk were knocked over and it’s only out of sheer luck that no one got caught under them or that no one had an ankle go through the bars and get snapped as the crowd poured over uncontrollably. Protesters quickly organized, made a hole, picked up a barricade and threw it at the police.
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With all of the cameras around yesterday when things got heated at the NATO protest, it’s going to be interesting to see how the narrative of the day is shaped over time. One of my fears is that the context of images of the police response could get lost.
Brian Cassella of the Chicago Tribune caught an image of a police officer throwing a punch at a protester that will probably live on for years to come, but as he said, it’s important to see it in its full sequence.
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Nan Wigmore of Portland, Ore., encourages the crowd as she holds her ground in front of police lines at the intersection of Michigan and Cermak during Sunday’s NATO protest.
You think you’re tough being up on the front line when police start swinging batons to keep the anarchists from breaking through, and then out of the fray comes a little old lady and you wonder what she was like at your age.
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Teen posing as a Chicago cop charged as juvenile
This story just keps getting better. This 14-year-old supposedly showed up to the department in full uniform, picked up a radio and wrote tickets yesterday. He did this for SEVEN HOURS before someone was like, “Hmm, I wonder why this cop looks so much like my 9th grade nephew.” Seriously…amazing. Second City Cop has some really funny dirt on the situation, which may or may not be true:
This is classic. A male/1 in full uniform walks into the 3rd district desk and tells them he is from 005 and was sent there to work a traffic car. They get him a locker to use and call in the traffic car. He signs out a radio and jumps in with the female officer and away they go. They handle a traffic accident and when she realizes he doesn’t have a ticket book they go back into the station and he signs one out.
Away they go again. This time he asks if he can drive and she lets him. They write a few tickets and finish their tour.
Now comes the good part
Capt on the 3rd watch sees him and asks someone who he is. They tell him that he was sent over from 005. The capt has no knowledge and they start to question the “officer” When the Capt asks for his ID and star he says its out in his car. They tell him to go get it. Some smart detective follows him out to the car and they find out that he has no ID and his star was a commemorative CPD star. His vest was a vest cover stuffed with newspaper and if that wasn’t funny enough…HES 14 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR POLICE IMPERSONATING BEFORE
