Chicago.
Chicago. Reading this article was like reading of the corruption at Ferguson, MO. And what it all boils down to is accountability. The Chicago PD have insulated themselves within an accountability bubble to ensure no bad deed ever goes punished.
Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger
I certainly had low expectations of any report on the behavior of the Chicago PD, but I didn't expect quite this level of blunt honesty. Phrases like "no regard for the sanctity of life" don't often show up in reports like this. Neither does a recommendation that (essentially) the entire internal affairs division be sacked and replaced with outsiders, or that the police union and its contracts have in essence transformed the department into organized crime.
This is an official report, mind you, one commissioned by the mayor. Not simply some outside commentary by activists.
I wish that I could say that this seemed in any way inaccurate or unearned, but everything I have ever heard or seen of the Chicago PD makes this only seem more believable.
I honestly don't know how something of this scale can be fixed. Is it even possible for there to still be an honest cop anywhere in such a department? It's hard for me to imagine how you could survive as such for any length of time. (This is why I often say that good or bad cops are rare; what you see are good or bad departments.) But you can't replace nearly 12,000 officers overnight.
If you want to see just how low a police department can sink, here you go.
(NB: This report is just about the Chicago PD, not about the surrounding Cook's County Sheriff's Department. There's presumably a whole separate pile of dirty laundry there. But it's the political infighting between those two, the AG, the mayor, and a few other players which is likely responsible for an actually honest report coming out)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/aa3002df33e94a65a80746b456c964ce/task-force-chicago-police-must-acknowledge-troubled-past
Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger
I certainly had low expectations of any report on the behavior of the Chicago PD, but I didn't expect quite this level of blunt honesty. Phrases like "no regard for the sanctity of life" don't often show up in reports like this. Neither does a recommendation that (essentially) the entire internal affairs division be sacked and replaced with outsiders, or that the police union and its contracts have in essence transformed the department into organized crime.
This is an official report, mind you, one commissioned by the mayor. Not simply some outside commentary by activists.
I wish that I could say that this seemed in any way inaccurate or unearned, but everything I have ever heard or seen of the Chicago PD makes this only seem more believable.
I honestly don't know how something of this scale can be fixed. Is it even possible for there to still be an honest cop anywhere in such a department? It's hard for me to imagine how you could survive as such for any length of time. (This is why I often say that good or bad cops are rare; what you see are good or bad departments.) But you can't replace nearly 12,000 officers overnight.
If you want to see just how low a police department can sink, here you go.
(NB: This report is just about the Chicago PD, not about the surrounding Cook's County Sheriff's Department. There's presumably a whole separate pile of dirty laundry there. But it's the political infighting between those two, the AG, the mayor, and a few other players which is likely responsible for an actually honest report coming out)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/aa3002df33e94a65a80746b456c964ce/task-force-chicago-police-must-acknowledge-troubled-past
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