OK, I am not shocked. City leaders go mute as a scandal involving heroin, a CPD chief's car, a confidential police informant, and the city's police oversight agency brews - CWB Chicago
Let’s get you up to speed quickly.
Last week, news broke that a man with a long list of felony drug convictions was charged with felony heroin distribution after he allegedly threw $6,300 worth of heroin from a Lexus owned by CPD’s chief of internal affairs, Yolanda Talley.
Talley was not in the car. Her niece was driving it at the time.
Now you would think that a guy with a long list of drug convictions was riding with the niece of the head of Police Internal Affairs division that might call for a statement. Or something. But only if you are not from Chicago.
Instead you can insert the sound of crickets here.
Oh, and there's more.
CWB reported exclusively on Monday that the man who allegedly threw the heroin from the car, Kenneth Miles, is identified in public records as the confidential police source whose bad information led to the wrongful raid of Anjanette Young’s home in February 2019. The city cut a $2.9 million settlement check to end litigation with Young just two months ago.
There is a lot more at the link. More questions exist than answers, but even some of the questions are interesting. Like Talley still the head of Internal Affairs while and Internal Affairs investigation is going on?
Click thru for that and more.
It took me 29 years to graduate from a local PD. I can’t say that I graduated with honors, but they did give me a watch. Stories like this amaze me. If I worked in a Department like this I wouldn’t have lasted two weeks. How do you go out there every day knowing that people like that are supposed to have your back? I know that I would be scared to death if I had to go in front of IAD with someone like that in charge. Why is anyone working for Chicago PD?
ReplyDeleteStories like this amaze and sadden me. It took me 29 years to graduate from a local PD. I wouldn’t say that I graduated with honors, I wasn’t that well liked. They did give me a watch though. Why does anybody work for Chicago PD? I would find it difficult to admit to it if I worked there. And then there’s the thought of going out into that environment every day with people like the head of IAD having your back. I would be running for the unemployment office within two weeks of hiring in.
ReplyDeleteIt took me 29 years to graduate from a local PD. I can’t say that I graduated with honors, but they did give me a watch. Stories like this amaze me. If I worked in a Department like this I wouldn’t have lasted two weeks. How do you go out there every day knowing that people like that are supposed to have your back? I know that I would be scared to death if I had to go in front of IAD with someone like that in charge. Why is anyone working for Chicago PD?
ReplyDeleteIt took me 29 years to graduate from a local PD. I can’t say that I graduated with honors, but they did give me a watch. Stories like this amaze me. If I worked in a Department like this I wouldn’t have lasted two weeks. How do you go out there every day knowing that people like that are supposed to have your back? I know that I would be scared to death if I had to go in front of IAD with someone like that in charge. Why is anyone working for Chicago PD?
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