I miss living in a civilized society. CPD officer may be unable to eat solid food for months after McKinley Park attack - CWB Chicago
They were getting a ticket, becuase they blocked an ambulence at an emergency. Blocked it so the ambulence could not leave and take the injured person to the hospital.
A convicted child sex offender and his sister have been detained on allegations that they battered a Chicago police officer who wrote them a ticket for blocking an ambulance at an emergency scene Tuesday night in McKinley Park. Prosecutors said the injured officer will be unable to eat solid foods for several months.
So of course they attacked the cop, because in a civilized society, we worry about what we owe to the others around us, like letting emergency services do their jobs. Chicago no longer qualifes as a civilized society; it is chaos.
To be clear, the suspect had brass knuckles when he was arrested. The family is saying that the cop was hit with them; I'm not sure the cops are saying that.
At that point, Sopher joined the fray, grabbing Mangan and punching the officer in the face multiple times, causing Mangan to fall to the ground, prosecutors said. Sopher then allegedly climbed on top of the fallen officer and continued to punch him in the face, causing several of Mangan’s teeth to be knocked out or loosened. Officers pulled Sopher off of Mangan and found a pair of brass knuckles in his front hoodie pocket, prosecutors said.
Click thru for the details. Weep for the status of Chicago, and the Blue Cities in general.

The most relevant question is why is the suspect still alive. Cop should have ventilated him.
ReplyDeleteIn Chicago he would have been arrested
DeleteI worked in Chicago in the mid 1970s. If this happened then, if the cops didnt beat this guy to death, the neighbors would have.
ReplyDeleteAs a teenager in the 1970s with a new driver's license, I used to drive into the city to take a class at the planetarium on Saturdays. In the 1980s and 90s I was partying in the clubs like Excalibur, basically staying out all night with friends. Today I won't set foot in the city - with maybe the exception of O'Hare.
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