S.O.P. in Chicago...

I used to think Chicago politics were terrible until I moved to PA. PA could teach Chicago a thing or two.

Is Cook County going through one of it's slime bag cycles again? It happens all the time in lousyanna. Things get super corrupt, people clean house, than five years later the house cleaners are super corrupt.

FTA: Circuit Court Judge Stuart Katz found Buckley not guilty this week after prosecutors failed to play a surveillance video and waived their right to deliver opening and main closing statements.


What THE F--K?? I really want to hear the prosecutor's side.

Doggie McNugget: PA could teach Chicago a thing or two.

NJ could teach PA a thing or two too, for a small fee of course, and a job for my friend.

baka-san: Is Cook County going through one of it's slime bag cycles again? It happens all the time in lousyanna. Things get super corrupt, people clean house, than five years later the house cleaners are super corrupt.

I've lived in Cook County for 31 years. I've never seen any real house cleaning.

damageddude: NJ could teach PA a thing or two too, for a small fee of course, and a no-show job for my friend.

FTFY

Hey Chicago:



DIAF

"Ah, Chicago politics. High-ranking city employee acquitted of shoplifting $130 in groceries after prosecutors "failed" to play surveillance video. Worker may get her $80k/year "corruption-fighting" job back."

Failed? Is that an invitation to bring on the pics?

ZOMG B HUSSEIN OBAMAS FROM CHITOWN SO HE MUST BE LINKED!

/got it out of the way

Doggie McNugget: I used to think Chicago politics were terrible until I moved to PA. PA could teach Chicago a thing or two.

Oklahoma has 77 counties. Each county has 3 elected County Commissioners for a total of 231 County Commissioners state wide. During the early 1980's over 200 of Oklahoma's County Commissioners were indicted in federal courts in a massive kickback scandal.

That's how we roll in the south.

I don't even have to look...She's a Democrat??!!!

Dick_Hertz: I don't even have to look...She's a Democrat??!!!

Depends. Did the article "forget" to put her party affiliation in again?

damageddude: FTA: Circuit Court Judge Stuart Katz found Buckley not guilty this week after prosecutors failed to play a surveillance video and waived their right to deliver opening and main closing statements.


What THE F--K?? I really want to hear the prosecutor's side.

Doggie McNugget: PA could teach Chicago a thing or two.

NJ could teach PA a thing or two too, for a small fee of course, and a job for my friend.

I can understand not showing the video. If the facts of what she did are undisputed, the only issue is her intent. Showing the video would have just been a waste of time.

As for the argument, I don't understand that. That was a poor decision. Maybe the prosecutor thought it was too open and shut. Still, the prosecutor should have gotten up and said something short and sweet.

I don't see anything corrupt here on the part of the prosecutor. And not showing the surveillance video wasn't incompetent. But not delivering opening and closing statements was.

baka-san: Is Cook County going through one of it's slime bag cycles again? It happens all the time in lousyanna. Things get super corrupt, people clean house, than five years later the house cleaners are super corrupt.

You must be unfamiliar with how Chicago operates. Cook County has been going through a "slime bag cycle" since Prohibition.

Descartes: "Almost every fiber in my being tells me that she is guilty of the charged crime, but a tiny, tiny little part of me has a question,"

He should listen to his penis more often.


LOL, Win!

Good thing it was just a grocery bag and not a dime bag, otherwise she would be doing twenty years.

I've always wondered on the morality of this scaenrio:

Is it okay to take a bribe or what not if you plan to use said bribe to right the other wrongs of the world? Especially if said bribe is a rather large amount.

To give an example, say you catch Bill Gates in some way shape or form doing something illegal like smoking weed. He offers you a million bucks to not snitch. You could use that money to catch real criminals who have done such things as kill people and doing 30 in a 25. Is it right to take the money? The fact that it's illegal aside.

Zimmy: I've always wondered on the morality of this scaenrio:

Is it okay to take a bribe or what not if you plan to use said bribe to right the other wrongs of the world? Especially if said bribe is a rather large amount.

To give an example, say you catch Bill Gates in some way shape or form doing something illegal like smoking weed. He offers you a million bucks to not snitch. You could use that money to catch real criminals who have done such things as kill people and doing 30 in a 25. Is it right to take the money? The fact that it's illegal aside.

Ab-so-farking-lute-ly

Unbelievable.

She can go back now and just lift office supplies from work.

I would love to hear the prosecutor's logic behind this.

Can we at least fire the prosecutors involved for incompetence?

Jubeebee:

You must be unfamiliar with how Chicago operates. Cook County has been going through a "slime bag cycle" since Prohibition.

Of course I am, I only know about lousyana's because I live close enough to get news from there.

Slimebag Texas politics are of a more pressing concern to me.

Zimmy: The fact that it's illegal aside

Legality is always a matter of practicality in making a decision, not one of morality. You have no moral obligation to obey a law simply because it's the law.

Commit treason and have the president pardon commute your sentence?

They got nothing on this convicted felon.

Dick_Hertz: I don't even have to look...She's a Democrat??!!!

You're talking corruption.. don't you mean a filthy republican? Just need to toss in some child molesting or some other sexual deviance to confirm it.

morning_foil: Nemo

Maybe I get paid everytime I do. Did you ever think of that?

We all know damn well that if she had been a poor single mother juking a few groceries for her family, her ass would still be in jail.

"Almost every fiber in my being tells me that she is guilty of the charged crime, but a tiny, tiny little part of me has a question," Katz said

That would be your integrity, dude.

AbbeySomeone: We all know damn well that if she had been a poor single mother juking a few groceries for her family, her ass would still be in jail.

She might have had some political connection to get her job in the first place. Maybe they same connection got her off.

Churchill2004: Zimmy: The fact that it's illegal aside

Legality is always a matter of practicality in making a decision, not one of morality. You have no moral obligation to obey a law simply because it's the law.

That's what I meant. I thought I made that clear, but alas ._.

Dick_Hertz: I don't even have to look...She's a Democrat??!!!

Yeah, I read the first three words of the headline too.

captain_heroic44: I don't see anything corrupt here on the part of the prosecutor.

When you fail to give an opening statement, present the evidence, or give a closing statement, then it's clear you've been bought off and have no intention of trying for a guilty verdict.

Yes, that is corrupt.

Nemo's Brother:
Dick_Hertz: I don't even have to look...She's a Democrat??!!!

Depends. Did the article "forget" to put her party affiliation in again?

I'm not really sure what you guys are trying to say. Do you think that random city employees that get busted for some kind of illegal activity should have their party affiliation announced in the article about it? I mean, it'd be one thing if this lady was the mayor, or a political appointment. But she's just an assistant something-or-other employed by the city.

Do you expect news articles to read something like:
"Joe Blow, a DEMOCRAT, was fired from his job with the Department of Public Works for stealing gas from the city garage," or "City accountant Mark Whitehouse, a REPUBLICAN, was placed on unpaid leave after he was charged with fraud, allegedly for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the city.

How is that productive? Does the party affiliation of some random jerk who happens to be employed by a municipality matter?

Security guard Teresa Mitrano was not surprised.

"The judge believed everything I said, but there was reasonable doubt," Mitrano said.

"It bothers me, but I can't get angry or upset. We've had cases worse than this where people have gotten off. If I was new to the field, I'd probably be really pissed. But, I've been doing this for 22 years. Some people go to jail. Some don't. It depends on the judge."

QFT

lizyrd: Do you expect news articles to read something like:
"Joe Blow, a DEMOCRAT, was fired from his job with the Department of Public Works for stealing gas from the city garage," or "City accountant Mark Whitehouse, a REPUBLICAN, was placed on unpaid leave after he was charged with fraud, allegedly for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the city.

How is that productive? Does the party affiliation of some random jerk who happens to be employed by a municipality matter?

That's just the type of thing I'd expect lizyrd, a FARKER, to say.

JuggleGeek: captain_heroic44: I don't see anything corrupt here on the part of the prosecutor.

When you fail to give an opening statement, present the evidence, or give a closing statement, then it's clear you've been bought off and have no intention of trying for a guilty verdict.

Yes, that is corrupt.

The prosecutor presented evidence, shiat for brains. The prosecutor just didn't present a particluar piece of redundant evidence that would have established only what was established by other witnesses and wasn't even disputed by the defense.

The sole issue in the case was the intent of the defendant. Not whether she engaged in the conduct.

The prosecutor failed to make an argument. Probably because he thought the case was open and shut. Not because he was bought off.

Yeesh.

Jubeebee: You must be unfamiliar with how Chicago operates. Cook County has been going through a "slime bag cycle" since Prohibition.

THIS!

I've lived in Cook County since I was born, and am still amazed that anything actually gets done here.

Working for the city of Chicago in any capacity should be sufficient ground for an indictment.

On a totally unrelated note, I wouldn't characterize someone making $80k as a high-ranking city employee. Maybe that's pre-kickback.

At least the store she stole from actually has the balls to prosecute in the first place. My wife works for a retailer who prosecutes ALL shoplifters and is constantly badgered about the policy (like she has anything to do w/ a corporate directive).

Out of the 100+ retail outlets housed at her upscale, outdoor mall, only two others prosecute. I guess what I'm saying is, steal away people. it's not like anyone's going to do anything about it.

Zimmy: That's what I meant. I thought I made that clear, but alas

Wasn't correcting you, just tossing my own two cents in.

Nemo's Brother: Dick_Hertz: I don't even have to look...She's a Democrat??!!!

Depends. Did the article "forget" to put her party affiliation in again?

Assistant chief investigators often have a D or an R behind their name? Knock me down with a feather.

PUSSY PASS #87035886001

If it doesn't fit...

Egregious as this is, it's $130. There must be a hundred worse crimes committed every day in Chicago. I doubt they brought their A-game to this one. I'd rather the prosecutor suited up and helped fill some of these goddamn potholes.

Homer: Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

/Pork chops
//She was stealing them

HURRRR MEIGS