The Chicago Police Department’s handling of a 2004 homicide case involving Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko — a nephew of Mayor Daley and White House Chief of Staff William Daley — has come under scrutiny by a second outside law enforcement agency.
City of Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson’s office began seeking documents about the case from the police at least two weeks before the Illinois State Police agreed Friday to do its own review at the request of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
Seriously, the IG, which can't even investigate aldercreatures by statute, is poking around in something that is should probably, eventually, be investigated by a federal agency. We aren't sure if this qualifies as "smoke" or "mirror," but we can't see it doing any good.