- Despite the video, the Police Department ruled Farmer's June 7 death justified, just as it had Sierra's other two shootings this year. But police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said he considers the Farmer case "a big problem" and told the Tribune that the officer involved should not have been on the street given his history of shootings.
The shooting is under investigation by the FBI, the Tribune has learned.
So the superintendent is commenting on a case currently under investigation? And this?
- McCarthy told the Tribune the previous administration failed to recognize a pattern in police shootings and had no mechanism to track if officers were repeatedly involved in shootings. He also said the department did not have a system in place to monitor the emotional and psychological state of officers involved in shootings, suggesting they could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and should be kept off the streets until they are better.
Without naming Sierra, he said the first two shootings were justified but that the officer should have been assigned to desk duty before Farmer was shot.
"He shouldn't have been where he was," McCarthy said during a recent meeting with the Tribune editorial board. "We should've had him off the street so that he was not in that particular environment and that problematic type of scenario."
We didn't realize that McTool had a medical degree that allows him to diagnose PTSD conditions and remove officers from the streets without any due process. If the first two shootings were justified, how is he making this leap that the last one isn't? Some people have a nose for guns - we've all met them. We've known, met and worked with a few who had upwards of twenty shootings in their careers and they were damn fine officers. One of them even posts here at SCC occasionally.
And the topper:
And the topper:
- McCarthy told the Tribune that the officer could face criminal charges.
"One of the big questions I got when I got here was are you going to have our backs," McCarthy said. "I said, 'Absolutely … but I'm not going to defend indefensible behavior and don't expect me to.'"
Perhaps McTwoFaced can explain to the membership exactly how this is "indefensible." Because from everything the article says, this is still under investigation by the FBI of all people and as far as he knows, no Grand Jury has been empaneled.
How about just keeping your fucking mouth shut McDumbass. Try this one on for size:
How about just keeping your fucking mouth shut McDumbass. Try this one on for size:
- THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND IT WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT TO COMMENT ON SUCH A MATTER AT THIS TIME LEST I INTERFERE WITH THE OFFICER'S CONSTITUTIONALLY AND CONTRACTUALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS.
Time for a "No Confidence" vote. McRahm has proven by his actions to be nothing more than another tool of the mayor, a carpetbagger brought in to demoralize and demonize the police in Chicago for whatever reasons lurk in the dark recesses of his master's heart. FOP, are you listening?