This is exactly why we didn't cover the New Years Eve/Day shooting. We fully expected this crap and we weren't disappointed:
- (from the Tribune) - [police spokesman] couldn't immediately confirm that the man was the city's first slaying. Technically, the year's first homicide belongs to police, who fatally shot Michael Smith, 52, after authorities said he pointed a handgun at officers in Marquette Park just 10 minutes into the new year.
- (from the Sun Times) - The man’s death is the first homicide of the year in which police played no role in the death. Just after midnight on Sunday, police shot and killed Michael Smith, 52, in the 7200 block of South Campbell Avenue, after they say he pointed a gun at officers.
So now the police are no better than the gang bangers who kill indiscriminately, hosing down street corners and fast food joints with automatic weapon fire. We can hardly wait for some media asshole to claim the cop killed this guy because he had 008 in the annual ghoul pool.