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Agreed, and I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted either. You speak the truth. I was mugged about two months ago in a pretty busy intersection and raised t
by bpchaps 10y ago
Agreed, and I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted either. You speak the truth.
I was mugged about two months ago in a pretty busy intersection and raised the issue when the investigation was 'suspended'. Even though the city's low on budget and such, it sounds incredibly unreasonable for an investigation to simply.. stop. So, a FOIA request for the camera data that received a "We have no responsive records for your request" response. I complained to the investigator, who seemed to be legally obligated to work with me. He told me that the investigation was never suspended since they were waiting for a response from me (not true) and that when they called, I didn't pick up (which makes perfect sense, since my phone was stolen - which is mentioned in the police report).
When I started to ask the guy if he could help add an extra camera to that intersection, he absolutely refused to and basically called it a waste of time - even though it would help him and many others in the future.
To get me off the call, he asked me if I had anything to drink that night, which I (naively) said "One drink four hours before the mugging." He then told me that because of that one drink, it would be impossible for me to verify anybody in a line up, closed the investigation, and ended the call 30 seconds later.
It shouldn't be this way.
- stcredzero 10y ago"To protect and serve?" More like "To protect and serve...myself!"
- illumin8 10y agoYou should file a complaint with the citizen's complaint review board. This behavior is unacceptable.
- bpchaps 10y agoI'm already in over my head with a bunch of other things towards Chicago, so I'm honestly going to pick my battle and let this one go. It goes against my usual policy, but the stress got out of hand there for a bit.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoIn Chicago the cops are reviewed by either retired cops or other police union stooges.