From 2d City Coppers
Groot the Totalitarian
For a former federal prosecutor, Groot certainly seems like a dumbass:
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Law Department attempted in court this week to block a local TV station from airing body camera footage of Chicago police officers raiding an innocent woman's home and handcuffing her while she was naked.
The city also filed a request to have the woman, Anjanette Young, sanctioned for allegedly violating a confidentiality order.
Officials for Lightfoot made the extraordinary request to prevent WBBM-TV from airing a news report in an emergency court filing Monday evening, which a federal judge rejected. The courts long have ruled against efforts to prevent news companies from publishing reports, saying it's an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.
Even Rahm was only able to suppress the JVD tape long enough to pay the family and ensure his reelection chances. These are cameras meant to shed light on police actions, paid for and maintained with taxpayer money. And in this case, they caught a whole bunch of avoidable errors.
Groot probably should have listened to an advisor before hanging her ass out for all to see:
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized to social worker Anjanette Young on Wednesday for the Chicago Police Department’s 2019 raid on her home, during which officers handcuffed her while she was naked, and disavowed her Law Department’s extraordinary attempt to block WBBM-Ch. 2 from airing body camera footage of the incident.
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Lightfoot disavowed the move by her Law Department, saying she was “blindsided” by it. “Filing a motion against a media outlet to prevent something from being published is something that should rarely if ever happen,” Lightfoot said. “And had I been advised that this was in the works, I would have stopped it in its tracks.”
Groot is a micromanager - look what she's doing to the Police Department. For her to have the Law Department (and her allegedly being a "lawyer" herself) this was a completely avoidable misstep and can only be explained by her authoritarian tendencies.
Scratch a progressive, find a Stalin-esque authoritarian.
This poor family was victimized by poor police procedures. Those procedures needed to be addressed immediately. Instead, the mayor goes on a rampage of denial and coverups. What about the family? What has she done to help them recover? I get the feeling she is in over her head.
I dont see anything wrong with the Laquan McDonald video and shooting. He was high on PCP threatens a truck driver with a knife refuses Police Commands this was a good shooting in my opinion dont understand the outrage.
ReplyDeleteI would venture to say there are allot of things you don't understand.
DeleteIDIOT
DeleteSo it's ok to run around high threatening people with a knife slashing Police vehicles tires not listening to Police Officers?
DeleteSolid shoot. 12 CPD Gold Stars cleared the shoot and were not allowed to testify. Total sham trial, many civil rights violations against the defendant.
DeleteI would venture to say that you, the uninformed lefty, should get back in mommy's basement.
DeleteLaquan McDonald shooting was totally justified, you shoot until the threat is neutralized especially when the threat is on PCP. But lets pander to that group that can't seem to comprehend what a lawful police order means.
DeleteLighthead is a very arrogant person. The only way this city will improve is to shed light on these actions. Once again, the taxpayer will foot the bill for poor police procedures. As a taxpayer, I am tired of the Al Capone style of Chicago management that had plagued this city.
ReplyDeleteI hate the word "wrongful raid" they use in most article describing this raid. That's make it sound like they went to the right place for maybe questionable reasons. The truth is they flat out went to the wrong place.The reasoning might have been sketchy too, but they were in the wrong completely and the massaged stories here suck.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Gee
This is 2020 you cant hide everything.........
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem with Chicago is the media. They are totally in the tank for the leftist progressives....even WGN which used to be honest about local stuff at least. Unless you can convince your Proud Union Democrat neighbor that the media LIES about virtually EVERYTHING...you will not convince them to change their self destructive voting habits.
ReplyDeleteLighthead is totally incompetent.
ReplyDeleteBlack Betty had a child
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