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Something to ponder:

If Daley makes Aunt Bea the first female (Hispanic) Chicago police superintendent, it would be very hard for anybody who replaces Daley to immediately put their own police superintendent in.... It's kind of an insurance marker for Mayor Daley.


FROM THE COMMENT SECTION - NOT FROM DSLC:

BOMB & ARSON FIRE SALE!!!!!
Word is that Bomb & Arson is done as a unit. An email from O'Keefe to all B & A Detectives states that ONLY BOMB & ARSON DETECTIVES can bid to 11 openings in Areas 1, 2, and 4. Currently there are 11 B & A Detectives DETAILED to these Areas for the Summer. Bomb & Arson is running a skeleton crew with next to no manpower. There are days when there is only one Arson Detective to cover the whole city. IS THAT NUTS OR WHAT??? TALK ABOUT KILLING CRIME, if there are no ARSON DETECTIVES to investigate ARSONS, they then become NON CRIMINAL FIRES.

O'Keefe's email means that the Police Department is officially ELIMINATING 11 Arson Detectives from the Unit, that is more than one third of them.

Since the Summer Detail went into effect, two more Arson Detectives have retired and several more will retire this year.

There is no way Bomb & Arson can function properly with the proposed manpower shortage. Right now there are many Code 1 Assignments (Priority Response Assignments) that are NEVER assigned and investigated as required while the scene is fresh and protected. Instead they are classified as "BY REPORT" jobs that are assigned SEVERAL DAYS LATER as a "HAND-OUT" to detectives or are even ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED by CMO. And by the time the Detectives investigate the "HAND-OUT" a possible ARSON then becomes a NON CRIMINAL FIRE, because the evidence is now destroyed or contaminated. That is how the department can say that ARSONS are down, a great example of KILLING CRIME.

Permanently eliminating these eleven Arson Detectives means that the Chicago Police Department is getting out of the business of investigating ARSONS in the City of Chicago. What will be next, AUTO THEFT, GAMBLING, ARSON, see a pattern there?

Richard Daley ducks out of the next election... leaves the City of Chicago BILLIONS IN THE HOLE

I stole everything the city has... then sold most of the city and then stole that too...

There's nothing left but financial collapse!

10 for Creativity 10 for Costume 0 for Technique

Armed Robber Used Diaper As Face Mask - He must of been shit faced!

(NewsCore) - Japanese police arrested a suspected armed robber who wore a diaper on his head as a makeshift ski mask, law enforcement authorities and local media said Monday.

The 55-year-old South Korean man is accused of holding up a store armed with a knife in late August and making his getaway with 141,000 yen ($1,700), police said.

The robber used a diaper with eyeholes cut out of it to mask his face, the Japanese tabloid Sports Hochi reported. He made off on foot with his haul but had to remove the diaper while running away because he failed to cut breathing holes in it, the report said.

The man turned himself in to authorities Sunday after police visited his house twice.

Guatemalan Illego Beano Blown Away By LA Police - A course the beanos protested......

Protest over fatal shooting of an Illego Beano by LAPD turns violent

LOS ANGELES – A protest over the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant turned violent when some demonstrators threw bottles at officers, set trash cans on fire and refused to disperse.

Television news footage showed people tossing the bottles and plastic crates at officers in riot gear late Monday near MacArthur Park, a neighborhood with a large Central American population west of downtown.

Police declared the protest an unlawful assembly around 10 p.m. and ordered the dozens of protesters to disperse. The majority of the crowd cleared out, but a small number lingered and caused trouble, police spokesman Gregory Baek said.

Police made a couple of arrests, Baek said. He said police won't have a final tally until they complete the booking process for the suspects.

The protest began in the afternoon with demonstrators marching back and forth between a bustling shopping area where the shooting occurred and the Rampart police station three blocks away.

Police said three bicycle officers were patrolling the area Sunday when someone flagged them down and said a man was threatening passers-by with a knife.

When officers confronted the man, they ordered him to drop the knife but he refused, Lt. Andrew Neiman said.

"Instead, he came after the officers with a knife raised in the air, leading one of the officers to fire at the suspect," Neiman said.

Authorities have not released the man's name. However, friends identified him as Manuel Jamines, 37, a construction worker and father of three.

Protesters contend the man was not dangerous and say officers should have used a non-lethal weapon to subdue him.

"When you're trying to stop a suspect or stop a deadly action, the purpose is to stop the threat as quickly as possible," Neiman said.

MacArthur Park was the site of a May 1, 2007, clash, where police officers pummeled immigration rights marchers and reporters with batons and shot rubber bullets into the crowd. Dozens of protesters and journalists were injured as officers cleared the park.

The embarrassing incident cost the city more than $13 million in lawsuit settlements. Police were retrained on crowd control, forming skirmish lines, using batons in a crowd and using extraction teams to identify and arrest violent demonstrators.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

See you later Mr. Illego Beano! As it has been said before.... never bring a knife to a gun fight.

Wind-whipped fire destroys South Loop building

Firefighters battle the blaze in the South Loop this morning. (E. Jason Wambsgans/ChicagoTribune)

A wind-whipped extra-alarm fire gutted a vacant commercial building in the South Loop early this morning.

The fire broke out in the 1300 block of South Michigan Avenue at about 2:30 a.m., was quickly raised to two alarms and then to a third alarm about two hours later. Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting through the roof and tried to keep the fire from being spread by winds gusting up to 30 mph.

The roof of the building eventually collapsed. At 4:30 a.m., blue flames still could be seen at the rear of the structure and Peoples Gas Co. was called to the scene. The fire was brought under control around 6:30 a.m.

There were no reports of injuries. The cause of the blaze wasn't known.

Nearly two dozen trucks and other firefighting equipment were called to the blaze. A a number of area streets were closed to traffic, including Michigan from Roosevelt Road to 16th Street, and both 13th and 14th streets from Wabash to Indiana Avenues.

According to Internet listings, the building at one time was a showroom and a sign on the outside indicated it was for sale.

No apartment buildings in the area apparently were affected, said Fire Chief MacGregor, a department spokesman on the scene. "The only concern we have is the high-rises around here -- smoke in the ventilation system," he said. "But we have EMS standing by with that in mind."

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago is located several doors to the north of the burning structure but did not appear to be damaged.

Hard to believe this happened.... Kindergartners? WTF!

Yenny Valero says her son was attacked and sexually assaulted by fellow kindergarten classmates a week before the end of last school year.


The mother of a 5-year-old Queens boy claims her son was jumped inside his elementary school and sexually assaulted by four classmates - all of them kindergartners.

Mom Yenny Valero said the shocking attack occurred in the school's bathroom just weeks before the end of the school year.

"I'm very sad and disappointed," Valero told the Daily News. "You never expect this to happen to your child, especially in school. You expect them to go to school and come back safe."

The Astoria resident filed a notice of claim on Aug. 27 - the first step in suing the city - alleging her son was assaulted, sexually abused and raped.

The News is withholding the name of the boy and his school to protect his identity.

Valero said their ordeal began when her son went to the bathroom on June 11.

Four boys, all 6 or 7 years old, held him down, removed his pants and inserted at least one finger into his anus, according to the legal papers.

The young victim, who wears ankle braces because of balance issues, suffered physical injuries and posttraumatic stress disorder, the filing states.

"He's already started with a psychologist," said Valero's lawyer Sean Serpe. "He's having nightmares, gender identification issues."

The boy told his mother and her sister about the attack the next day, saying he had been bullied by the black students in the past.

"I couldn't believe this was happening to my son," said Valero, 30. "I thought I was living a nightmare."

The mother called 311, which put her in touch with the city's Administration for Children's Services and an NYPD special victims squad detective, who investigated the alleged assault.

Because her son only had oneweek left of class, she kept him out of school, but said she spoke to the assistant principal on June 16 about the incident.

"They said they didn't know anything about it and that they would investigate," Valero said.

She said she still has not heard from the city Education Department about the outcome of the investigation, but the four alleged attackers were allowed to attend kindergarten graduation.

"They said they couldn't suspend anyone because the investigation wasn't over," Valero.

Her son didn't attend the graduation and has since gotten a safety transfer to another school.

According to police sources, detectives investigated the incident, but the criminal case was closed because of the young ages of the students.

The Education Department declined to comment.

Elizabeth Thomas, a spokeswoman for the city Law Department, said her agency has not filed any charges in Queens Family Court against the alleged attackers.

'Four monsters out there'

Serpe said he was shocked that none of the boys has been brought to justice.

"Basically, you got four monsters out there who are getting a free pass," Serpe said. "They haven't even been required to receive therapy for their actions."

One expert said she did not want to downplay the seriousness of the incident but said it is unlikely that children so young would realize the the full extent of what they were doing.

"It's a horrible thing to happen to any child, but it's not unheard of," said Dr. Susan Sherkow, a child psychiatric expert and instructor at the child and adolescent division of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute.

"Why would they pick on him? They may see him as vulnerable," Sherkow said. "They may know that they're doing something humiliating, but typically they wouldn't really understand it as criminal intent, as sexual assault in the way adults do."
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Alderman Freddrenna Lyle's S. Side home burglarized

Laptop computers and cameras were stolen Monday from Ald. Freddrenna Lyle's home in Park Manor, officials said.

The 6th Ward alderman's home was burglarized between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on the 7200 block of South Rhodes.

Aside from cameras and computers, other electronic items also were stolen, officials said.

Lyle, 51, could not be reached for comment. Lyle was sworn in as alderman in 1998 to fill the unexpired term of John Steele. She was elected to a full term in 1999 and re-elected in 2003.

Will County States Attorney James Glasgow should be federally indicted for violating Drew Peterson's Civil Rights Under The Color Of Law

Five of Drew Peterson's six children: (back row) Kristopher (left), a son with his third wife, Kathleen Savio, whom he is accused of killing; Stephen, a son with his first wife, Carol; Thomas, another son with Savio; (front row) Anthony and Lacy, his children with his fourth wife, Stacy, who vanished in 2007. Police consider Drew Peterson (inset) a suspect in her disappearance.

Drew Peterson makes impassioned plea for kids
Michael Sneed: Drew Peterson is making an impassioned media plea on behalf of his children; specifically his son, Stephen, an Oak Brook policeman who is on suspension because of what Peterson claims is the result of “malicious prosecution.” Drew Peterson, who is in jail awaiting trial on charges of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, dispatched a letter to his attorney Joel Brodsky urging the press to “watch over” what he considers vindictive legal proceedings against Stephen, the caregiver of four of Drew Peterson’s six children.



Bolingbrook, IL - Drew Peterson is making an impassioned media plea on behalf of his children; specifically his son, Stephen, an Oak Brook policeman who is on suspension because of what Peterson claims is the result of “malicious prosecution.”

Drew Peterson, who is in jail awaiting trial on charges of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, dispatched a letter to his attorney Joel Brodsky urging the press to “watch over” what he considers vindictive legal proceedings against Stephen, the caregiver of four of Drew Peterson’s six children.

Oak Brook Police are investigating Stephen Peterson’s court testimony that he accepted guns from his father after Drew Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy, vanished in 2007.

The letter, which was given to Sneed by Brodsky, contains references to five of Drew Peterson’s six children. Missing is a reference to Peterson’s eldest child, Eric, the product of marriage to his first wife, Carol, and from whom he is estranged. (There were no children from Peterson’s marriage to his second wife, Victoria.) Peterson is also a prime suspect in the disappearance of Stacy, the mother of his two youngest children, Anthony and Lacy Ann. The following is an edited version of Drew Peterson’s letter, spelling and punctuation errors and all.

Its been almost three years since my wife Stacy went missing with the Illinois State Police and the Will County States Attorney’s Office launching probably the largest, most obsessive and expensive investigation in U.S. history. The investigation has thus far turned up rumors, gossip hearsay and out right lies and more recently the bodies of a lot of raccoons and possums all at the expense of the hard working Illinois tax payer. This investigation has threatened, harassed, pestered and hounded just about every loved one, friend, family member, fellow employee and love interest I have ever know. . . . On several occasions my home and property have been searched and vandalized by these obsessive thugs with my little children being terrorized in the process. Our heroes. I was taken from my family without being able to say goodbye to my kids with my kids being also taken into custody and turned over to The Department of Children and family Services. This process would be scary for an adult much less a four and five year old. My 31 year old son Stephen, an Oak Brook Police Officer, stepped up and took custody of my four kids just after having a child of his own. My son Stephen is a good man and a dedicated father and policeman. Stephen got his Bachelors degree in law enforcement at Western Illinois University just so he could fulfill his dream of becoming a policeman. My little girl Lacy Ann just started Kindergarten with her daddy unable to be at her first day of school. Anthony is now in 2nd grade full of life and love just happy to be a kid with his friends. Thomas is now a senior, number one in his class, and now the Vice President of the National Honor Society. He is an athlete and plays trumpet in his school and area church bands. Kristopher is also an athlete and an honor roll student now in his Junior year of high school. All my children are exceptional kids just wanting a happy childhood after their little worlds were turned upside down almost three years ago. It’s not bad enough their father is in jail being held unlawfully after the state appealed a Will County Judges decision to not allow bad evidence at trial, but now my children’s well being and security is now in jeopardy again. For the third time, in less than three years, my son Stephen is again being brought up on departmental charges of misconduct by Oak Brook Chief Sheehan stemming from trumped up gun charges I’m now facing in a Will County Court. The charges Stephen faced in the past were brought when he took a squad car to a Will County grand Jury while on duty under supeona for the case against me. The second charge was for the use of the departmental computer which were said to be unauthorized. Nothing could be more ridiculous. . . . I have no doubt that the Illinois State Police and the Will County States Attorney’s Office are also involved in this action against my son in an attempt to get at me. . . . During a prior action against my son Chief Sheehan referred to Stephen as “Drew” at least three times during the hearing so we know where his head is. . . . I’m not looking for any sympathy for me. I can handle myself. But I am asking the media to closely watch over these proceedings to help protect my son Stephen, being my children’s caregiver, against the malicious prosecution he is now facing. What will it take to stop the madness being perpetrated against my family in an attempt to get at me. . . . Someone somewhere has to stand up and say STOP. . . . If I gave my life, which I would gladly do to protect my kids, would that stop the harassment against my family? . . . I’m devoting all my resources that I have available to fight this atrocity against my son.

What's a billion dollars when the city is in the hole already for almost a billion dollars!

What Mayor Daley is really doing is asking for a billion dollars for the airport expansion so he can skim money from this fund to cover all the money the city is short due to Daley and his corruption machine.

Mayor Daley hopes to borrow another $1 BILLION DOLLARS for O'Hare expansion

Like a poker player who has gone all in on a bet that's too big to lose, the Daley administration is expected to explain to aldermen on Tuesday why it needs to quickly issue $1 billion in new bonds to prevent the expansion of O'Hare International Airport from folding.

With less than half of the mega-project completed, the city is running out of money and needs the bond deal to continue work. In the high-stakes game of Chicago-style airport expansion, the fresh money would basically buy time to keep the project going with the hope that the city will be able to persuade the airport's two largest tenants, American and United airlines, to sign on.

Ultimately, the city will need to raise at least $3.3 billion to finish the job -- and that's without new terminals, a People Mover extension and other infrastructure that Chicago officials once deemed integral to building the first runways at O'Hare in almost 40 years.

The move for more money comes while the city continues to be stymied in its effort to get American and United to help pay for a western terminal that would be primarily used by other airlines. The carriers also have refused to sign off on the last three runways of the project, which are expected to produce the biggest increases in O'Hare's flight capacity.

Still, the city's talks with United in recent months have yielded a potential compromise that would postpone development of the new terminal until demand for flights reached a predetermined level, say people close to the discussions. The two sides, however, have not agreed on the amount of traffic that would trigger work on the $2.2 billion terminal.

"The western terminal is demand-driven," said Chicago Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino. "When we need it, we will have the ability to build it."

But Andolino is running out of time to broker a deal with the airlines. On Tuesday, the City Council's Finance Committee is scheduled to review an ordinance paving the way for the $1 billion in new bonds, which would pay for preliminary runway work, including moving a portion of Irving Park Road. The measure is expected to be approved by the full City Council on Wednesday, Andolino said, calling it "routine business."

Andolino is gambling the airlines will fall in line once work on the runways begins, observers said. Yet by pushing ahead without the airlines' support, she risks a courtroom showdown that could mire the O'Hare overhaul, a plan announced nine years ago by Mayor Richard Daley, in further delays, sources said.

"I guess they are using the saying, 'If you build it, they will come,'" Ald. Joe Moore, 49th, said. "Keeping O'Hare as an economic engine is vital to the city, but that's a huge amount of money to appropriate. ... We the taxpayers may end up having to foot the bill if the airlines don't want the extra capacity."

Daley has long said local taxpayers won't be liable for helping pay for the expansion project. But there is concern that if the city fails to sign on the airlines, ultimately the city and taxpayers will be responsible for paying for the rest of the work.

United and American have hired the law firm DLA Piper to represent their interests in the proposed funding, design and construction of the remaining O'Hare project. The airlines contend that a 2005 contract bars the city from funding construction with bonds paid by airline landing fees and terminal rents, without first gaining the consent of carriers accounting for a majority of O'Hare operations.

In an Oct. 14, 2009, letter to Andolino obtained by the Tribune, DLA Piper warned that United and American "will protect their contractually bargained-for rights."

Andolino responded: "If we go down that path ... it is a litigation issue."

The city will have to tap the bond market at least twice to pay for the remaining work. The bonds at the center of the legal wrangle would likely be raised a year or so from now and would total about $2.3 billion. What's unclear is whether the initial $1 billion debt would also be disputed by the carriers because it would be principally repaid with fees tacked on to passenger tickets and a $410 million Federal Aviation Administration grant.

"There are two questions," said Aaron Gellman, a professor at Northwestern University's Transportation Center. "Are the airport commissioner and city willing to run roughshod over the carriers and perhaps trigger a lawsuit under (the argument that the city failed to get the required approval of carriers who account for a majority of the airport's operations), or are they willing to make concessions to enough carriers to get (such) approval?"

Both sides have much to lose if the current deadlock turns into a prolonged legal battle.

Airlines at Los Angeles International Airport successfully sued aviation authorities to block airport terminal overhaul plans that would have imposed significantly higher finance costs on carriers, said Steve Lott, spokesman for the International Air Transport Association, an airline trade group.

It is in the airlines' interest to cut a deal now to take advantage of low interest rates, Gellman said. But other analysts said the project risks making O'Hare even more expensive to airlines and passengers -- and less attractive to the management of American and United.

United is slated to gain a new CEO, Continental Airlines chief Jeff Smisek, with no ties to Chicago when the airlines' merger is legally completed Oct. 1. O'Hare will be eclipsed by Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport as the new airline's largest hub, and observers are watching to see whether United will shift flights and resources away from its O'Hare base.

The city and airlines largely kept their differences on O'Hare's expansion to themselves until 2008. That summer, six of the major airlines serving O'Hare sent letters to city aviation officials warning that the expansion plan is flawed. They also suggested suspending the final phase of the project because of a decline in air travel and the airline industry's cloudy future.

The airlines' resentment boiled over again in February, when the city raised landing fees by 38 percent and rents by 15 percent to 17 percent to prepay bonds that weren't due until 2030. United and American called the move "fiscally irresponsible" and broke off talks in protest.

American has refused to sit down with city officials since the dispute, sources said. A spokeswoman for the airline declined to comment for this story. United, however, has resumed negotiations with Andolino's team in recent months aimed at ending the deadlock over the western terminal. United spokesman Michael Trevino confirmed the negotiations but declined to elaborate on what is being discussed.

Sources said recent talks have focused on a contractual clause that would enable the city to push ahead with airfield improvements without committing to financing the new terminal, which would almost double the cost of this phase of the project.

The city is conducting a study on the costs of the western terminal, which initial estimates pegged at about $2 billion. But new number-crunching shows the final price could be much higher. The soaring expense might provide the city with a face-saving reason to shelve the western terminal in exchange for the airlines' support of the overall airport renovation project, sources said.

"I think all sides still want to make the deal come together," said Lester Crown, a leading member of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago. "There is no demand at the present time for the western terminal gates. I think the terminal is completely on the back burner."

While the city has faced escalating costs because of project delays and ongoing litigation with opponents of new runways, another big hang-up has been timing. Flights at O'Hare are down about 100,000 annually from a 2004 peak, and the lingering recession has stymied efforts to bring aboard financial support from the airline industry, which has long insisted the project be scaled back, or from private investors.

Demand for additional runways and passenger terminals will likely materialize, but it will take years, according to FAA projections. The agency has supported O'Hare expansion with $747 million in taxpayer money -- the largest financial commitment ever made to a single airport project.

Andolino is undeterred.

"When I started out here in 2003, I was given the direction by the mayor and the business community that they wanted these runways,'' she said. "I prefer to work in an environment with my airline partners, and I am confident that will still happen. (But) we are moving forward with the program, period."

Always the optimist, Andolino insisted that the entire O'Hare project can still be completed by 2014, as the mayor directed when Chicago was competing to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

"It is still the goal, but with the challenges we face, I reserve the right to (reconsider) that decision as appropriate,'' she said.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

A billion dollars so Mayor Daley can skim what he needs off that fund while giving every close buddy over priced city contracts so they can tens of millions of dollars!

So far 3 shot before 7PM in Chicago, IL

3 shot in two separate attacks on Southwest, Northwest Sides

Three people were wounded in two separate shootings today on the Southwest and Northwest Sides, according to Chicago police.

Shortly before 7 p.m., two male victims were shot in the 2500 block of North Luna Avenue in the Cragin neighborhood.

About 5:30 p.m., a 22-year-old woman was taken to St. Anthony Hospital by friends after she was shot in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw Avenue, police said.

She was wounded in the back and was reported in critical condition.

Further details of the crimes weren't immediately available.

State Police look for suspect who fled on foot with a gun after a vehicle accident

State police search for gunman in southwest suburbs

Illinois State Police tonight were searching the southwest suburbs for a gunman who eluded them earlier today from the Alsip area.

Details of the search were sketchy, but the gunman -- whose description wasn't available --left his vehicle after it crashed, or when police tried to pull him over on Interstate Highway 294 near Cicero Avenue, officials said.

The gunman the led state troopers on a foot chase, prompting authorities in neighboring Palos Heights to be on the lookout for him, officials said.

Further information wasn't readily available.
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Detective Shavedlongcock:

Funny that a description of the offender is never really available when a male black is on the run with a gun....The police are afraid that whitie might shoot any black male coming their way....

Our asswipe President, still blaming George Bush for everything.... 4 years after the democrats have taken control of Congress

President Barack Obama speaks to people in Milwaukee. (David Banks/Getty)

Obama on the offensive

A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday in Milwaukee that will exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.

After 65 years of annual reunions....this is the last one.....

The last reunion
LOMBARD Ever-dwindling numbers of a WWII infantry division force the inevitable

They fought well in World War II and came home to resume and build a life. Sunday, they gathered for a final time to come to terms with its end and with their buried sorrows.

The 104th Infantry Division, the Timberwolves, held their 65th and last annual reunion, a spirited and prayerful affair. The decision to make it the last one was forced by mortality.

Time was when more than a thousand of the 104th's veterans, summoned from across the country, could fill a hotel ballroom. They would clasp each other in battle-forged friendship and raise a little hell, appropriate for a division whose slogan was, "Nothing in hell can stop the Timberwolves."

Sunday at the Westin hotel in Lombard, reunion leaders counted 195 vets in attendance, mostly men in their late 80s. Their family members brought the total attendance for the reunion to nearly 700.

It was a time to tell stories factual and embellished, to joke about mutual infirmities and to take solace and strength for the journey ahead.

Jim Henderson, 87, and Tom Bomford, 86, became close pals when the 104th landed in France, pushed into Holland and finally marched into Germany on a 195-day stretch of fighting.

Henderson, of Novato, Calif., and Bomford, of Miami, Okla., said they were among just five survivors of 15 men in their unit. The men lost touch afterward, then reconnected at a reunion years ago.

The end of the annual gathering is inevitable, they said. "It had to happen sometime. We've lost so many people," Henderson said.

At the memorial, representatives of units within the division extinguished candles as a last honor for their comrades. With different generations in the crowd, the gesture stood not for an end but for a transition. The memories of sacrifice and loyalty burn within loved ones' hearts.

"Our nation owes these men a lot," said Alberto Pedraza of El Paso, Texas, who attended with his family. He is married to a granddaughter of the 104th's major general, Terry de la Mesa Allen, who died in 1969, two years after his only son was killed in Vietnam. Allen developed tactics in night fighting that befuddled the Germans and helped give the Timberwolves a fearsome reputation. His troops still speak of him with reverence.

R.H. Mathews of Portland, Ore., who said his initials stand for "Red Hot," said he was a medic for the 104th, a "pick 'em up, patch 'em up guy" who had to keep moving. At 86, he said he's still determined to stay active. "I love Chicago because it's just like me. It doesn't stop," he said.

But others spoke of the toll age has taken and said it's become impractical to plan more events for a dwindling group. Glen Lytle of Wichita, Kan., secretary-treasurer of the National Timberwolf Association, said the group will wind down business over the next couple of years while maintaining a website, 104infdiv.org, as a permanent information source and memorial.

The surviving soldiers at the Westin prayed for the approximately 1,500 members of the 34,000-strong 104th who lost their lives during the war. They prayed for the thousands who have passed on since, and for those crossing the lonesome valley of Alzheimer's.

As a final benediction, a bugler played taps. It was as if a heroic generation finally reached home.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

God bless... Godspeed.... I can not thank you enough for keeping us the greatest country in the world due to your efforts and sacrifices during WWII!

I think this video says it all to these elderly soldiers!

May everybody have a safe and fun Labor Day Holiday

CLICKING ON ANY IMAGE ENLARGES ITCLICKING ON ANY IMAGE ENLARGES IT

As for Detective Shavedlongcock & his kids... We are going to the range for target practice.... There are some rodents running around and we would like to be able to hit the bull eyes on them!

Where did Jeff Goldblatt go? Many viewers have asked....

I have received more than a few inquiries about what happened to Jeff Goldblatt from Chicago's FOXNEWS. Many wanted to know if he is going (or gone) to another news outlet. So I thought I would throw this posting up.

I know we were close to signing Jeff with a multi-million dollar contract to be the DSLC national news anchor man but at the last minute it fell through.

Maybe somebody out there can enlighten us about Jeff Goldblatt... Or maybe even Jeff can let us know. I know many of the local reporters and news staff people do sneak a peak at DSLC to see if they missed any breaking news stories!

I do hope Mr. Goldblatt the best, he was fair and on the money with his reporting.

Clergy here go to bat for crooked politicians

Help from a higher authority
Clergy here go to bat for crooked politicians

BY THE BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak had just caught a big break. After pleading guilty in a federal corruption case and facing the prospect of prison time, Vrdolyak listened as the judge in his case let him off with probation.

Afterward, Vrdolyak told reporters: "God is great."

Vrdolyak, a long-ago Catholic seminarian, had reason to think so. In the fall of 2008, he had pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with a real estate scheme with Stuart Levine, the politically well-connected businessman. Within weeks, several prominent religious figures -- including the Rev. George Clements, Bishop Larry Trotter of Sweet Holy Spirit Church and Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, the superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago -- had written letters to the judge, urging him to show compassion, even leniency, for Vrdolyak, a review of the letters filed with the court shows.

U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur appeared to be moved. He noted that there had been an outpouring of letters on Vrdolyak's behalf as he rejected prosecutors' call for a 3½-year prison term, instead sentencing him last year to five years of probation, a $50,000 fine and 2,500 hours of community service.

Though Vrdolyak famously feuded as a City Council leader with then-Mayor Harold Washington, Clements portrayed him in his letter as a man who had tried to ease racial tensions in Chicago, writing: "I was deeply impressed with his sincerity, honesty & integrity."

Trotter called him a "problem solver" and a mentor for his predominantly black South Side congregation and wrote: "Over the years, Ed Vrdolyak has shown himself to be a generous, giving and helpful man."

McCaughey noted that she knew a Vrdolyak son and granddaughter through their mutual connection to Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights and urged the judge to give great weight to the former alderman's admission of guilt: "Please let Ed Vrdolyak's admission mean something in a world of denial."

As things turned out, Vrdolyak might need to redouble his prayers. Earlier this year, a federal appeals court threw out his sentence and ordered a new sentencing hearing before a different judge. That's set to be heard by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in October. Vrdolyak's lawyers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to restore Shadur's sentence.

Vrdolyak is hardly the only politician-gone-wrong to turn to religious leaders for a character reference in court.

Another recent example: now-former Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase, who pleaded guilty after federal prosecutors charged him in a kickback scheme.

In a letter on his behalf to U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen, Sister Carole Le Claire recounted how Blase had once helped out with her request to get a tree removed, doing so "happily for a private citizen whom he has never met."

The Rev. Thomas May, pastor of St. John Brebeuf Church in the near north suburb, also wrote glowingly of Blase: "Although of the Greek Orthodox faith, Nick Blase has attended services here ... many times. I have always found him to be a very respectful and spiritual man."

Last January, Blase was sentenced to a year and a day in prison -- after two priests spoke up for him at his sentencing hearing.

University of Notre Dame Professor Richard Garnett specializes in religion, politics and the law. He says it's fairly commonplace for religious leaders to "vouch for" defendants and "share their opinions" about them through letters or testimony. It's a matter of perspective, according to Garnett, who says judges need to get a "full picture" of defendants before sentencing them, and that priests, ministers, rabbis and imams often can help provide that.

So how do forgiveness and redemption -- big components in the Judeo-Christian tradition -- fit in with the legal concept of justice?

"That's a huge question," says Garnett. But "secular criminal law tries to strike a balance between on one hand imposing just deserts ... while on the other hand leaving open the possibility of rehabilitation and restoration to the community.

"That's something we wrestle with in our law. It's not just a religious question."

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

Funny this news article doesn't say anything at all about all the CORRUPT POLITICIANS who also write letters on behalf of other politicians. The BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION rather attack the Catholic priests I guess....


Thanks to jimmtd for this submission.

I love the way when a black attacks a white person it's "MAYBE A HATE CRIME"

Acid Attack Maims Bethany Storro

There are some really sick and twisted people walking the streets of the world. What would someone be thinking to make them want to throw acid in someone’s face? That’s a lot of anger and hate.

Could you imagine pouring acid into a bottle or container and just arbitrarily walking up to some stranger and pouring acid into their face? Probably not. Those of us who have a conscience would never do that. It’s absolutely the work of a psychopath.

I hope this wasn’t a hate crime or racially motivated. Bethany’s assailant was a black woman. While she did not utter and racial epithets, one has to wonder if she singled out Bethany because she was white. I really hope that wasn’t the case at all.

Bethany Storro was just walking along minding her own business. She was happy as she was celebrating her new job when a stranger threw acid in her face. Instantly she could actually hear her skin burning.

Bethany Storro was celebrating her new job when a stranger approached her and asked, “Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?”

The attacker tossed a cup full of acid in Storro’s face. Her skin immediately began to sizzle.

The 28-year-old from Vancouver, Wash. spoke publicly for the first time since the vicious attack earlier this week in her hometown.

“It was the most painful thing ever,” she said from the hospital Thursday. “My heart stopped. It ripped through my clothing the instant it touched my shirt; I could feel it burning through my second layer of skin.”

Just prior to the attack, Storro was on cloud nine over her new job. As a treat, she bought herself a new pair of sunglasses.

The present turned out to be a lifesaver, protecting her from almost certain blindness if the acid had hit her eyes.

Storro described her attacker as a black woman in her late 20s wearing khaki pants and her hair in a ponytail.

“I have never, ever seen this girl in my entire life,” Storro said. “When I first saw her, she had this weirdness about her – like jealousy, rage.”

The surgeon who operated on Storro said the liquid was as strong as hydrochloric or sulfuric acid.

As police look for her attacker, Storro has one just one question: “Why?”

Did my attacker wake up in the morning and say I’m going to “carry some acid in a cup and throw it on the first person I see?” Storro asked.

Despite the severe damage to her face, Storro, who lost most of her hearing after two bouts of spinal meningitis as a child, was happy she could still see.

“I’m just so glad it’s a miracle.”

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

Unreal... and it's only a possible hate crime... I am sure the white person was randomly selected from a pool of diverse persons... and it only by chance that the victim was white... and the offender was black!

Thanks to Jaribear for this news submission.

Loyola University cop attacked in Rogers Park

Loyola University cop attacked in Rogers Park

Two men are in custody after allegedly beating a Loyola University police sergeant, sending him to a hospital early Sunday in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

About 3 a.m., the uniformed sergeant saw a battery in progress in the 6400 block of North Sheridan Road, Rogers Park District police Lt. Mark Amati said. The battery did not occur on school grounds.

“He intervened and two subjects attacked him. They beat him and kicked him,” Amati said.

The sergeant was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston but had been released as of 3 p.m., Amati said.

Charges are pending for the two young men who allegedly attacked him.

A Loyola University spokesperson was not immediately available for comment Sunday afternoon.

Belmont Area detectives are investigating.
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Detective Shavedlongcock:

Best wishes to the police Sergeant for a speedy and full recovery. Now charge the two suspect with a handful of felonies please.

Durham, NC - Illego Beanos & Black Violence is killing the city - Police officer shot and in another incident 10 shot in drive by - PART I

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Watch the above video - A residence next door to this incident says..."Everything was fine till the neighborhood chaged!" I wonder why?

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DURHAM — Ten people are wounded after a shooting in Durham.

It happened just after 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Police said two people are suffering serious injuries. George Broadie awoke to the gunshots.

"I just heard a lot, a lot of gunshots. It was real powerful, and I heard people screaming, people running," said Broadie.

Police said a vehicle pulled up to a house on Delano Street and those inside the vehicle started shooting.

"My heart was just trembling. There's no if's and's or but's about it, they could have turned around and started shooting towards my area if they would have seen me."

During their investigation, police closed off about four blocks and combed them for evidence.

Broadie said the incident has left the neighborhood asking why.

"This just really shocked and terrified us because me being sleeping hearing those gunshots,
I had no idea that it was somebody so close and that could have been us,
and I just thank God it wasn't," said Broadie.

Police say they do not yet know what led to the shooting. They ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200 This 10 person shot incident was probably just some Negro Non-Sense...

PART II On the problems in Durham, NC is posted below this posting

Durham, NC - Illego Beanos & Black Violence is killing the city - Police officer shot and in another incident 10 shot in drive by - PART II

Police Shootout in Durham, NC with Illego Beanos - Vice-Cop & suspect both shot

Durham, N.C. — A vice-squad officer and a suspect were injured in a shootout outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, 3703 Hillsborough Road, off Interstate 85, in Durham Wednesday evening, authorities said.

Gunfire erupted after the vice-squad officer tracked a couple of men to the restaurant's parking lot during a narcotics investigation at about 7:30 p.m., said Lt. Stan Harris, of the Durham County Sheriff's Office. Bullets struck vice-squad officer Morial S. Whitaker and suspect Olvin Alexander Aranda Hernandez, Harris said.

“One officer was struck in the foot,” Harris said.

Paramedics transported the victims to Duke University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Dozens of people were eating inside the restaurant at the time. None were injured.

“It was just something you see somewhere else besides here,” witness Tim Durham said.

Durham said he was standing across the street from where the shooting took place.

“I just heard a bunch of gunfire ... Everybody was running and shooting. It was crazy. It just happened so quick,” Durham said.

Hernandez, 24, of 1506 Bungalow Ave.; Victor Oscar Olguin-Bravo, 21, of 917 Virgie St.; and Richanel Sala Sala, 19, of 2816 Ross Road Apt. 10-G, were taken into custody and face drug trafficking charges. Authorities said they found 614 grams of cocaine on the men.

Hernandez is also expected to be charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by convicted felon, assault on a government official by firearm and armed in the terror of the public for firing a gun in the restaurant's parking lot.

Second officer-involved shooting in 24-hours in Durham

The Cracker Barrel incident made the second shooting involving a Durham law enforcement officer in 24 hours. A Durham man exchanged gunfire with police Tuesday night at Dearborn Drive and Ader Street.

Elliott Josiah Pierce, 26, of Durham, was a passenger in a car pulled over by police just after 10:30 p.m., police said.

Police said Pierce got out of the car and fired several shots at officers. Officers returned fire, hitting him in the abdomen and leg. The officers were not injured.

Pierce was being treated for his injuries Wednesday at Duke University Hospital.

He faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

Police found the car, a Nissan Altima, abandoned a short distance away, but were still searching for the driver and a second passenger.

As is standard procedure when a law enforcement officer fires a weapon, the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave with pay and the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) will investigate.

Anyone with information on either incident is asked to call 919-560-4440, ext. 29350 or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.

What's a Chicago Holiday Weekend Without a Police Shooting?

Off-duty Chicago police officer fires shots, foils robbery

Two suspects are in custody after an off-duty Chicago Police officer fired shots during an attempted robbery at a restaurant on the Northwest Side early Sunday.
The incident occurred at 1:37 a.m. at a restaurant in the 5100 block of West Fullerton Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan.The off-duty officer fired shots, but didn't strike anyone, according to the officer.
Two suspects were apprehended but no charges have been filed as of 9:45 a.m. according to Sullivan.
Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.
A spokesman for the Independent Police Review Authority was not available.
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Detective Shavedlongcock:

As always, thank the Lord the officer & innocent civilians are OK.... I will update as new information is publicly released.

Thanks again to Hank P for this submission!

Craigslist removes adult section under pressure - Prostitution to end across the counrty!

Craigslist Removes 'Adult Services' Section
Sheriff Dart: 'I'm Not Entirely Optimistic, Given Our Experiences With Them' - They once promised me a reach around and they never did it!

Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."

The move comes just over a week after a group of state attorneys general said there weren't enough protections against blocking potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution. It's not clear if the closure is permanent, and it appears to only affect ads in the United States.

The listings came under new scrutiny after the jailhouse suicide last month of a former medical student who was awaiting trial in the killing of a masseuse he met through Craigslist, a popular site that lets users post classified ads, often for free.

Craigslist's adult services section carried ads for everything from personal massages to a night's companionship, which critics say veered into prostitution.

"If today's action by Craigslist prompts other Web sites ... to respond to the public's demand to stop turning a blind eye to the devastation human trafficking causes, it will protect the lives of children and women in Illinois and across the country," Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, one of the state officials who legally targeted the site, said in a written statement issued Saturday.

But if Craigslist has left the adult services business for good, it won't likely diminish the online market for sex acts, said Steve Jones, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois in Chicago who has studied Internet culture.

The business will likely shift to other adult sites, perhaps based outside the United States. "I bet there are people today who are registering domain names and saying: 'Business opportunity for me,"' he said.

Some were skeptical of Craiglist's change, including Cook County Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in Illinois, who filed a lawsuit against the website last year.

"I hope they finally realized they had to do something to stop their website from being used to destroy the lives of so many abused young girls and women," Dart said in a statement on Saturday. "But I'm not entirely optimistic, given our experiences with them. We've spent three years urging them to do the right thing and they've always claimed they were doing nothing wrong."

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said in a May blog posting that the company's ads were no worse than those published by the alternative newspaper chain Village Voice Media. He cited one explicit ad which included the phrase: "anything goes $90."

Craigslist has been caught for years in a murky legal fight that centers on how much responsibility the company bears for its ads, said Jonathan Zittrain, professor of law and computer science at Harvard University.

Prosecutors can argue Craigslist is an "intermediary" to the crime of prostitution, Zittrain said, but such cases are hard to prove. He said prosecutors must essentially prove that Craigslist knew an ad was a solicitation for prostitution; ads on Craigslist are typically worded more vaguely.

Nonetheless, to avoid a legal showdown, the company has tried to keep "inappropriate activity" off its site by screening ads.

It's unclear if Craigslist felt the attorneys general had a good argument, or if it simply got tired of spending time on the issue. But saying adult services were "censored" rather than just removing could be seen as a message to prosecutors, Zittrain said.

"They don't like being pushed around," Zittrain said.

Like many other online forums, Craigslist typically does not review ads before they are posted by users. But in 2008, under pressure from 40 state attorneys general, Craigslist began requiring posters to provide a working phone number and pay a fee for placing an ad in what is now the adult services section. Several months later, Craigslist adopted a manual screening process in which postings are reviewed before publishing.

U.S. courts have repeatedly ruled that online service providers such as Craigslist aren't liable for postings made by their users, but because Craigslist now reviews those ads ahead of time, an argument could be made that the site is playing a more active role in the postings.

State officials believe Craigslist is still not doing enough to stop illegal ads from appearing. The company did not comment Saturday.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, one of the 17 attorneys general who pressed for the change, said in a statement that he welcomed the change and was trying to verify Craigslist's official policy going forward.

In an Aug. 24 letter, the state attorneys general said Craigslist should remove the section because it couldn't adequately block potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution and child trafficking.

Authorities point to the case of 24-year-old Philip Markoff as a prime example of the dangers posed by Craigslist services. The former medical student was accused of killing a masseuse he met through the hugely popular classified advertising site, which was founded by Craig Newmark. Markoff committed suicide in the Boston jail where he was awaiting trial.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

Ever since Sheriff "Toupee" Tom Dart ordered that 12 year old Asian boy with the sweet ass off Craigslist but a 31 year old big black Mandingo guy showed up... Dart has been pissed off at Craigslist... and understandably too...

Yes Tommy.... keep going after the whores as the CHA Project rats who got free suburban Section 8 housing are skyrocketing the murder, shooting and armed robbery rate! Your no Sheriff Bufford Pusser but you can walk tall now that you ended all prostitution in Cook County!

Thanks to the ever faithful viewer Hank P for this submission.

PS: In regards to the comment about www.thecountyguy.blogspot.com , this is the image he/she was talking about:

Ex-WWE star Luna Vachon dies at 48

Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Gertrude "Luna" Vachon died Friday morning in Florida at age 48.

The cause of death has not been determined. She was found dead at her mother's home, Vachon's friends and family reportedly told the website Canadian Online Explorer (CANOE). She was living with her mother because her home was damaged in a fire.

"World Wrestling Entertainment has been made aware of the passing of Gertrude (Luna) Vachon. WWE extends its deepest condolences to the Vachon family," WWE said in a statement.

"Ms. Vachon was under contract with WWE at various times from 1993 through 2000, and performed under the name 'Luna' Vachon. She last performed for WWE in early 2000."

Vachon, born in 1962, is part of a legendary Canadian pro wrestling family. Her father Paul "Butcher" Vachon, uncle Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon and aunt Vivian Vachon were all successful wrestlers.

Luna Vachon, nicknamed the "Daughter of Darkness," started her career in 1986 and was often known for her intimidating look — which often included shaving part of her head and wearing face paint — and her intense wrestling style. She retired from wrestling in 2007 and worked as a tow truck operator, according to CANOE.

Vachon had two sons and two granddaughters, according to the website.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

It does seem to appear many of these pro-wrestlers die one way or another way too young. Not sure if it is all the steroid use or what. But the large naturally overgrown wrestlers of the 1960's and 70's always seemed to last forever.... I wonder if she is going to donate those big beautiful eyes to science....yes, the eyes! LOL

Thanks to Detective Tom for this news story and the sticky pictures of Luna.

Once again ILLEGO BEANOS behind the crime

Sheriff: Cicero men nabbed with 2 kilos of cocaine

Two Cicero men have been hit with felony drug charges after allegedly trying to sell about 4½ pounds of cocaine to undercover Cook County sheriff's investigators, the sheriff's department said today.

Narcotics officers started investigating Juan Gonzalez, 55, and Julio Corral, 52, in mid-August after they got information about a drug-trafficking operation in Cicero, according to a statement from Sheriff Tom Dart's office.

Police believe Gonzalez and Corral were "mid-level operatives" in a larger drug organization. According to the statement, police arranged a meeting with Gonzalez at which they bought an ounce of powder cocaine. Later, the undercover officers negotiated with Gonzalez to buy two kilograms -- about 4.4 pounds -- of cocaine for $62,000, the sheriff's office said.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

Time after time the person caught with the large amount of narcotics are illegal aliens living here in the luxury of the sanctuary city of Chicago and state of Illinois... And how many of the Hispanic gang bangers who have killed or shot so many are either illegals or welfare anchor babies of illegals? But the elected officials from Illinois are working like dogs to lower crime as they roll out the sanctuary red carpet welcome walkway for all these illegal bastards....

Thanks to TKO K-9 COP and his fabulous furry friend for this submission!

Rumor is...... J-Fed GONE, Mike Master-Bater GONE and some other heads will be on the chopping block

Expect major changes in the Chicago police department just prior to Mayor Daley leaving for his free taxpayer's paid overseas vacation, Sept. 18-24 2010.

Possibly the day before the planned police march in order to down play the march.

South Loop Drug Bust - $191,380 in cash and 2 kilograms of heroin worth $200,000

Man arrested with heroin, cash
Chicago police narcotics unit officers working in the South Loop arrested a man with 2 kilograms of heroin and more than $190,000 in cash, police said tonight.
From left: Confiscated cash and heroin, and suspect James E. Pickett. (Chicago police handout photos)

On Friday the officers were working on the 2100 block of South Canal Street when they saw James E. Pickett, 45, engaged in what they suspected was narcotics-related activity, police said in a news release.

Officers stopped Pickett, of the 8600 block of South Damen Avenue, for investigation and called in a canine unit, eventually finding $191,380 in cash and 2 kilograms of heroin worth $200,000, police said.

Pickett was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. Pickett was due in court Saturday, but bail information was not available.

Multiple People Shot at Multiple Areas of the City of Chicago Tonight -

4 shot near South Side beach
Four people were shot near Rainbow Park Beach Saturday night on the South Side, police said.
Three men and one woman suffered non-life-threatening wounds, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Antoinette Ursitti.
Police and fire officials responded to a shooting near the intersection of 75th street and South Shore Drive around 9:30 p.m., Ursitti said.
The victims were at a barbecue in the park when three gunmen approached and started shooting, police said.
A 20-year-old man was shot in the lower back, a 39-year-old man was shot in the right side, a 34-year-old woman was wounded in the buttocks and an 18-year-old man was shot in the right arm, police said.
The first three victims were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were reported as stabilized, and the 18-year-old was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, police said.
No one was in custody late Saturday night and Calumet Area detectives were investigating.



2 Shot - Boy, man shot on Northwest Side
A 14-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were wounded in a shooting in the Northwest Side's Kelvin Park neighborhood late Saturday night, police said.
About 11:30 p.m. the two were wounded while on the 3000 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue, said Officer Amina Greer of Police News Affairs, citing preliminary information.
The boy was shot in the back and the man was shot in the shoulder, with both of the victims taken to unknown hospitals with what are believed to be non-life-threatening wounds, she said.
Police think the shooting possibly was gang-related, but Greer said that was based on very preliminary information and the investigation was ongoing.


2 teens wounded in South Side shooting
Two men, age 18 and 19, were shot and wounded late Saturday night in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.
The two were wounded about 11:40 p.m. while on the 300 block of East Garfield Boulevard, said Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer, citing preliminary information.
Conditions and hospital information was not immediately available, and circumstances of the shootings were still under investigation, she said.





2 men shot on Far South Side street
Two men were shot outside a convenience store in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side late this morning, police said.
A man in his 40s who suffered a gunshot wound to at least one leg was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center for treatment following the shooting in the 100 block of West 107th Street just before noon, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.
Another man was in good condition at Roseland Hospital with a graze wound to the back and a gunshot wound to one leg, Perez said.




Officials: Chicago boy dies 2 years after abuse
A 2-year-old boy who had been so severely abused just months after he was born that he was hospitalized since August 2008 died today from those injuries, officials said.
Alexander Pearson, who was born on May 15, 2008, was pronounced dead at 7:20 a.m. at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Alexander had been living at the Children's Habilitation Center, 121 W. 154th St. in Harvey, officials said. The facility is a long-term care facility for infants and children, according to the facility's Web site.
While an autopsy is scheduled for Sunday to determine a formal cause of death, officials from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services believe that the boy died from the abuse he sustained earlier, said Kendall Marlowe, a spokesman for the agency.

Marlowe said that DFCS officials took custody of the boy on Aug. 17, 2008, after they determined the boy had sustained injuries from being shaken.
"This child had been so severely injured that [he] had been in that placement ever since, and just now died from the long-term effects of those injuries," Marlowe said.
Marlowe said that while a DCFS investigation at the time concluded both the boy's mother and father had been responsible for the abuse, the boy's father confessed to the crime.
In August of 2008, the boy's father, Alexander Pearson Sr. of the 100 block of West 110th Street, was charged with aggravated battery in the case. According to a 2008 Chicago Tribune story, prosecutors said Pearson repeatedly shook the boy between June 24 and Aug. 17. They alleged that the incident caused multiple fractures to the boy's arms and ribs, and blunt trauma to his head.

Prosecutors said Pearson gave police a statement admitting he shook the child. The boy was on a respirator as of 2008 and at the time officials did not believe the boy would survive.
Updated court information on the father's case was not available tonight.

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

These were just some of the multiple shootings... there were also numerous shootings were only one person was shot....

It's another blood bath inner city Chicago weekend!

Mexico is pissed off over a cartoon an American cartoonist drew

US Cartoon of Mexican Flag Draws Ire

Lauren Frayer Contributor

An American cartoonist's rendition of the Mexican flag is causing controversy south of the border, where Mexicans say it's offensive to taint their national symbol with images of drug violence.

Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle's drawing, which ran on the front page of several Mexican newspapers this week, shows what's normally a regal-looking eagle at the center of Mexico's flag riddled with bullets and bleeding. It's a reference to the drug wars that have riled Mexico and left more than 28,000 people dead there in less than four years.

"Editorial cartoonists look for readily recognizable metaphors and that's an obvious one for Mexico," Cagle told CNN.

But some Mexicans say they're offended by the cartoon. Like the American flag, Mexico's banner is a national symbol under which many soldiers and civilians have given their lives. They say Cagle overstepped his creative license in this case.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL NEWS STORY

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Detective Shavedlongcock:

I guess these taco making grease balls in Mexico never saw the Detective Shavedlongcock blog... I have posted cartoons in the past that would have made Mexico double pissed off! Like this one, it's one of my favorites!

So our American artist may have stepped over the line? They say? I think the only thing getting stepped over is our GOD DAMN BORDER... by millions of pieces of shit from Mexico and beyond! I have seen these asshole illegals take down American flags and burn them... I have seen them murder our American citizens, I have seen their drunk asses run over and kill our American kids, I have seen these greasy illegals rape and rob our American women and so much more.... So if Mexico doesn't like our fucking cartoon... let them boycott America and stop coming here illegally!


Here let me leave you with another cartoon that should piss them off royally!

Thanks to Ray S, PonchoJoe and CFD01 for this submission.

I'm thinking about making T-Shirts and selling them at the police march - Let me know what you think please

This below image is the logo on the front of the proposed t-shirt

or possibly this back side:

This way officers can throw this shirt on and it will be seen by all the people watching the news. Leave mne your thoughts in the comment section please.... Thanks!




And these I may just hand out these t-shirts for free:

OK... Who's the joker who sent me this t-shirt?