The Official Chicago Discussion Thread

[Vandelay]

IMO, I think that the Tyre Nichols situation showed that the 'felony cops' (aka cops 'trained' to handle tough situations) is typically a terrible idea that leads to terrible policing.

From my perspective, regardless of how you split the existing police force, at the end of the day the only approach they have is be able to lock up people when they do something wrong. If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

The purpose of a social worker is to try to deescalate but also work to reach a resolution so that ideally they interact less w/ the police over time.

Somewhat related, but I think that they should be hired outside of the police force. We couldn't even trust the police review board w/ the Laquan McDonald case so I doubt social workers would be as neutral/effective if they were recruited by the CPD

I'll have to do some more digging into that specific unit and units like it. Thanks for the call out.

 

[Macallik86]

Illinois Policy Institute - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is a libertarian nonprofit think tank with offices in Chicago and Springfield. Founded in 2002, it is active in the areas of education policy, pension policy, and state budget issues.[2] IPI advocates for smaller government and lower taxes.[3][4] It has an affiliated lobbying arm and legal arm.[3] IPI is a member of the State Policy Network, a consortium of free-market think tanks in the U.S.[5]

Aka it's a Republican mouth-piece


Anyways, the debate was today, hopefully they put the entire thing on YouTube so that I can listen to it in the background tomorrow

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

 

[Wildhundreds]

Not a good look for Brandon.

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Even without the cop being shot etc, Vallas was going to win in a landslide. Johnson is the candidate of Logan Square liberals and the CTU. Black voters, especially the ones who supported Lightfoot don’t even really identify with that strain of liberalism. Vallas is going to get 80% of the Hispanic vote and probably 2/3 of the Black vote.

 

[Macallik86]

Straight wildin

Man claims Nazi swastika flags in Chicago apartment windows is to bring attention to missing fiance

Neighbors in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood are distressed over Nazi flags flying in the window of an apartment.

abc7chicago.com

 

[White City Black]

They somewhat lighting him up in the comments, but Ja’Mal has a bunch of follow up posts explaining why he went with Vallas instead of Johnson

 

[@OffHalsted]

nikka been scamming since 2009

 

[jwinfield]

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

So nikkas really gonna bang it out with the police on Lake Shore Drive?


Job sent everyone a email telling us to shelter in place if we were on Museum Campus.


It ain’t even hot yet

 

[@OffHalsted]

Never seen a Walmart lose a license before

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Never seen a Walmart lose a license before

Lmmfao

Work bout to be real light for me tomorrow on the 4

 

[Macallik86]

Never seen a Walmart lose a license before

Damn I shop there

 

[Who Not How]

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

And he’s done