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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Yeah, let's be clear about something. You obviously don't know what you are talking about. The relevant Chicagoans I talked to are Chicago police officers and supervisors. And before you jump to any more improper conclusions, they suspect this guy was treated favorably and improperly. You are simply wrong. Could this be because the only time you've seen anyone involved in a traffic accident in Chicago is because they've been charged? Your sample population is wrong.
Mandatory breath testing and court orders? You might want to check on that again. Puhleeze. This is Chicago. So the "special treatment" thing vis a vis violation of orders doesn't fly. But, like I said, it appears there is some reason or other that Devine's office approved charges. And I suspect its because the guy refused to blow, which is a violation of his own orders (police aren't supposed to refuse to blow, period, and still keep their jobs). If not that, I'm not sure why Devine would step out on this limb, given that it embarrasses his buddy (in both your eyes and mine). Anyway, my basic point in your quote is still valid. Problem with the arresting officers? Take it up with them, but don't take it out on OJ.
And I can't recall any time that somebody actually did ten years for manslaughter for hitting a pedestrian in Chicago, though I'd imagine its happened. Christ, I'm not sure that anybody gets sentenced to that even if they've truly fled, which is a pretty common occurence.
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You are so misguided it's hilarious. Your contacts are members of the Chicaco Police Department, and even they agree that he was treated with favoritism. Do you have any concept of how wrong and illegal someone has to act before CPD admits that one of their own did something wrong.
Let me refresh your memory as to Illinois law. It applies in Chicago (which is part of Illinois), and it is definitely applied to anyone who is a minority, a professional, a white guy who doesn't bribe the arresting officer or a woman who won't agree to blow the arresting officer.
Refusing to consent to a breath test while driving in the State of Illinois, where probable cause exists for such a breath test, is, in and of itself, a violation of law. Refusing to consent to a breath test also carries with it the same consequences as driving drunk. In serious and fatal traffic accidents, court orders to compel breath and blood tests (with force, if necessary) are common.
I will look for common sentences for people who kill pedestrians while driving drunk, but I don't think 5-10 years is at all uncommon. If a white girl in the Gold Coast was killed by a drunk Cabrini Green resident, you can be sure that a significant prison sentence would follow. The offender would probably also get the shit beat out of him on the way to wherever he was going.
It doesn't matter if the arresting officers just treated the guy well instead of handcuffing him and bashing his head, like they probably would have done to a brother. He killed someone because he was driving drunk. There's no evidence of that because the rules and law were violated, so the CPD managed to protect one of their own, yet again. He's doing a little prison instead of a lot.
Don't kid yourself. The Chicago Police Department trails only the New Orleans Police Department as the most criminal police department in the country. CPD officers being charged with major crimes is a relatively common occurence. I don't even want to know how many more were covered up or ignored.
