Rumor Explained

About a year ago, maybe more, there was a rumor appearing in the comment sections about coppers being subpoenaed to Milwaukee to appear at a Federal Grand Jury. This was assumed to be some involved investigation that was too hot to be handled by a Chicago Grand Jury seeing as how corrupt this town is.

Today, this would appear to have been the source of all those rumors:

• A veteran Chicago police officer has been indicted on a federal civil rights charge for allegedly striking and injuring a suspect under arrest, federal authorities said today.

Comments have been appearing on and off all day here about how the officer struck an individual going for a pistol while involved in an undercover sting operation and how OPS had already closed this case. We don't know any of the details, though we assume a largish number of them will be revealed in upcoming days and weeks. They won't be appearing in our comment sections from this point forward.

We would remind everyone to be circumspect in any actions that fall in the gray areas of policing. You do not want to be in that position in this day and age.