When Half-wits Attack

It's almost too easy to slap them around. In the "The Specter of Burge Again" post, this inane rambling appears:

• That is the problem SCC. The fact that you idiots did not cut that loser lose as soon as the allegations started piling up is "YOUR" fault. If you would have immediately dismissed Burge there would be no possibility of other "assholes" lying about what Burge may or may not have done to him. Keeping him employed for two decades after allegations came up within a few years of his employment starting was a serious mistake. You then empowered guys that are seeking a way out of their problems to blame Burge and his men. The simple fact is there is no credible evidence that Burge or him men did not do what is alleged. However, if the CPD & FOP got rid of him as soon as it was known that Burge was problem there would not be any way to use Burge as an escape hatch.
  

First up, Burge was gone when some of us got here. The ones that were here already didn't have anything to do with the command staff or the appointing of command staffs. You think this place is run like a democracy and we get to vote on our bosses? You're an idiot. And this quote from you is a real winner:

• The simple fact is there is no credible evidence that Burge or him men did not do what is alleged.

And there's even less evidence that Burge or his men did any of what is alleged. Where the fuck did you wake up this morning? Burge is guilty because some scumbag lawyer and his client who should have been drowned at birth say so? Burge enjoys the same presumption of innocence that the scum of the earth you're defending does. No one ever found a "black box" - the PLO created it out of spare parts. No one ever found a typewriter cover with any defendants blood, spit, sweat or DNA on it. No clubs, gloves, saps, etc. have been confiscated, tested or inventoried. Your entire comment is based on a fiction.

• Maybe one time you should talk about who benefited from Burge's continued employment with the CPD. The powers, you know, the guys not in blue that benefited from having Burge close all those heater cases so they could tell the nice white voters that they are fighting crime. You rail against them everyday but fail to make the connection to Burge and instead point blame at people that are either true victims or are manipulating a situation that was not of their making, but the making of the powers that continued to make sure Burge stayed on the street.

Who benefited? Daley? The PLO? Pay-to play in kind contributions? You've got this giant conspiracy based on the words of felons. Convicted felons. Convicted of crimes long before Burge got a hold of them for murders that they most likely committed. Burge wasn't snatching altar boys off the street or rousting grandma on the corner. His guys were looking at low life pieces of human garbage that moved in circles far removed from polite society. The only "true victims" here were the dead people, whom you seem to have forgotten.

• If you want to have credibility start making connections between clout, horribly abusive cops, and the powers that benefit from these assholes staying on the job doing what they are doing. You think it is a coincidence that "special units" almost always end up going off the reservation and that their sponsors, the people that truly benefit are never taken to task for allowing it to happen.

You don't get a gold star on this job without being heavy. And once again, you're assuming we have input into a system we didn't create and had nothing to do with perpetuating. Would you care to back up that statement about "special units?" We'll dismiss it out of hand since it's beyond inane.

• Have one blog about who most benefited from Burge's rein of terror?
  
  Have another one about why 16 years after his termination for at least one brutal interrogation the FOP is still funding his defense when those paying for it continue to deal with the repercussions of what that asshole did?
  
  Your all about patrol/beat officers then explain why current officers are paying for the defense of a criminal? Someone you all would arrest on a daily basis for his actions. At least one of the allegations has to true, that is enough to put him away.
  
  Have some dignity and class and dear to address the issues brought up here.

The FOP paying for Burge's defense has been explained in a number of comment sections. As to your stating that "At least one of the allegations has to [be] true, that is enough to put him away" where is the proof of that? Throw enough shit at the wall and see what sticks? The system doesn't work that way. You have to prove each and every allegation. Beyond a reasonable doubt for criminal cases, preponderance of the evidence for a civil trial. You've done neither. Neither has the State, the plaintiffs or anyone involved.

So thanks for playing. Perhaps one day you will grow a brain and actually attempt to understand the law you so cavalierly disregard in your quest for assigning blame. Asshat.