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Chicago under siege!

As an added bonus, it shows J-Fled reacting to the nearby gunfire, giving lie to the various statements coming out of HQ that the shooting was ten minutes old by the time J-Fled saddled up to head out of Dodge:



We'd just like to point out a few more inanities in the HQ spin job:

• Instead, the superintendent returned to police headquarters, where he picked up his gear and hit the streets for stops at three police districts on the South and West Sides.

So J-Fed was on the street with no gun, no handcuffs, no OC and no vest? Any or all of those are a violation of a number of Rules or Orders and should result in a sustained violation being entered into the disciplinary record.

And here's a brilliant bit of reporting by Fran Spielman:

• Ilana Rosenzweig, executive director of the Independent Police Review Authority, confirmed that a complaint was filed accusing Weis of “failure to take appropriate police action.”

  Since IPRA’s jurisdiction is limited to domestic violence, excessive force and verbal abuse allegations against police officers, the complaint has been referred to Inspector General Joe Ferguson.

  “That’s the protocol in place for a complaint against the superintendent that does not fall under our jurisdiction,” Rosenzweig said.

  Last year, IPRA recommended a written reprimand against Weis for making a statement in a TV interview that appeared to support Barack Obama’s candidacy for president.

So IPRA only investigates domestic violence, excessive force and verbal abuse, yet it sustained a reprimand against J-Fled just last year for making political hay in uniform? Which is it? Evidently, it's getting hard to tell the lies from the truth downtown.

And finally, from our comment section:

• The department says the complaint is absurd! Yeah i call bullshit and this won't even be investigated. It's already been classified as " Unfounded" by I.P.R.A. Call F.O.P. and they will confirm this. That was the fasted finding of unfounded on any complaint in CPD history!

Actually, this is only the second fastest finding of unfounded in CPD history. The record is still held by the Bartender Bea Cuello investigation of guns and drugs found in her condo. That one was unfounded in under 6 hours.