drunk off duty cops beats barmaid

[IntenseOperator]

Hey IO wasn't this in Chicago?? Never heard the bar's name though.

Jesse's Shortstop Inn
5425 W Belmont

I think it's a short distance from Belmont and Central. Basically a heavy Polish neighborhood. Surprisingly I've never been there. A friend of mine has played pool out of there for years. I doubt it's a rough place knowing him and his wife. He told me one of the most surprising things is that the cameras even worked. All the regulars thought they were inactive. To add to the story, there's a chance another cop is in trouble because he may have tried to get the bartender to back of the situation after the dust had settled.

I know many another bar owner. She might be lucky there wasn't a number of hard core drinking cops there. They may have really "tuned her up", tore out any cameras and then backed each other up.

 

[The Sponge]

Jesse's Shortstop Inn
5425 W Belmont

I think it's a short distance from Belmont and Central. Basically a heavy Polish neighborhood. Surprisingly I've never been there. A friend of mine has played pool out of there for years. I doubt it's a rough place knowing him and his wife. He told me one of the most surprising things is that the cameras even worked. All the regulars thought they were inactive. To add to the story, there's a chance another cop is in trouble because he may have tried to get the bartender to back of the situation after the dust had settled.

I know many another bar owner. She might be lucky there wasn't a number of hard core drinking cops there. They may have really "tuned her up", tore out any cameras and then backed each other up.

With the cops around my neck of the woods i would have helped the girl and there would have been no cameras and i would still be in jail getting a daily beating. These type of cops are all over the country. Just think they are above the law and they lie in court like its nothing. The sad part is the juries believe these cops. Kinda like doctors. They mess up and the coverup begins. What can you do? then you have your good cops but they get so pressured to lie or there job gets taken away from them. I'll never jump in a fight again. some juries will believe cops even if there is film available.

 

[Snafu]

same shit around the world

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/03/22/headlines/headlines_30029973.php


:nooo:

 

[3 Seconds]

I'd trust some thug ganster, before I trusted most cops. :shrug:

 

[IntenseOperator]

Seeing as how much the forum gopher loves this thread, I thought I'd update things.

The head of police, Phil Cline, has decided to resign. The mayor said that he's been planning on leaving for a year now and the resignation just happens to come after the two beating events (yeah right). A couple other things that of course had npthing to do with his resignation.....The Mayor, Tricky Dick, I believe was out of town until recently. Also, Phil went on a number of media outlets trying to show some control over the situation and I guess he stated that he would like to take a bat to the cop in the bar. Not good. Also, the cop was charged with a misdemeanor which seems a little mild for what he did. Phil publicly stated that the States Attorney had gone along with this decision. The States Attorney said they did not. Not good. The cops also protected this thug at the initial hearings from the cameras and ticketed media vehicles. They blocked alleys and let him in back doors etc to limit his exposure. Not good.

As per usual, our fearless leader stays as clean as a whistle. Even though the tape has been shown around the world, Tricky Dick does not feel it will have any bad influence on the image of Chicago around the world.:142smilie

Well, the cops certainly stick together.

 

[IntenseOperator]

Don't mean to beat a topic to death (yuk yuk), but thought maybe some including the forum gopher would be interested in this breaking addition to the story. Things seem to run in the family.

Abbate's brother involved in another taped bar fight:mj07:

April 3, 2007
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter

The brother of the Chicago Police officer accused of brutally beating a female bartender is at the center of a third videotaped barroom brawl involving off-duty officers, sources said Monday.

Terry M. Abbate, a 12-year veteran officer, is accused of fighting with an off-duty police officer from Washington, D.C., who was in Chicago celebrating St. Patrick's Day.

The incident occurred at a downtown bar on Hubbard during the early morning hours of March 18. A videotape reportedly shows one of the two officers on the ground. Both officers later are seen walking away.

Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the D.C. officer waited 10 days before filing a complaint with the department's Office of Professional Standards.

OPS and the Cook County state's attorney's office interviewed the complaining officer last Thursday and obtained a copy of the videotape that same day, thanks to a new expedited review policy put in place by retiring Police Supt. Phil Cline after the bartender incident involving Anthony Abbate.

"We are awaiting the decision from the state's attorney's office to determine whether criminal charges are applicable," Bond said. Other law enforcement sources indicated that criminal charges were unlikely.

Bond refused to identify the off-duty Chicago Police officer. Other sources confirmed it was Terry M. Abbate.

He could not be reached. He remains on active duty pending the outcome of the state's attorney's investigation.

The department is moving to fire Anthony Abbate because of the Feb. 19 bartender beating, video images of which were replayed around the world.

An unrelated videotaped barroom brawl involving other officers occurred Dec. 15 in the West Loop.

Fraternal Order of Police President Mark Donahue was disheartened to learn of the third incident. "I have faith that most people realize that it's a minute percentage of members of this department who are acting badly," he said.

 

[AR182]

Well, the cops certainly stick together.

it's like that all over...