Brickbat: The Chicago Code

The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $90 million settlement to resolve 176 lawsuits brought by 180 people who were wrongfully convicted and collectively spent nearly 200 years behind bars. The misconduct stemmed from former police Sgt. Ronald Watts. For nearly a decade, Watts ran a special unit within the Chicago Police Department accused of planting drugs, falsifying police reports, and coercing residents of public housing to pay bribes to avoid false drug charges.

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[Uncle Jay]

"For nearly a decade, Watts ran a special unit within the Chicago Police Department accused of planting drugs, falsifying police reports, and coercing residents of public housing to pay bribes to avoid false drug charges."

It's the "Chicago way" of fighting crime.
No wonder the Windy City has such a high murder rate.

[AT]

Get rid of the drugs. Cops can't plant drugs when they've been taken off the streets and all their peddlers and distributors have been thrown in jail for life.

[Fist of Etiquette]

LESSON LEARNED

[Chumby]

Hopefully WindyCityBarista is ok.