August 2008
Chicago cop in Iowa prison while drunk is on the loose
John Kass August 3, 2008 Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis and Cook County State’s Atty. Dick Devine have asked Iowa Gov. Chet Culver for justice in the case of Chicago cop Mike Mette.”It just seems that it’s a miscarriage of justice,” Weis told me late last week after writing a letter to Culver. “I just want the governor to take a look at the case and maybe he’ll see the same things we saw. I just don’t think justice was served. The punishment doesn’t fit the crime.”If there was a crime.It doesn’t seem that it was a crime. Not in America. Maybe in some other country, but not here. When someone attacks you, you have the right …Read more […..]
Is Press Coverage Fair?
There was an officer involved shooting in my Town. The man who was shot was an illegal immigrant with a rap sheet and a permanent restraining order from the mother of his two children. She was in the car with him at the time of the shooting, has already hired a lawyer (2 days after the shooting,) and is demanding justice because he was a “good” man.I skipped all those facts in this essay because I hoped the media would print it if I did. They refused, arguing that they’re being responsible by not printing anything that could affect the outcome of an investigation or trial. They could be responsible by printing both sides, inflammatory …Read more […..]