(Officer) Meloni said detectives worked with the United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to trace the ownership back to Smith. Meloni would not provide an address for Smith but said he is a resident of Timber Trail.
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| The Deadly "Assault Bow and Arrow" as illustrated by John Rambo. |
"The result is very few crashes at any of our major intersections have been the result of traffic signal violations,"
Algonquin began red light camera enforcement program in October 2008. The program is seen by Village officials as an important step to improve the safety and flow of local traffic.
Village Manager William Ganek said the $30,000 in lost revenue is manageable -- and well worth continuing the program.
In Elk Grove Village, officials say the cameras have worked so well that they will deactivate them at Devon Avenue and Busse Road to see if they have changed driving habits. Recorded red-light violations in the village dropped to 9,500 for the first half of 2010, compared with 13,500 for the same period last year. Crashes at the monitored intersections are also down significantly -- nearly 70 percent at one intersection, Mayor Craig Johnson said.
In Libertyville, net revenues from photo-enforced red-light violations were projected at $462,000 this fiscal year , but after six months only $32,000 had been taken in. Police say there are two principal reasons for the decline: More drivers are obeying the traffic signals, and the village does not issue tickets for right turns on red.A statewide attempt to ban the cameras came from my own Dan Dufffy in the form of SB2466 which would have effectively made the cameras illegal for use by modifying the vehicle code.
"I'm very upset about it," said Eric Lauer of Mokena, whose son allegedly was sliced and stabbed by Matthew Moustis, the son of Will County Board Chairman Jim Moustis.
The incident happened July 15 in Frankfort Square in the south suburbs during a dispute over a girl. The Will County States Attorney's office charged Moustis with aggravated battery.
"There's lots of people who believe if they buy something online they have no tax obligation, and that's not true," said Mike Klemens, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Revenue. "If you buy something online and the retailer does not collect Illinois tax, then your obligation is to self-report that tax and pay it over to the Department of Revenue."Looks like Illinois is going to turn internet shoppers into "tax evaders". While that article paints a non-ominous light on the subject, the term "amnesty" implies after said "amnesty" ends, there will be war. This will likely be a doorbuster program brought to you by your overbearing Regular State Militiamen.
More than 1,200 times last year, residents of the South Chicago and Gresham police districts called 911, and there was no car available to respond.So a Chicago man thought really long, and really hard using his high quality Chicago schooling then deducted it was a good idea to get police to get the police to respond to a situation in his neighborhood by telling the 911 dispatcher there was an officer down there. Well of course they responded to that! Now that man will have to buy a lawyer for the appropriate misdemeanor of "making a false report" and also for the bullshit catch-all of "Disorderly Conduct" but this seems to be treating the symptom with a financial attack. The illness is frustration. People are frustrated that when they call for help, no one comes. The Tribune Staff writer never mentioned how trivial the caller's call was... however, the sun times did, it was because his dog, kept barking at the sewer. These are the types of people that want police protection.
The Northwest Herald reports: Brian Quilici, 38, a former police officer in the McHenry county community of Richmond, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of attempted official misconduct and attempted assault Friday in relation to a February 2005 beating of a handcuffed man outside a Fox Lake bar. An earlier felony conviction had been overturned by the appellate court.
James Formato said he joined the Berwyn Police Department in 1994 because it was a good job and he wanted to help people in his hometown. But not even a decade later, he was up to no good at all.
Testifying for the prosecution in the racketeering trial of alleged mob boss Michael "The Large Guy" Sarno, the 43-year old Formato said he frequently worked a bizarre double-shift as a cop and criminal from 2002 to 2004.
In 2002, Formato was a candidate for the department's officer of the year award
Houses that Formato visited on police calls during the day, he would burglarize by night. After morning roll call, he would sometimes be sent to the scenes of crimes the gang had pulled off. The home of one drug dealer was such a lucrative target that the crew robbed it repeatedly, once while posing as police officers. They nicknamed their victim "the ATM.
An executive of the Illinois Secretary of State's driver's license division surrendered to authorities Wednesdayafter allegations he gave information to identity thieves in exchange for gift cards and sports tickets.
Charles DiPrima, of Round Lake, was charged at the Lake County courthouse in Waukegan with three counts of conspiracy to commit identity theft, and he could face up to three years in prison if convicted, according to David Druker, spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White's office.
The police should only be used to file reports, attempting to use them as psychiatrists will almost always end up with the person you're trying to save getting injured.
He attempted to stab the officers when one of them tried to Taser him, police said. The second officer fired his weapon in defense, police said, striking the man who then fell to the floor.
"Their lawyers basically said the city was going to file for forfeiture," Kinnally said. "The judge asked on what basis. The lawyer said, 'We don't know,' and the judge said: 'This is America. Give it back.'"
The judge ordered the city to return the $190,040, along with a month's interest and costs. But Kinnally said that when he brought the order to Aurora, the city refused to turn over the cash, saying it planned to appeal the judge's order.
Police used a Taser to subdue Jose Martinez, 53, of the 800 block of Grand Avenue in Waukegan, while responding to a disturbance at Dave's Liquors, 2300 Grand Ave., at around 8 p.m. on May 29, police said.
Martinez went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, where he was pronounced dead at about 1:20 a.m. May 30, Lake County Coroner Richard Keller said.
"They tried resuscitating and they were unsuccessful," Keller said on Friday. He also said an autopsy showed that Martinez died of "existing heart disease" and that the Tasering is listed as a "contributing cause" in the death.Welcome to the new world where police can painfully shock you to death, are almost always held unaccountable, and you are forbidden by law to fight back. Just set your rights down on the doorstep when you come in.
"Hi Emily,
I was hoping to be able to clear up the writing on the 2nd Amendment, so you can understand it most clearly.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State..."
When the 2nd amendment was written, America had just won a war against a tyrannical state militia. While the crafters of the constitution knew state militias were necessary, they also knew they were dangerous to liberty and freedom, so the word "people" stands in contrast with the word "militia".
"...the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Had the crafters intended only state militia to have arms, they would have specified militia instead of people. But becase this amendment was intended to prevent being controlled by tyrannical state militia, the people must preserve the ability to fight any organized, or regular militia that oversteps its bounds, making it a fundamental right for defending freedom and liberty.
The language used was an older, efficient and elegant form of english, not commonly used today, and requires considerable time to understand because we're not used to it. Each amendment, was short, as opposed to our 2000 page laws of today. I hope this helps you understand the language, and I also hope you give it a chance and open your mind to many possibilities of the implications of that clarification."
Steven Kotlinski says he was sitting compliantly during a traffic stop early on New Year's Day when two Mundelein police officers pulled him from the car and shocked him five times with their Tasers.
Kotlinski, 54, said the officers inflicted "intense, paralyzing pain," and his lawyer filed a federal lawsuit against the police Tuesday, claiming they used excessive force without provocation. (Watch police video HERE.)
Then they gave her a "warning" for a city sticker violation... these truly are kind overlords.
after tests proved Jean Kotlinski had a blood alcohol level of 0.00 percent, she was not charged, the suit alleges.
An officer testified in court that Kotlinski pelted police with obscenities after the Tasering and said, according to court records, "'I hope I die. That way my wife and kids will become rich.'"
Joseph Ranzino, 49, of northwest suburban Marengo, allegedly walked up to a 43-year-old woman sitting on a barstool and “decked her,” police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez said.
• Education. Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in Illinois and documented costs of K-12 schooling, Illinoisans spend more than $3.1 billion annually on education for the children of illegal immigrants. This estimate does not include programs for limited English students, remedial educational programs or breakfast and lunch programs available to students from low-income families. An estimated 10 percent of the K-12 public school students in Illinois are children of illegal aliens.
• Health care. Taxpayer-funded, unreimbursed medical outlays for health care provided to the state’s illegal alien population amount to an estimated $340 million a year.
• Incarceration. The uncompensated cost of incarcerating deportable illegal aliens in Illinois state and local prisons amounts to about $55 million a year. This estimate includes only prison costs and not short-term or other detention costs, related law enforcement and judicial expenditures, or the monetary costs of the crimes that led to incarceration.The solution to that problem is easy, stop enforcing crimes with no victims! That means Illinois needs to reduce the police force, and stop conducting "Roadside Safety Checkpoints" and make victimless crimes unenforcable. Only then will I tolerate complaining about the $55 million a year it costs to deport, and detain immigrants.
"he was physically and psychologically tortured into confessing to a killing he didn't commit. ... Officers punched Hobbs and pushed him to the ground in the hours leading up to his confession"We're talking about a man who had very recently found out his daughter was dead. He was emotionally destroyed, and the Lake County Sheriff's department took full advantage of Hobb's grief. My personal run-ins with the Lake County Sheriff's police have left me feeling they are abusive of their power to a high degree. The system in Lake County is fundamentally broken, it can't be fixed, it must be uprooted and replaced. I am moving to escape this kind of horrible dead end, but eventually if people wish to be free they will have to make a stand against the judges, prosecutors and police of Lake County Illinois, and I can guarantee it will not be pretty. Hobbs has this to say about the Lake County system:
"I'm upset with the way the system runs in Lake County"
prosecutors knew about the DNA evidence as early as 2006
Critics say Michael Waller and his staff have ignored or played down genetic material when it points away from suspects in their cross hairs
“You don’t have the right of self-defense under that case even if the police officer is completely illegal and using way excessive force,” (John) Strait said.
“Even if you are unlawfully being arrested, you don’t have the right to use force against a cop,”Ironically, during the days of the founding fathers, if you were being unlawfully arrested you not only had the right to resist, you had the duty to resist.
Donnie Lewis, 57, was charged with one count of aggravated battery in a public way and aggravated battery to a private security officer, both considered felonies.
"If I put this [rifle] up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know."
A California man charged with threatening Mayor Daley has pleaded guilty.
Christopher Fox was accused of leaving Daley a threatening voice mail back in May.
He pleaded guilty to threatening a public official and has been sentenced to 18 months probation along with jail time already served.
"So, Daley apologized, and he is off the hook, but I am still in jail," said Fox, this past Friday. "I have no bus tickets, no plane ticket; I wasn't planning on going anywhere. I'm not a threat."My main point here, is the notion of being innocent until proven guilty is completely gone. This man sat in a jail 2000 miles from home the entire time he was supposed to be presumed innocent. He pled guilty, probably not because he actually threatened the mayor, the voicemails have not been released on that nor will they ever be released or more people will see the errors of the system, but because pleading guilty would allow him to go home.
The case stems from a 2005 arrest Haleas performed while two prosecutors were riding along with him. He allegedly failed to administer a field sobriety test to the suspect, but the prosecutors later noted that he wrote reports reflecting that he had performed the test. Following an internal investigation, the police department suspended Haleas for one day in July 2007 and in April 2008 he was indicted on the criminal charges.
In August 2009, Circuit Judge James Obbish dismissed the indictment after finding that the state's use of the internal police statement violated Haleas' Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and tainted the rest of the case against him.
The men left the bars and went to Kelly’s home, where the off-duty officer’s service weapon discharged while he was intoxicated, according to the suit.
The suit does not specify how the gun discharged, but does claim Kelly engaged in an unjustified argument and fight with LaPorta. It does not indicate when the argument and fight happened in relation to the gun discharging.
"I fear for my safety because he is a Lake County deputy, [carries] a gun, and feels he is superior when he is in his uniform," the girlfriend wrote. "I am afraid he will retaliate against me for seeking help to keep him from doing this to someone else."
It was my understanding that the 5th amendment required that these people be indicted of a crime, BEFORE the police should be allowed to KNOCK on doors (not kick them in) and confiscate items, AND even if the item is illegal, the seizure must be compensated.
His mother, he said, called him after the raid at the request of the supervising sergeant on the scene. When he got there, he said he was told the officers had raided the wrong home."When I arrived the officer explained they had misinformation, but said his job was over, and he was leaving. They left a copy of the warrant, but he absolved himself of any responsibility for the raid or the damage," Andrew Jakymec said.He estimated the damage to broken doors, locks and windows at up to $3,000.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against themI don't do drugs, I simply hate seeing people's lives ruined by a system that bets against human nature, then blames the drugs for ruining their lives, but absolves the courts who take all that person's money, and then some extra that they don't have, and gives them a criminal record that prevents them from landing most jobs... yes, the drugs walked up and stole those people's money, and filed the paperwork necessary to convict him... Our courts did all that, the drugs were just an excuse to get that person there.
"The shootings started Tuesday morning when a gunman walked into a burned-out home being rehabbed near rural Beecher and opened fire, killing worker Rolando Alonso, 45, and seriously wounding Josh Garza, 19. A 19-year-old co-worker escaped into a cornfield and called 911, police said.
About 40 minutes later, Keith Dahl, 64, was checking the bean fields on his property near Lowell, Ind., when he spotted a pickup truck approaching on the dirt road from the opposite direction, said his brother Robert Dahl. The two pickups stopped alongside each other, and the other man asked Keith Dahl about the possibility of storing honeybees on his property, then wrote down a name and phone number on a slip of paper, Robert Dahl said.
As Keith Dahl went to put the note in his center console, the man opened fire. Dahl played dead while the man wrestled Dahl's wallet away, taking about $60, and then shot him again, Robert Dahl said.
"Keith said he was holding his breath and not trying to breathe," said Robert Dahl. As blood poured from his wounds, Dahl drove to the nearest paved road and called 911."
"The oath keepers are crazy! The military oath of enlistment is to Obama" -Che Guevera (communist)Look at this peach:
"You're not 1770' revolutionary's preventing "socialism", you're racist terrorists subverting democracy! The 2nd Amendment states that you have the right to bear arms in a WELL REGULATED MILITIA. Do you hill billys know what WELL REGULATED means?? """"WELL REGULATED""" These cracker militias have deluded themselves into thinking they're fighting tyranny, when in fact they represent it.
Soon you white boys will know all about being " WELL REGULATED " after the mid terms." - Red Blade (Chicago)
"It is amazing how gun right freaks misread the 2nd Amendment, yes it states no infringement on the right to bear arms. The part before that is what they ignore, a well regulated militia being necessary for the security of the state. " - Rainbowbobby
"It's not about hate, it's about freedom and justice for the Black Man." -HotepScariest one of them all right here:
"Understand this white man, the socialist transformation of society is at hand and there is nothing you or any other whitey can do about it. It is you and your kind that are the haters, the destroyers. You are the real enemy and its you and your kind that must be destroyed." -ElmuertomonkeyDoes everybody see now more clearly that socialism isn't about fixing society? It's about controlling you and the eradication of all dissenting opinions!
My recommendation is for enough outraged community members to pull in an outside trash collection company, and pay them instead.
Trash carts containing more than 10 percent recyclable material could lead to a $100 fine, according to Waste Collection Commissioner Ronnie Owens. Recyclables include glass, metal cans, plastic bottles, paper and cardboard.
Regardless, if the rating system is to make any sense at all, a candidate with an "A" should get an endorsement if their rival's grade is inferior.
(725 ILCS 5/107‑14)(from Ch. 38, par. 107‑14)The first major problem I have with this is the lack of any definition to the word "reasonable". What exactly is a "reasonable period of time"? The second time "reasonable" shows it's unreasonable head is when an officer "reasonably infers" that someone is about to commit an offense. This law assumes clairvoyant abilities on normal law enforcement officials.
Sec. 107‑14. Temporary questioning without arrest.
A peace officer, after having identified himself as a peace officer, may stop any person in a public place for a reasonable period of time when the officer reasonably infers from the circumstances that the person is committing, is about to commit or has committed an offense as defined in Section 102‑‑15 of this Code, and may demand the name and address of the person and an explanation of his actions. Such detention and temporary questioning will be conducted in the vicinity of where the person was stopped.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 218.)
"support the constitution of the United States"
...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
In both his opening and closing statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney James Cutchin of Carmi told the jury the entire case against Martin would be about "greed, arrogance and abuse of power." The jury rejected defense attorney John O'Gara's argument that Martin was the victim of a series of unreliable witnesses — many of them convicted felons and alleged drug dealers themselves.
Jurors also were shown a series of aerial surveillance videos taken by Illinois State Police detectives that showed Martin handing over bags of marijuana to Potts. The video also showed Martin made those transactions while in uniform and while driving his county-issued vehicle.
"The minute he was found guilty, he was stripped of being sheriff," said acting Sheriff Shannon Bradley.
"His pay stops immediately, and there will be a special county board meeting soon to elevate me to the position of sheriff."
| .45 ACP | |||
| Product | qty | cost | cost per bullet |
| Alliant Unique | 4 | $59.99 | $0.01 |
| Starline 45 brass | 100 | $17.49 | $0.04 |
| CCI large pistol primers | 1000 | $30.99 | $0.03 |
| Ranier Copper plated 45 bullets | 1000 | $107.99 | $0.11 |
| Total | $0.20 | ||
| Analysis | |||
| .45 bullets (cheap) | 50 | $18.19 | $0.36 |
| .45 bullets (expensive) | 25 | $22.19 | $0.89 |
| Average | $0.63 | ||
| Expected savings per round | $0.43 | ||
| .308 Win | |||
| Product | qty | cost | cost per bullet |
| IMR 4064 | 8 | $153.99 | $0.12 |
| Winchester Brass | 50 | $16.99 | $0.07 |
| Winchester Bullets | 500 | $103.99 | $0.21 |
| CCI Large Rifle Primers | 1000 | $30.99 | $0.03 |
| Total | $0.43 | ||
| Analysis | |||
| .308 bullets (cheap brass) | 20 | $13.89 | $0.69 |
| .308 bullets (expensive) | 20 | $32.75 | $1.64 |
| Average | $1.17 | ||
| Expected savings per round | $0.74 | ||
| Necessary Reloading Supplies | |||
| Lyman T-mag Turret Press | 1 | $147.00 | |
| RCBS powder measure | 1 | $69.99 | |
| electronic Powder Scale | 1 | $39.99 | |
| Lyman universal with pilots | 1 | $89.99 | |
| RCBS hand primer | 1 | $47.99 | |
| Vernier Caliper | 1 | $29.99 | |
| Die set for each caliber | 1 | $34.99 | |
| lyman case sizing lube | 1 | $5.09 | |
| Total | $465.03 | ||
Aleksander Jozet Bozek, 18, of 26360 W. Bond Ave., Antioch, was charged with disorderly conduct Aug. 22 in the 400 block of Birchwood. He was also cited for obstructing a peace officer and resisting a peace officer. He was released on a personal recognizance bond pending a Sept. 13 court date
(720 ILCS 5/26‑1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26‑1) Sec. 26‑1. Elements of the Offense. (a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he knowingly: (1) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to
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Dear Officer Andrews,
I sympathize with your frustrations, and am glad to see you using your
right to speak up about them! I have some things to say that I don't
know if you'll like hearing, but I know the solution for Chicago:
If the police didn't force citizens to depend on the Police, people
would be able to defend themselves, having a naturally reducing effect
on violent crime, thus reducing the stress and danger for the Police.
The Police just don't trust normal citizens, and it shows. Why are
LEO's the "only ones" who are allowed to carry a weapon to defend
themselves in an admittedly dangerous area? Is it because they're
better than us? More trustworthy than us? If they're better trained to
use the simple point and click interface of a modern firearm, why is
that training not available to citizens? Why do the police insist that
citizens will only appreciate them once we've been victimized? I mean,
it's not like LEO's would be in close enough proximity to stop it. If
a citizen was attacked and had a small amount of marijuana on them,
what do you think an average cop would be more interested in...
investigating the attack, or ruining that citizen's life in some
self-righteous war on drugs? Doesn't that make citizens twice to three
times the victim?
You know, even if you haven't, others in your department have treated
citizens in an unconstitutionally sound way, even if it's backed up by
the supreme court, it can still be unconstitutional. Next time you
search someone's car, think about what would happen to you if you
searched Thomas Jefferson's Carriage in the same manner. Next time
you charge someone with with a felony level Aggravated Unlawful Use of
a Weapon for transporting a gun incorrectly, think about which part of
that person's right to keep and bear arms you are infringing, then
look up perjury to see what crime you just committed. Next time you
think you're the only one trained enough to defend yourself with a
firearms... quit. No one's forcing you to get paid to be a member of
a class of individuals to which laws don't really count (as evidenced
recently by John Killackey), you can quit, and be an engineer,
business owner, pilot, professional motorcycle driver, truck driver...
ANYTHING else.
The Citizens already know that when seconds count, the Police are just
minutes away, and the Police would rather a citizen be dead holding a
phone, than alive with a firearm... because they're the only one's
enough to handle protecting you.
I apologize if that sounded harsh, it is has honest as I can be. You
can't help a city that won't trust the people that live there to do
the right thing with the rights granted to them with the US
constitution. If you're like me and believe there's more good people
in the world than bad, you would be unafraid. If you think there are
more bad people than good ones, then you really don't need to be in
Law enforcement.
Take care, and hang in there,
-Brent
You assume much that you don't know. Your paradigm is skewed. LoL.
There is a difference between those who make laws and those that enforce them.
Think deeper!
Cheers!
John Andrews (Sent via BlackBerry)
Thank you for your insight Officer Andrews,
As a fellow motorcycle rider, would you be willing to talk to me about
what I don't know, better yet, ride with me, and share your insight?
To respond to what you stated, there is a difference between those who
make laws, and those who enforce them. I understand this, but the
lawmakers are not arresting people, they're simply passing laws that
enable it. Every police officer who takes the Illinois state oath
pledged to support the U.S. Constitution, and the state constitutions
and they should know where the line is, and which laws cross it. Or
has that oath become more formality in which those who take it do not
fully grasp the meaning of what they are saying or doing? Believe
me, I want more than anything to be on your side, as long as you and
others in your uniform want to be on mine. I am not just a jerk
behind a keyboard, I will meet with you, and have friendly
conversation, hell, I'll even buy you lunch if for nothing else than
your bravery to speak out about the issues with your department... that
deserves a lunch on me!
Take care, and have a safe and good night,
-Brent
When you have 12-13 thousand people you are going to have some issues. They could be park workers, postal workers, ,teachers, etc.. The real isssue here is the lack of leadership and direction in the CPD. The shootings are up and that is due to lack of faith that the officers in the street have in their superiors. These thugs that are taking over our streets and killing people need to be dealt with in a different way than family Joe or Jane. You will not appreciate the police until you are a victim and need them!
If the police didn't force citizens to depend on them, people would be able to defend themselves, having a naturally reducing effect on violent crime, thus reducing the stress and danger for the police. The police just don't trust normal citizens, and it shows. Why are they the "only ones" who are allowed to carry a weapon to defend themselves in an admittedly dangerous area? Is it because they're better than you? More trustworthy than you? If they're better trained to use the simple point and click interface of a modern firearm, why is that training not available to citizens? Why do the police insist that you will only appreciate them once you've been victimized? I mean, it's not like they were around to stop it. If you were attacked and had a small amount of marijuana on you, what do you think they'd be more interested in... investigating the attack, or ruining your life in their self-righteous war on drugs? Doesn't that make you twice to three times the victim?
Just remember, when seconds count, the police are just minutes away, and they would rather you be holding a phone, than a firearm... because they're the only one'senough to handle protecting you.
