Once again, a Cook County jury stuns and amazes onlookers:
A not guilty verdict on all counts!
Every officer in that courtroom was blown away. Every States Attorney was blown away. The pro- defense judge was blown away when she read the verdict.
The cop shooter admits to buying the gun off the street for 100dollars, shooting the gun numerous times, impeached himself countless times and was found not guilty. He goes free by a cook county jury. In my 19 years on this job I have never seen anything like this. He is a self admitted GD who will be free tonight. This is insanity.
We are flabbergasted.
DETECTIVE SHAVEDLONGCOCK TOTALLY AGREES WITH SCC... THIS VERDICT IS AWFUL!
Shaved:
I sent to SCC via E-mail but could not recall your E-mail address.
Can you post this please? Feel free to remove or edit anything.
SCC- I have written to you in the past about getting information out about Saint Baldrick's events in Area 2 and your help in getting the word out, even when there is short notice like this, has proven to be invaluable.
So I am coming to you again to see if you could please make a thread/post about a court case that will be concluding tomorrow at 26th and California in Room 203. You could close the comments if you'd like, I really do not care and I am not looking to pass blame to anyone, but I would just like the court information to get out. "The Blog" is the best way to reach the most people with information in such a short notice.
Two years ago two of my teammates, Scott McKena and Danny O'Toole were shot while executing a Search Warrant in the 5th District. Kenneth Green, the offender who shot both of my teammates has been in court all week with all of his family and with many of his "friends". Many of these same "friends" also belong to a certain south side "organization" (gang) that Green belongs to. These same "friends" spent one day at the trial "mean muggin" and uttering things under their breath about the lone civilian witness who came forward to help the police in this case. It took a lot for this witness to show up knowing that this particular organization is all around the witness' business and that they now know who he is. Most of us know how being a 'snitch" in the ghetto goes over with these organizations.
Sadly, the offender has had more outside support than my two teammates. Outside of two of our teammates who were allowed to sit in on the trial and one officer's wife, there have only been maybe one or two P/O's stop in during the trial. Again, I am not, and do not, intend to even hint at blaming ANYONE. For whatever reason P/O's just have not known, or were just not able to stop in for a minute. I am asking if you could please post the information about the closing arguments that are set to begin tomorrow at 0930. We all remain hopeful that a swift verdict will come back from the Jury shortly after the closing arguments. There has been great support from all of the ASA's involved who believe that we have a very good Jury and who know we have an excellent case. We just need a little bit more of a show of force from the Thin Blue Line.
So if anyone who could stop in for just a minute, on your way to sign in or sign out, or in between cases on a Friday which is usually a light court call day anyway, it would be greatly appreciated. It would show the Jury that when you intend to hurt any one of us, you hurt ALL of us. It would show the friends of Kenneth Green and his "organization" that there is no way in hell that any of us are intimidated by any of them. Finally, the most important reason, it would show Scotty and Danny that there are a lot of people who do care what happens. Just like they did that day when hundreds of Officers showed up to help at the 10-1 and Officers Down call on July 16, 2009, at 31 East 112th Place.
Judge Carol Howard, Room 203, 26 August 2011, 0930 Hours.
Fraternally,
Bill Murphy
Area 2
NOW OPEN FOR COMMENTS - THANK YOU
BLOGMASTER DET. SHAVEDLONGCOCK
