By Steve Rhodes
“A scathing assessment by the City of Chicago’s inspector general is recommending that at least 10 officers involved in the Laquan McDonald case be fired or severely disciplined – a report that is sitting on the desk of Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, awaiting his action,” the Sun-Times reports.
“Johnson is preparing to clean house, and among the first casualties is Deputy Chief David McNaughton, who retired on Friday, sources said.”
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Wait, this just in:
Reforms yes, but “police are part of the solution & not to be ostracized as part of the problem.” @wlsam890 pic.twitter.com/Q68XUX0ij9
— Bill Cameron (@billjcameron) August 15, 2016
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Back to our regularly scheduled programming:
“McNaughton signed off on the controversial McDonald report, which initially cleared Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke of any wrongdoing in fatally shooting McDonald. McNaughton wrote: ‘Officer Van Dyke fired his weapon in fear of his life when the offender while armed with a knife continued to approach and refused all verbal direction.'”
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Presumably the IG’s report will be made public any day now; from the looks of the Sun-Times article, they don’t have it yet.
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Chicago Doctor Escapes Aleppo, Pleads For U.S. Aid
Northwestern University surgeon appeals to Obama, our consciences.
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From Shock Theatre To Svengoolie
Chicago horror book now in paperback.
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From the Beachwood sports desk . . .
J-Hey Worse Than Bullpen
In The Cub Factor.
Only Thing Missing Is Andy The Clown
In The White Sox Report.
How Do Archers Resist Firing Arrows At Everybody In The Spectator’s Gallery?
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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Cherry Glazerr, Lala Lala, Mikal Cronin, Ignescent, ’68, The Fall of Troy, The Pilfers, Shokker, Hepcat, Reggae Fest, Condemn The Hive, The Doobie Brothers, Toto, and Steven Tyler.
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BeachBook
The Daily Show: A Suspicious Police Shooting In Chicago.
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Half Of Wisconsin’s Black Neighborhoods Are Jails.
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Trial By Jury Is Vanishing In America
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Andy Murray Had To Remind A TV Host That Venus And Serena Williams Exist.
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Meet Chicago’s White House-Honored Intersex Activist.
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Patriots Using Shea McClellin In Fun, New Ways.
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Eyewitness News Opening, 1976.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Up until now, it hasn’t been time.
It’s time to fact-check all the news https://t.co/hZ6ttle4vx via @poynter
— Omar Sofradzija @MSU (@omars81) August 15, 2016
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“Some journalists who think they have 10 years of experience actually have 10 years of one year of experience,” a wise editor once told me.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 15, 2016
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#ImGonnaMissHim.
https://t.co/yACTk2BAkX pic.twitter.com/SJJx2qcyqp
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) August 15, 2016
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The world’s first confirmed, publicly-ID’d victim of NSA’s #PRISM: a pro-democracy activist. https://t.co/C7GPiojhHT pic.twitter.com/GDvTDhyBHg
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) August 15, 2016
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Thigh high.
Posted on August 15, 2016