Ridiculous Chicago FOP COVID Stance
The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and their President John Catanzara are driving a bus filled with their membership right off the COVID cliff with their ridiculous stance on the city’s vaccine mandate. Only the in the minds of the alt right cult that has taken over the FOP could anyone believe that vaccine […]
Facts Elusive For Brown and Lightfoot in Austin Shootout
Facts all to often get in the way of political agendas, the exploitation of violence for political again, and just plain opportunism. Unfortunately in Chicago we have all of these in spades. The continual finger pointing and scapegoating by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Superintendent Brown regarding violence in Chicago and who is responsible is horrific. […]
Former FOP Conspiracy Theorist on WGN Radio
On today’s show we examine a recent interview from WGN Radio’s Bob Sirott where he interviews a former spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police Martin Preib who has a long history of endorsing wild conspiracy theories. Preib is know for his strong support for conspiracy theories ranging from their being a massive left wing […]
FOP’s Catanzara Too Toxic for Local 2
On today’s show we discuss how Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzata may finally be reaping what he sowed with all of his extremist rhetoric and horrific social media posting history. In a recent YouTube post Catanzara informs the FOP’s membership that while he attempted to recruit the Local 2 President Jim Tracy to […]
Probation for Convicted Ex-Cop Elkins Appropriate?
On today’s show our main segment we cover the sentence of probation that 47 year-old former Chicago police officer Erik Elkins received as part of plea agreement. Elkins was arrested for his role in a bar fight and charged with several felony counts. In the end the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and Elkins reached […]
CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara Costs City Another $20 Million
The misconduct of former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara just cost the city another $20.5 million in a settlement of the wrongful conviction case of Jose Montanez and Armando Serrano who were convicted of a 1993 murder of Rodrigo Vargas but later exonerated. Over the last several years activists and civil rights lawyers have started […]
Deborah Witzburg Interview on ShotSpotter
Today’s show features our discussion with Deborah Witzburg who is the Deputy Public Safety Inspector General in the Office of the Inspector General for the City of Chicago. Witzburg recently published a report analyzing internal Chicago Police Department data and data from the Office of Emergency Management & Communications with one basic goal – to […]
Supt. Brown’s Hidden Suspension – Podcast
On this episode we sit down with Lauren Cole to discuss her two recent reports about Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown’s hidden suspension for lying in internal misconduct investigation during his time in Dallas. The suspension was actually for providing false information to a responding officer and then that officer’s superiors during the follow […]
FOP President Catanzara Nazi Comparison
Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara responded to Mayor Lightfoot’s announcement of a vaccine mandate for all city employees in the worst way imaginable. He compared the mandate by the Mayor to the atrocities carried out by the Nazis in Germany during World War II. Catanzara has a history of opening his mouth […]
Who Knew about the David Brown Suspension?
The Chicago Justice Project uncovered a past suspension of Superintendent David Brown during his career in the Dallas Police Department. According to his personnel file, obtained by CJP through a FOIA request, Brown was suspended after pursuing a vehicle into oncoming traffic and submitting multiple reports containing false information. Due to the unusually rushed nature […]