Catanzara: 23 years of Misconduct Complaints and Social Media Controversies
Analysis of the social media and misconduct complaints of John Catanzara reveals a history of offensive actions yet little accountability. [Content Warning: the timeline portion of this article discusses and includes statements from Catanzara relating to police misconduct, racism, sexism, xenophobia, sexual assault, Islamaphobia, and transphobia.] John Catanzara, the current president of Chicago’s police union, […]
MMB: Catanzara, Johnson, & Brown’s Truth
Spielman is at it again with a completely contrived political story devoid of context featuring FOP President John Catanzara. The FOP dropped a notice to her that they wanted a story in the news, and of course, Spielman lapped it up. By seeking and exploiting outrageous quotes (per her usual style), Spielman produces this useless […]
MMB: Spielman & Kass #Fail
Why does the Fran Spielman just refuse to cite Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara’s nearly 50 complaints (10 sustained) and multiple suspensions when she quotes him? He has zero credibility on the issue of accountability. The way to communicate that to the public when you quote him is to cite the fact that […]
FOIA: COPA FOP President Related Records
This FOIA request is being submitted to get more information about the circumstances that led to Chicago Police Officer and President of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) John Catanzara being striped of his police powers while an internal investigation is conducted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. Catanzara was just recently elected […]
FOP Watch: They Don’t Need Causation
Causation and correlation are different and someone should really explain the differences to the FOP Spokesman because it is perfectly clear he just does not get it. Or just doesn’t want to. That is also a possibility. This is a commentary on the FOP’s latest blog titled “The Politics of the Chicago Police Homicide Clearance […]
Vultures Exploiting Violence
One of Chicago’s biggest problems are the anonymous vultures that exploit crime and violence to push political agendas and or make a buck. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is certainly an expert at these practices but today we are going to discuss an up and comer in the field. This is the northside anonymous […]
FOP Watch: 33 months of Foxx Cause 50 Years of Gun Violence
It turns out Kim Foxx’s 33 months in office have caused the last 50 years of gun violence in Chicago. Needless to say this is not an evidence based analysis but it one pushed by the FOP on a recent segment on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom show. They segment was seeking to cover the Mayor […]
FOP Watch: Echo Chamber
When all the voices you trust are locked within the same echo chamber it becomes very easy to think that facts and evidence are not integral elements of an argument. This is one of the reasons why the FOP’s arguments on social media and their blogs are lacking in evidence to support their conspiracy […]
FOP Watch: Rank Hypocrisy Nothing New
The rank hypocrisy routinely demonstrated by the FOP and their supporters never seems to stop surprising Chicagoans. The recent vote by their Board of Directors to fund the appeal of the three officers recently fired for covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald is just another prime example. In an image the FOP posted to […]
FOP Watch: Facts Don’t Stand in the Way of Knowing
Florian Sohnke’s recent devoid of facts critique published on Medium attempted to hold the author of a piece published at Reason.com to account. The article on Reason.com covers numbers released by the Lucy Parsons Labs regarding the execution of search warrants by the Chicago Police Department. The Sohnkecritique is ideologically driven and devoid of facts […]