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 […]