This story took place in Chicago. The exact date is undetermined, but it’s believed to have happened between 1999 and 2003.
Former Chicago police officers Jerome Finnigan and?Timothy McDermott were making the arrest of an unidentified black suspect who was accused by the officers of having 20 bags of weed. This can’t be confirmed, because the officers never filed a report or made the arrest.
Instead the?police officers ?let the suspect go, they said that he did not have a “serious criminal background.” But before they allowed him to leave, the forced him to participate in a disgusting and humiliating photo.
A smiling Finnigan and McDermott both posed over the prone suspect, both men holding rifles. They had affixed a small set of antlers over the head of the suspect and had him stick out his tongue like a dead deer.
It appears that Finnigan knew a thing or two about having a “serious criminal background,” because Finnigan was recently sentenced to was sentenced to 12 years in prison for organizing robberies and home invasions with other?police officers?.
The photo was turned over to the city of Chicago after Finnigan’s conviction.
McDermott was fired following a 5-4 vote by the police board reported the Chicago Sun-Times.
Many of McDermott’s supporters believed that he should have only be suspended. McDermott and his attorneys originally asked the judge not to release the photo, out of concern over the suspect’s “privacy.” Wow, this guy is all heart isn’t he folks?
The judge of course denied the request in March, and the Sun Times obtained a copy through the court files.
The person who took the photos has still not been identified by the former Chicago?police officers.
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By now we are all familiar with the indignant response from law enforcement officer sycophants perverting the hashtag campaign “blacklivesmatter,” into “bluelivesmatter.” They say they do?not understand why people seem to discount the deaths of police officers.
If you take a moment to really think about “bluelivesmatter,” the campaign itself tells you something. It tells you that these people really do think they are set apart from society.
We’ve seen black police officers violate the civil rights of black suspects. The Freddy Gray case shows us that skin color has nothing to do?with police brutality, at least not?when it comes to the race of the brutalizer. Some would argue that the separation from society is a natural side effect of their jobs, however police departments prove this to be wrong.
Police departments like the one in?Richmond, California — lead by?Police Chief Chris Magnus –?prove that when police officers increased community involvement it lead?to lower crime, not to mention a better relationship between police officers and the citizens they protect and serve.
This story is just another example of how much police officers and the citizens they “protect and serve” have really grown apart.
