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Because their yippy little shits just CAN'T be bound by a leash, the Gold Coast set is really standing up to the man lately. Just last Friday night a richie engaged in a bit of civil disobedience when a police officer asked for his ID because his dog cavorted about Washington Park without a lead. The man refused and, according to the Sun-Times, told the officer, ""You f------ fascists, you are not taking me." We don't understand why the man didn't just say "fucking" instead of "eff, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen." Maybe it's the new hip jet set lingo. And uhm, dude, we'd bet there are quite a few people that could give you the correct definition of "fascist".
After the man accosted the officer, the officer maced the man's face. Apparently the cop that maced him is 26-years-old, is new to the force and has been involved in confrontations with owners of unleashed dogs before. Residents of the neighborhood have complained to their alderman, Burt Natarus (42nd), and police about this particular officer making unnecessary arrests and being overly aggressive. The big problem is the ID issue. If a person won't give the cop their ID, he can't write them a ticket. And if he were to let them go home and get their ID, he risks them not leaving their house until he's left. If he doesn't enforce the rule, people won't abide by it. And the thing is, Natarus is getting plenty of complaints from other residents about the unleashed dogs. Natarus maintains that he had nothing to do with the heavy-handed crackdown, and in fact had a "heated" argument about the aggressive enforcement with the officer a couple of hours before the other man was maced on Friday.
We think a couple of scenarios are playing out here. The hoity-toities probably enjoy donning a social activist cap, and the fact that these individuals wear white-collars maybe starts the indignation boiling under the cop's blue collar (similar to the cop on student beatings of the Vietnam-era). Now of course the cop should cool it, but shouldn't the dog walkers be good neighbors and leash their dogs?
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police *can* arrest you for refusing to show ID it seems:
http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,62438,00.html
i wonder if this leashless dog owner is like the assholes in my neighborhood who don't pick up their dog's business. and by business i mean shit.
The man refused and, according to the Sun-Times, told the officer, ""You f------ fascists, you are not taking me." We don't understand why the man didn't just say "fucking" instead of "eff, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen, hyphen." Maybe it's the new hip jet set lingo.
EL OH EL!!
It's interesting how much police presence there is in Washington Park to enforce the leash law but when I was running on the bike path and some gang-banger woman was riding her bike in the *running path* and intentionally tried to HIT me, not one single cop responded to my 911 call! Glad to know the Chicago PD has their priorities straight. It's very comforting!!
how is one policeman a lot of police presence in the area?
vendela you should have just thrown a stick in her spokes or push her over. grow some balls or tits, or both.
plus what you went through is not nearly as bad as the assholes who ride their bikes on the sidwalk.
Dear Yuppie Assholes: Just put your goddamn annoying yappy rats on a string and get over it. It's bad enough you don't pick up after the crap it leaves all over the neighborhoods, but now you're insisting how your micro-mutt must run free in the wilds of Washington Park otherwise it's some sort of a personal (and canine) civil freedoms violation? Please. Go save some whales or a hot dog stand, will ya? That officer deserves a medal. Or a shot and a beer, at the least.
Dear Franek: I would have hit her with a stick but your ass wasn't nearby to pull it out of.
Police can arrest you for refusing to show ID, but only when there's a law that says they can. Jen's link refers to a recent Supreme Court case involving a Nevada law authorizing state troopers to arrest motorists who don't show ID. I doubt Illinois has a law requiring dog owners to show ID under threat of getting hauled off to the hoosegow (but, you know, call your legislator).
on the one hand - I think that most gold-coasters will think twice before not leashing their dogs in fear of being maced.
on the other hand - what a waste of our tax dollars going to some police cop instructed to write tickets to rich people for not leashing their dogs - give me a brake - now we have to pay for a law suit certainly pending by yuppie maced guy against the city. pretty soon - you will have to take a bond out from the city in order to own a dog to pay for such stupid "doggie cop" business the city of Chicago believes will help the what? safety of the city?
Dog shit is rat food.