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Joseph Pannell was 19 years old when he shot a Chicago police officer in 1969. And then he skipped bail. And skipped bail again in 1974, this time fleeing to Canada, where he changed his name to Douglas Gary Freeman and lived under that identity for almost 40 years. But in 2004, Chicago's cold case squad tracked him down and started extradition proceedings, which Parnell fought....until this week.
Now, Pannell says he's ready to come back to the US to stand trial. What changed? Chalk up one more thing to Barack Obama. No, it's true! Parnell writes on his blog that
...the current Mayor of Chicago and the Democratic Party establishment have endorsed an African American man to be the next president of the United States of America. Underpinning that endorsement rests a city that deeply desires to make a clean break with the past and to create the kind of society Dr. King dreamed of.I cannot ignore what is taking place. Nor do I want to. I desire to be part of what must be acknowledged as a defining moment in history. Ultimately, I know I have a responsibility to help create one nation out of a fractured past.
Terrence Knox, the police officer Pannell shot, has become a victims rights advocate and says he "want[s] the court system to do its job now." Pannell is expected to return to Chicago in the next month to face charges.
The Trib and Sun Times both call Pannell a former Black Panther, but a 2005 story in the Toronto Star says otherwise, as does Pannell. [Trib, S-T, Toronto Star]
Image from Pannell/Freeman's website
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How exactly is this an example of "slow moving wheels of justice"?? the guy went into hiding! its not like he's been arrested and sitting in lockup since 1969 awaiting trial. are we supposed to feel bad for him or something?
Somebody has delusions of grandeur. And, uh, does he know that felons can't vote?
2007 - 1974 = 33 Not really what I would call almost 40.
I should have said 40 years after the shooting.
You know what? I could say something, but in the name of "dreams of O'Bama America, I'm not gonna cause this cyber bar fight, but I will jump in if some one wants to toss a progressive punch or kick!
Once you are done in jail, you can vote again in IL.
It was actually really smart of him to run away for so long. Witnesses are dead, evidence is harder to locate. Emotional reactions are less visceral. I bet he gets less than 30 yrs.
Wow, that's some real profound thinking. Why bother to express a thought in print, though? He should just kill the editor if he disagrees with him, then kill everyone else who gives him a problem. Pow!
Ha,
Of course this item gets multiple annoyed posters while the piece about the wrongly incarcerated (by burge cops) guy (Alton Logan), who'd served 26 years of a life sentence, only to now be proven innocent, gets zero comments.
I didn't see it, but I'm not sure what your point is. I would be willing to bet every single person who posted under this topic would feel pretty horrible for anyone who is wrongfully incarcerated.
I think this post attracted comments due to the ludicrous idea of a would-be murderer making ridiculous political speeches.
To think I wasted my time memorizing the Gettysburg Address. I should have directed my energy to learning the speeches of the eloquent Mr. Parnell. This retired thug is the statesman of tomorrow.
And of course Ward Up who never says booo about Burge or about any of the blue creatures in in the swamp land of police brutality, except when pushed( although I do recall him making fun of the crack head who was rapped by the Police Sargeant), has to comment on this as well.
Honestly the dude was part of a Black Empowerment organization that was hunted, killed and brutlized by the cops. I hope he WALKS and gets his job back at the Library in Candada. The Cop wasn't killed, it was years ago when the dude was a kid, and he has lived a solid productive life as an adult. And I can't help but wonder why the cop asked a 19 year old "why wasn't he in school?" I'm thinking something else went down
Power to the People. I raise my fist high!
Spook, you apprently glorify the Black Panthers, but you don't have the stones to take up guns like they did, do you?
Revolution is easy on a blog, pal.
I mean, if you glorify these self-defeating morons, why don't you follow their sad and ultimately unproductive example? The Black Panthers were sad little terrorists. They never rose to the level of a real resistance group, despite their best efforts. And their methods ensured they would never gain anything but fringe support. (No, I am not defending thug cops, only other thugs who see themselves as some kind of great revolutionaries.)
At least King has the courage to face jail and dogs and guns and angry cops instead of running away and hiding. And King made great use of his time in jail.
What have you done, Spook, besides act like a cartoon revolutionary and bless us with your unique prose?
Raise your fist high? Yeah, that does some good.