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National Guard could be a bit difficult seeing as how 3000 of them (a combat brigade) are in training to prepare for an Afghanistan deployment in a few months. Not sure how much infantry/MP types are...

There is also a noticeable shortage of national parks in the Chicago area. Personally, I've long wished for one for the Ft. Dearborn massacre in the area of 18th street where the shore used to be. A...

Mel82, I'm with AlbanyParkist ont the well wishes too. Thing is though, that semi-automatic rifle almost certainly would not have helped the two tact officers who confronted the AK-47 wielding gunman...

Well Navin, it would appear that you and I and Albany Parkist agree in part. I am for legalization, taxation, and a strong just-say-no campaign. That thing about the south and west sides is a result...

This is where I'm with ya Matty. There are more than a few POs who are not qualified by any reasonable standard to carry a water gun, let alone a semi-automatic rifle. Its not even the appearance of...

Matty, you are not as familiar with the street/police situation as I am. As I indicated, after Columbine the city put up a few citywide units with heavier-than-normal arms. Basically, one south, one...

Clearly not everyone on the job should be given one of these. However, if you have recent veterans or other highly qualified POs, its probably a good idea to have these floating around in a few place...

--The politicians want to blame video-games and music and tv and movies. They want to blame anything but the decayed neighborhoods, gutted schools and failed social programs. They want to make it soun...

--The politicians want to blame video-games and music and tv and movies. They want to blame anything but the decayed neighborhoods, gutted schools and failed social programs. They want to make it soun...

and whaddya know, some conflicting information for the police haters out there. Turns out Tillman was with a clouted CPD sergeant/ex-sergeant in Alabama. You know, good ole boys and thin blue lines ...

--the entire case was dismissed because of-- While your comment about police brutality is well-taken, I take from this quote that there was a case to be made against you. Which makes your vague vers...

Ward Up, I think I can provide a few reasons why the accusation is true, though people on the police side don't really like to talk about it so much. First, as SCC and numerous commenters have posted...

For points on Chicagoist? Points with who? Nobody is stupid enough to think you drawing graffiti in the ghetto is worth something, and there sure as hell ain't no rain forests in Englewood! Answer ...

For points on Chicagoist? Points with who? Nobody is stupid enough to think you drawing graffiti in the ghetto is worth something, and there sure as hell ain't no rain forests in Englewood! Answer ...

Spook, would you mind looking up and telling us where Englewood is? My ass you rode a Vespa there in the summer all the way from Logan Square to build a rain forest or paint a mural. In the last 20 ...