From Yahoo:
Chicago Cops Hung Out Inside U.S. Rep’s Office as Protest Raged. They Made Popcorn, Drank Coffee, Napped
As protests across Chicago devolved into chaos last week and residents started to loot nearby stores, police officers were making popcorn and drinking coffee while “lounging” inside Congressman Bobby Rush’s office, officials said in a stunning news conference on Thursday.
Speaking alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Rush said at least 13 Chicago Police officers were loitering inside his South Side campaign office in the early hours of June 1 and were “relaxing” while nearby stores were being looted and burned, and their fellow officers were clashing with demonstrators.
“They even had the unmitigated gall to make coffee for themselves and to pop popcorn, my popcorn, in my microwave, while looters were tearing apart businesses within their sight and within their reach,” Rush (D-IL) said.
Rush is backpedaling trying to cover his ass. The cops were in his office to give him personal security in case the rioting came near. His office is on the ground floor with windows facing the street and it had been broken into earlier. The video is here. This narrative is falling apart - two posts from Second City Cop:
First post - the blog author calls Mayor Lightfoot "Groot" - a perfect nickname if you have seen both on video:
Popcorn Story Falling Apart
Even parts of the media are smelling Groot's bullshit:
It was an assigned detail. Rush has been lying his entire life, from the "racial profiling" that didn't happen, to being the insider who set up Fred Hampton. Groot's hatred of the CPD has blinded her to this fact.
Groot's Scorched Earth
So after Officers (who were ordered to protect Booby Rush's burglarized office - check the PCAD dispatches. We did and it was a fixed post assignment) were caught taking a load off of their feet, utilizing the facilities and - improperly - using a microwave to make some popcorn in the absence of any real food being delivered to their post or even being able to take a lunch during a riot, Groot apologized to Booby:
Lightfoot apologized to Rush during the news conference on behalf of the city for his office being treated “with such profound disrespect.”
“That’s a personal embarrassment to me,” Lightfoot said. “I’m sorry that you and your staff even had to deal with this incredible indignity."
Not that anyone remembers, but did the former black panther ever apologize to the officers who pulled him over a few years back for his unsubstantiated accusations of racial profiling after a traffic violation despite the existence of actual video that proved Rush was lying?
Yeah, we didn't think so. The officers were wrong in availing themselves of popcorn and coffee that wasn't theirs, but they were ordered to hold that position with no relief and, tactically, no ability to stop hundreds of persons bent on mayhem.
Both posts have over 100 comments worth reading. Chicago is falling apart and they are blaming everyone but themselves.
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