An insight into the brain of a bureaucrat

[PADefenseTrainer]

Here is a guy in the Chicago Police Department who just can't figure out why his citizens doesn't trust the police even after making it abundantly clear that the police do not trust their citizens.

http://www.crimefilenews.com/2010/04/weis-laments-chicagos-code-of-silence.html

I'm not looking to start another Illinois bashing session, I just like the way the author crystallizes why, in his eyes, the citizenry of Chicago would actually be fools to help the police.

 

[C0untZer0]

This is an old article - 2010.

Jody Weis is gone.

The "code of silence" does not pertain to normal citizens who are victimized, it refers to what happens in high-crime communities when police go to investigate, many of the people other than the victim, are relatives of the criminals - the criminals are their sons, cousins and nephews. It's also a practice of many hardened criminals and gang members who don't cooperate with police - whom they hate, and while there are some cases of dying bad guys telling the police to "F off" instead of identifying their attacker, there are actually many many cases of dying bad guys who finger their murder. The mayor, city council, police cheif are always going to repeat the same rhetoric - crime in Chicago is due to lax gun control laws elsewhere in the count. Weis also would use typical politician tactics - like making more of an incident where a dying thug refused to help police, to divert attention. He engaged in blame shifting and all the usuall tactics.

The current police cheif has said the same thing.

This article though is basically wrong.

It asserts that people engage in the code of silence because they have no faith in the Chicago Police. It may happen occasionally, but the code of silence thing is not being accurately described in this article.

This article is basically a pro-gun rant and I'm not opposed to it per se, but it's kind of preaching to the choir and he's just wrong about his characterization about the "code of silence".

 

[C0untZer0]

The article that you posted makes a claim that people in Chicago are losing faith in the ability of the police to protect them and they are. But the author ties the code of silence to that lack of faith and that's inaccurate. The difficulty in policing in African American communities in Chicago dates back to the late fifties - 1958, 1959 - early sixties - it's not a phenomena that happened in 2010 because they suddenly lost faith in the police.

There are changes now within the African American communities - it's no longer a single demographic. There are those African Americans who stay in school, get jobs, are tax paying law abiding citizens, and then there are those who do not stay in school, they become involved in crime. The former is getting tired of both paying for and being preyed upon by the latter. There are changing attitudes within the African American community in Chicago.

Here is a link to a progressive (liberal) talk show, where the host and the guests talk about a number of issues, including changing attitudes in the African American community about guns and the right to carry.

The communities referenced here are typically responsible for electing staunch anti-gun politicians. They talk about a lot of different things - they start talking about gun control at around 11:16 in the piece.

http://www.illinoiscarry.com/news//3-69.php

 

[Mike Irwin]

As noted, old story.

Even worse, wrong forum.

Closed.