‘Ferguson effect’? Savagely beaten cop didn’t draw gun for fear of media uproar, says Chicago police chief

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Washington Post:

Derek Hawkins

October 7 2016

 

A Chicago police officer who was savagely beaten at a car accident scene this week did not draw her gun on her attacker — even though she feared for her life — because she was afraid of the media attention that would come if she shot him, the city’s police chief said Thursday.

 

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the officer, a 17-year veteran of the force, knew she should shoot the attacker but hesitated because “she didn’t want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on the national news,” the Chicago Tribune reported.

 

Johnson’s remarks, which came at an awards ceremony for police and firefighters, underscore a point law enforcement officers and some political leaders have pressed repeatedly as crime has risen in Chicago and other major cities: that police are reluctant to use force or act aggressively because they worry about negative media attention that will follow.

 

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VIDEO Released of female Chicago cop beaten – didn’t use gun for fear of public backlash
William A. Jacobson

Sunday, October 16, 2016

 

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BALTIMORE ANTI-COP CONSENT DECREE IMPOSED

Judge Bredar slaps down Sessions' pleas -- as the Ferguson effect grabs hold.

April 11, 2017

 

Matthew Vadum

An Obama-appointed judge is moving forward with a federal takeover of the Baltimore, Md. police department that critics say will boost crime there by handcuffing police officers in the increasingly violent city.

 

The pleas of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fell on deaf ears as U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar, appointed by President Obama in 2010, denied a request from Sessions to hold off on enforcing the consent decree drafted by cop-haters for at least 30 days so the new Trump administration could assess the underlying settlement.

 

“The time for negotiating the agreement is over," Bredar wrote this past Friday, April 7. "The only question now is whether the Court needs more time to consider the proposed decree. It does not."

 

Sessions said he’s in favor of reform but has "grave concerns that some provisions of this decree will reduce the lawful powers of the police department and result in a less safe city." http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266390/baltimore-anti-cop-consent-decree-imposed-matthew-vadum