Chicago police officer says she feared using gun while being beaten

WLS-TV ^ | October 6, 2016

[2ndDivisionVet]

CHICAGO -- A Chicago police officer who is hospitalized after she was severely beaten said she was afraid to use her gun because of the scrutiny she would have faced, Supt. Eddie Johnson said.

On Wednesday morning, police responded to a car crash at Roosevelt and Cicero on the city's West Side where officers encountered a man that police allege was violent and under the influence of drugs.

Three officers were hospitalized in the incident. One officer who was severely beaten told Supt. Johnson she was afraid for her life and afraid to use lethal force with all of the attention on the police department's previous actions and fatal incidents...

[CMailBag]

SICK

[metmom]

And the alternative is?

She found out.

Which is worse? The scrutiny or being beaten to within an inch of your life?

She’s not cut out for te job then.

[metmom]

Any male that would beat any woman like that is no man.

[PROCON]

0bama’s America 2016.

[Safetgiver]

She’s not cut out for the job then......I really, really hate to say this but..most women aren’t. Just my exposure to it.

[Chainmail]

Bad decision-making process.

So, women are ready for infantry combat? I don't think so.

[Chgogal]

Who would go into combat when the Commander in Chief is Rham Emanuel who does not have your back?

[Little Ray]

For her own safety (not to mention public safety) fire her now.

[InterceptPoint]

Dems should congratulate themselves. Their plan is working. Cops will die of course, but they will solidify their support from the black community which will help greatly with the 2016 GOT(B)V effort.

[wastoute]

All of this violence could be avoided. If the Chicago Police just made a writable PDF form available online for violent criminals to simply fill out at their leisure there would be no need to harass folks.

[SkyDancer]

I don’t think that women will be afraid that enemy combatants will file charges over them being over exuberant in their defense.

[metmom]

I agree.

Not enough testosterone.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

Any male that would beat any woman like that is no man.

Why do you hate equality for women? Sexist.

[stocksthatgoup]

She needs to be relieved from her duties

[PLMerite]

What’s really sad is that apparently there were three cops there and none of them shot the bastard.

[Mouton]

In the old days that POS would have missed many steps at the station house.

[Chainmail]

You completely miss the point: it would never occur to a man to allow another man to attack him. Our testosterone-driven brains would cause us to take the adversary on, using whatever lay at hand as necessary. For a law enforcement officer to just allow him/herself to be beaten nearly to death is ridiculous and incomprehensible.

In the infantry, the only successful combatants have to be able to kill without any second thoughts. Hesitation is death to yourself and the men around you.

The next hard part is getting them to stop after they've started. No place for ladies (or soft men), period.

[Chgogal]

And you missed my point. You don't know what the Chicago politics are here and what the relationship is between the mayor and the CPD.

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/05/new-police-review-board-faces-final-approval-today/

You have no idea what is happening in Chicago. The police are being pissed on here. They have the Obama's DOJ and the Mayor's Office breathing down their necks. You bringing YOUR biases into this is beyond the pale.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/16/after-a-blistering-report-whats-next-for-the-embattled-chicago-police/?utm_term=.795833cdcc28

[Chainmail]

Biases? No. I only look at results. They speak for themselves.