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Chicago Police officer shoots male with bat in Lincoln Park
Chicago Sun-Times Media Wire ^ | Jul 20, 2015

Posted on 07/20/2015 7:27:57 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - A Chicago Police officer shot a male beating someone with a baseball bat early Monday in the North Side Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Officers working the CTA Special Employment beat were on patrol when a citizen told them there was a large fight in the 1500 block of North Clybourn, according to a statement from Chicago Police.

The officers responded and saw a male striking another male lying on the ground with a baseball bat, police said.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: 201507; baseballbat; chicago; police
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The headline made me think Chief O'Hara was responsible.
1 posted on 07/20/2015 7:27:57 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

He didn’t know the bat was loaded?


2 posted on 07/20/2015 7:29:04 PM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (Is it too late to save the country?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Shocked, I say. Shocked.


3 posted on 07/20/2015 7:29:21 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: ConservativeStatement

“mindless feral childrenses lives matter”


4 posted on 07/20/2015 7:30:18 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: ripnbang

the time has come to BAN all Baseball Bats!!


5 posted on 07/20/2015 7:31:00 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Did the bat survive?


6 posted on 07/20/2015 7:31:37 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Sir_Humphrey

Claims he was merely cleaning his bat when it suddenly went off.


7 posted on 07/20/2015 7:31:39 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Made me think:


8 posted on 07/20/2015 7:32:18 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: ConservativeStatement
How about a city burning protest? If the THUG was attacking someone with a bat, the police should only use the same force against him, a bat.

(sarcasm)

9 posted on 07/20/2015 7:32:34 PM PDT by grania
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To: MeshugeMikey

That’s ‘chirrens’ in these parts. Or ‘dindonuffins’, or ‘mybabydonthurtnobody’.


10 posted on 07/20/2015 7:33:47 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: grania

Maybe it was part of Major League Baseball’s inner city initiative program to grow the sport?


11 posted on 07/20/2015 7:33:57 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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Beat on the brat

Beat on the brat

Beat on the brat with a baseball bat

Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUGeA2lur4

12 posted on 07/20/2015 7:34:46 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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Unless the bat was used against Rahm or Zero it was a bad shoot.


13 posted on 07/20/2015 7:35:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Zeppo

That was my Plan B reply but I am leaning towards the attacker not being a fan of the Ramones. :-)


14 posted on 07/20/2015 7:36:37 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

I never did understand the Infield Fly Rule, either.


15 posted on 07/20/2015 7:37:48 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear



16 posted on 07/20/2015 7:38:30 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: ConservativeStatement

BATCOP!!!

(nanananana)

BATCOP!


17 posted on 07/20/2015 7:39:51 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR NEEDS YOUR DONATION!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

What kind of gun shoots a bat?


18 posted on 07/20/2015 7:42:54 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Cue Baseball Furies scene from the Warriors movie.


19 posted on 07/20/2015 7:43:41 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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The officers responded and saw a male striking another male lying on the ground with a baseball bat, police said.

Makes it sound like the guy lying on the ground had the bad.

20 posted on 07/20/2015 7:45:25 PM PDT by FreeReign
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