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Chicago Police Deputy Chief Dies by Apparent Suicide at West Side Facility, Supt. Says
NBCChicago.com ^ | 07/28/2020 | 5Chicago

Posted on 07/28/2020 4:20:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker

A 30-year member of the Chicago Police Department who recently was promoted to a deputy chief has died by suicide, the department said Tuesday.

Police said the incident happened around 9 a.m. at a facility in the 1110 block of South Homan. The officer was identified as Dion Boyd "a respected command member and 30-year member of the department," according to Supt. David Brown.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; chicago; obamasfault; police; suicide
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Chicago police are killing themselves faster than they are the George Floyd's of the world.
1 posted on 07/28/2020 4:20:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: Bonemaker

(spoiler alert)

reminds me of this amazing TV show:

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2 posted on 07/28/2020 4:22:59 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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Without knowing more, i am highly suspicious of the suicide designation.


3 posted on 07/28/2020 4:24:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Chicago has one of the highest rates of officer suicide in the country, a spokesperson for the department said last fall.
4 posted on 07/28/2020 4:27:36 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: Bonemaker

Another Lockdown suicide? I hear the numbers are skyrocketing.


5 posted on 07/28/2020 4:27:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (Covid is over. We have been conditioned by it. The Cultural Revolution has begun.)
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To: Bonemaker

suicide by cop?


6 posted on 07/28/2020 4:29:10 PM PDT by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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Chicago has one of the highest rates of officer suicide in the country, a spokesperson for the department said last fall.

Anyone surprised?

7 posted on 07/28/2020 4:30:03 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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To: Bonemaker

I have no idea why he did this but Chicago polic are grossly overworked and under appreciated and that can wear on the soul.

Father we ask that comfort this mans family and we ask that you heal his wounded soul.


8 posted on 07/28/2020 4:35:47 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Not one politician or journalist has died of Covid)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Ditto


9 posted on 07/28/2020 4:39:49 PM PDT by Track9 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to ShiÂ’ite since 632 AD)
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To: Bonemaker

Police around the country have been committing suicide, and it predates George Floyd. This country is in trouble, as few worthy candidates will seek to become officers and lawlessness is on the rise.


10 posted on 07/28/2020 4:45:53 PM PDT by CASchack
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To: Veggie Todd

Suicide or Arkancide?

There is a difference.


11 posted on 07/28/2020 4:46:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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Well I don’t know much about it but I think the Chicago policeman acted stupidly”.” Period


12 posted on 07/28/2020 4:50:33 PM PDT by Recompennation
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To: Bonemaker

Not Covid-19?


13 posted on 07/28/2020 5:00:11 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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Very sad. The pressure is enormous. Especially right now.


14 posted on 07/28/2020 5:11:25 PM PDT by livius
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To: dontreadthis

In a manner of speaking.

CC


15 posted on 07/28/2020 5:13:19 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: cgbg

Frank Voight did it.


16 posted on 07/28/2020 5:21:37 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (AOC the bartender would have had to work on the second floor at Miss KittyÂ’s saloonr...)
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To: Bonemaker

That’s a shame. He has the time in...shoulda just told Chicago to stick it and retired.


17 posted on 07/28/2020 5:23:10 PM PDT by moovova
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What would prompt ANY cop on the cusp of a huge pension, to kill themselves?


18 posted on 07/28/2020 5:30:50 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (m)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Probably other non work related issues piled on top of that wretched job.


19 posted on 07/28/2020 5:33:32 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Thinking the same of that professor who Tucker was talking about yesterday.


20 posted on 07/28/2020 5:36:20 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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