[sheik yerbouty]

Politicians in general operate under CYA and some flinch at having law enforcement going after those criminal acts mentioned, because it will cost them politically. Look at the anti Catholic actions in SF, Anti LDS actions in LA and elsewhere. In more than a few venues the police were less than ardent in acting. It starts with the politicians refusing to do what is right..

[SJackson]

• Politicians in general operate under CYA and some flinch at having law enforcement going after those criminal acts mentioned, because it will cost them politically. Look at the anti Catholic actions in SF, Anti LDS actions in LA and elsewhere. In more than a few venues the police were less than ardent in acting. It starts with the politicians refusing to do what is right..

That’s true, though I suspect Daley won’t flinch at prosecutions here. The Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved in the investigation, my guess the CPD called them in.

Agree completely about the Catholic and Mormon attacks. On those threads I noted that prosecutions were needed, despite the bad publicity it might bring the institutions, or things would get worse. But apparently none of the institutions involved were anxious to bring charges, or I haven’t read about it. I made the same comment regarding the planned nationwide disruptions to Jewish services last weekend, which don’t appear to have happened. And vandalism and attempted arson tend to draw more attention than verbally disrupting services, also a crime, but not one anyone is anxious to pursue. Unfortunately one will lead to the other. We’ll see how this works out from a criminal perspective, but my guess if the perps are caught, they won’t be dealt with lightly.