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Judge issues restraining order to stop Chicago police union boss from discouraging members to comply with city vaccine mandate
MSN ^ | 10-15-21 | Alice Yin

Posted on 10/16/2021 2:47:25 PM PDT by Brookhaven

A judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Chicago police union president, prohibiting him from making public statements that encourage members not to report their COVID-19 vaccine status to the city.

Cook County Circuit Judge Cecilia Horan ruled there was potential irreparable harm if local Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara persisted in making such statements. City attorneys argued they were tantamount to him advocating “sedition” and “anarchy” because he was directing members to disobey an order from their superiors.

It was the latest twist in the high-stakes standoff between Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the local police union over the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. With both sides accusing the other of illegally risking the safety of the city over the issue, the fight shifted into the courts Friday with dueling lawsuits.

Lightfoot asked the courts to intervene after the union chief told members to disobey Friday’s deadline to report their vaccine status. The local Fraternal Order of Police in turn filed its own lawsuit against the city, mayor and police Superintendent David Brown that seeks to force arbitration over the matter.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; ceciliahoran; chicago; chicongo; cookcountycircuit; covid; covidstooges; groot; grootjoodge; grootslawnjockey; grootstooge; lgbtqstooge; lorilightfoot; maregroot; mayorgroot; obamacare; stoogejudge; vaccinemandates
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To: Brookhaven

Making a statement, as in “freedom of speech?”

Except for provable slander or libel, we USED to have freedom of speech in pre-Biden America.


21 posted on 10/16/2021 3:05:54 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Brookhaven

How is this not a blatant violation of the First Amendment?


22 posted on 10/16/2021 3:08:43 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Brookhaven

Tell the Judge to KMA. Dare her to do anything about it.

L


23 posted on 10/16/2021 3:09:06 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Tallguy
Maybe Democrats will re-evaluate their support of public employee unions?

Maybe public employee unions (especially police & fire) should re-evaluate their support of Democrats

24 posted on 10/16/2021 3:11:20 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Brookhaven

Lightfoot thinks the “I am woman, hear me roar” digging in her heels and being an autocrat route, is going to work. She is going to end up a basket case.


25 posted on 10/16/2021 3:11:36 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Brookhaven

This is one small front in the war for freedom. The judge needs to experience what can happen to those who champion dictatorship.


26 posted on 10/16/2021 3:11:43 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Lurker
Tell the Judge to KMA. Dare her to do anything about it.

She can call the cops on him!

27 posted on 10/16/2021 3:11:48 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: simpson96
Lightfoot thinks the “I am woman, hear me roar” digging in her heels and being an autocrat route, is going to work. She is going to end up a basket case.

She's a wise grootina.

28 posted on 10/16/2021 3:12:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: All

"LAGBAC is one of the largest and most well-respected LGBTQ+ bar organizations in the country. Its members include lawyers, judges and other elected officials, law students, and other legal professionals."

29 posted on 10/16/2021 3:14:49 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Tallguy

“Maybe Democrats will re-evaluate their support of public employee unions?”

Maybe the employees will re-evaluate their support of DemonRats.


30 posted on 10/16/2021 3:20:37 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: coloradan

Apparently the judges have unlimited power now. If it were me, I would go out and mock this judge publicly by violating her dictate and dare them to have him arrested. This is a direct violation of his 1st amendment rights. No judge can do that. What’s next, order him to change his opinion?


31 posted on 10/16/2021 3:21:07 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Brookhaven
Registered Democrat Party stooge-judge Cecilia Horan (Democratic Party) is a joodge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She was first appointed by Democrat stooge-judges on the Illinois Supreme Stooge Court. Her current term ends on December 2, 2024.

Horan (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for joodge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She won in the general "election" on November 6, 2018.

32 posted on 10/16/2021 3:34:26 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: simpson96

So she’s an LGBTQ stooge, too.


33 posted on 10/16/2021 3:35:19 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: EEGator
Now I’d call a closed door meeting, and tell every single cop to call out sick.

That's considered an illegal work stoppage and would get the union sanctioned heavily.

34 posted on 10/16/2021 3:38:21 PM PDT by Ron H. (Repent for time is short)
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To: Fledermaus
No authority, ignore him.

It isn't unheard of for a judge to knowingly issue an order they know full well cannot be enforced but they also know that it takes time and money for lawyers to file appeals out the wazoo to find that fact out.

35 posted on 10/16/2021 3:42:45 PM PDT by Ron H. (Repent for time is short)
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To: EEGator

I would make a statement every morning, silence for 60 seconds. This news story is as powerful as anything he could say.


36 posted on 10/16/2021 3:44:11 PM PDT by enduserindy (I’m done explaining basic math and the definition of freedom. )
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To: Brookhaven

This judge is a prime example of why tar and feathers were invented.


37 posted on 10/16/2021 3:45:07 PM PDT by Ron H. (Repent for time is short)
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To: Brookhaven
"A judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Chicago police union president, prohibiting him from making public statements that encourage members not to report their COVID-19 vaccine status to the city."

So, anything a judge says is against the law, is against law.?? How does that work.?

38 posted on 10/16/2021 3:46:46 PM PDT by unread (Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire)
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To: Brookhaven

Judge needs to sleep with the fishes.


39 posted on 10/16/2021 3:53:31 PM PDT by Overtaxed (Stiff the Fed)
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To: Tallguy
not to do what union chiefs do... order work slowdowns

It is actually more ridiculous than that. The union president never called for any job action. He just pointed out that if the city puts the unvaccinated police officers on no-pay status then there would be a shortage of police working. The city is threatening a lock-out of union police officers unless they disclose their vaccination status.

That's a lock-out by management if the city decides to stop paying union employees who decline to provide that information, not a strike or slowdown by the police.

40 posted on 10/16/2021 4:04:44 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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