Chicago PD Cancels Officers' Days Off Ahead of Rittenhouse Verdict

townhall.com ^ | 11/10/2021 1115 hrs ET | Spencer Brown

[rktman]

An internal memo circulated to officers with the Chicago Police Department this week notified its force that "starting with the first watch Friday, regularly scheduled days off for all sworn personnel will be canceled."

The memo continued, explaining that all personnel "will be attired in the prescribed regulation field uniform of the day, including helmet, baton and yellow safety vest."

While the Chicago Police Department's notice to its rank-and-file made no mention of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial taking place some sixty miles to the north in Wisconsin, it's impossible to ignore the fact that the memo comes as prosecutors' attempts to convince a jury to convict RIttenhouse have more or less fallen apart.

Given the Antifa/BLM crowd's threats and reactions surrounding earlier trials related to the violence that unfolded in cities across the country, a peaceful reaction to a not guilty verdict cannot be assumed.

[Lockbox]

BLM “if we win, we riot!” “If we lose, we riot!”

Question from crowd, “what happens if it’s a tie?”

BLM “we riot!”

[spudville]

I believe looting is not an acceptable term. It is now referred to as a shopping opportunity.

[Lockbox]

Let’s see, some people are able to question the process and the outcome while rioting in the street over the outcome, while others question the Presidential Election and are called racist domestic terrorist......MMMM

[Steve_Seattle]

"what the hell does BLM have to do with this"

Because the shootings occurred in the context of BLM rioting in the wake of a controversial police shooting of a black man. An "innocent" verdict will be said to condone vigilantism, lynching, white-supremacy, white-privilege, and all the rest.

[cgbg]

Tax free cigarettes—yes!

;-)

[353FMG]

Influencing the jury.

[V_TWIN]

Yep

[Tallguy]

Barring any kind of jury tampering Kyle is going to be found innocent.

It might not be classic 'jury tampering' but the judge's revelation that the jurors were photographed awaiting transportation to the courthouse certainly suggests an attempt to 'intimidate'.

[matt04]

How about a “after hours, social justice conscious community shopping experience.”

[myerson]

Well, Kyle showed us all how to handle BLM, Antifa and other Commie thugs.