Thursday, February 19, 2009

CTA Stories: Dear Olympic Selection Committee

Yet another video of a completely out-of-control Chicago police officer giving somebody a beatdown. This one took place on my favorite CTA story bus, the #70 Division. There are a lot of good cops out there, but this city needs to do something about the bad apples before we even consider hosting an event like the Olympics.

3 comments:

Timo said...

Seeing as how the bus passenger was actually IOC President Jacques Rogge, who mistakenly paid his CTA fare in Euros, I don't think we'll be getting the Games anyway.

The Fifty Foot Blogger said...

You have no idea how I prayed for something like that to happen when they were here. Where is police brutality when you need it?

Timo said...

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Messieurs et Mesdames, Herren und Frauen, please direct your attention to the top of the stadium, where Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's cousin will light the Olympic flame, and will be paid $200,000 and will receive city and county pensions for doing so..."