Accuracy in Media

From CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ transcript from this past week on the rising violence and death toll in Chicago: Brian Warner is a former Chicago cop. He was shot in 2011. Now Warner counsels officers suffering from extreme stress. He explained what a dozen beat cops told us off-camera: they had stepped back. Brian Warner: You […]

ABC News focused on the rise in gun violence in Chicago, which has strict gun control laws and thereby restricts law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves. However, buried in the article is a telling statement from the Chicago police superintendent: And an increase in the reluctance by law enforcement to engage in proactive, violence prevention policies. […]

The ‘Ferguson effect’ is when police officers are fearful of viral videos and criticism from all corners of the general public and refrain from rushing into danger, generally speaking. Is this to blame for Chicago police’s decline in activity while violence rages almost out-of-control? The Chicago PD is under investigation by the Justice Department. And […]

Hot Air did a good summary on what the rising Chicago homicide statistics mean: The reason is obvious and has been admitted openly by police officers… it’s the gangs. As we discussed back in July, the police have been thwarted in their efforts to deal with gang violence on a large scale and many of […]

Hat tip to Legal Insurrection with the find, where the video was released and showed how a female Chicago police officer was beaten and suffered a concussion, not drawing her sidearm to defend herself due to potential public media backlash:

No mention of how Chicago has pretty stringent gun control laws on the books, but did mention how repeat offenders armed with illegal guns are causing so much death and violence in Chicago. 90 homicides were recorded this August, when the last time that happened was in 1996. Photo by Our Lady of Fatima – […]

From Fox News: Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rejected three finalists recommended by the Chicago police board for the city’s top police post and selected the force’s current chief of patrol as the new interim police superintendent, city council officials said Sunday. Emanuel is trying to replace Superintendent Garry McCarthy whose firing was part of a […]

Mayor Rahm Emanuel helped cover up the police shooting of Laquan McDonald, which enraged activists in the Windy City. But, Hillary continues to be supportive of the mayor, who is a former White House staffer of Obama’s. Photo by BobboSphere

As Fox News reported, he pled not guilty in the court proceedings so far.

Uh, how is this not bigger news? Avowed liberal Al Sharpton, known for his racially-tinged rhetoric, wants Chicago’s Democratic mayor Rahm Emanuel (a former Obama White House staffer) to resign. Photo by BobboSphere