On Friday, Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a video of an arrest recorded by a dashboard-mounted camera. | Screenshot from CPD video
Frank Main
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When Chicago police officers stopped a Lincoln Town Car suspected of being used in a McDonald’s robbery in 2011, the female driver allegedly tried to run over one of them at a gas station on the West Side, police said at the time.
The officer fired twice, hitting the woman in the chest and side, but she kept driving and came to a stop on an adjacent street. When she got out of the car, she was thrown to the ground, Tasered and handcuffed.
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On Friday, police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a video of the incident recorded by a dashboard-mounted camera. Although the shooting was deemed justified, Johnson is launching a reinvestigation to determine whether officers used excessive force during their arrest, said a department spokesman.
In a statement, Johnson called the video “concerning.”
Two officers, who he did not name, have been placed on desk duty pending an investigation.
The video doesn’t show the encounter between the officer and the Lincoln Town Car in the gas station.
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But police reports say the officer stepped out of his car after a wild chase and the driver, Tiffani Jacobs, accelerated toward him. The officer shot her in the chest and side.
The video shows Jacobs then pulling out of the station, driving onto the street adjacent to the gas station and stopping. She gets out of the car while an officer approaches with a gun pointed at her. He grabs her by the back of her jacket and throws her to the pavement.
Several other officers move in to help arrest Jacobs, blocking video of what happened next.
“After taking Jacobs to the ground, and believing Jacobs may have been armed, officers ordered her to show her hands,” a police report says. “Jacobs refused to comply with verbal direction from the arresting officers to show her hands. At that time officers stepped back and deployed Tasers to obtain control of Jacobs. Jacobs’ hands were subsequently secured and she was taken into custody. Officers determined she had been shot, placed [her] in an unmarked vehicle, and immediately called for an ambulance.”
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Chicago 04/22/2016, 02:57pm
Move to abolish lt. governor position stays alive in House
David McSweeney in 2006. (File Photo by Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)
David McSweeney in 2006. (File Photo by Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)
Tina Sfondeles
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Abolishing the office of lieutenant governor moved a step forward Friday, a day after it took a step backward.
The Illinois House on Friday passed a constitutional amendment to eliminate the No. 2 position by a 95-10 vote.
But the state Senate on Thursday rejected a similar bill, 21-36, in part over fears that it paved the way for a governor to be replaced by a member of the opposite party.
State Rep. David McSweeney’s constitutional amendment would eliminate the lieutenant governor’s position by 2019. The Barrington Hills Republican says getting rid of the office would save the state $1.6 million a year.
The House passage of McSweeney’s amendment means the Illinois Senate will get another chance to vote on the amendment on May 7 where it must pass with 3/5 of the vote.
If the House and Senate pass the amendment, voters would decide whether to get rid of the position on November’s ballot.
The measure would eliminate the office, beginning with the term that would begin in 2019. It would provide for a new gubernatorial succession with the attorney general and secretary of state next in line.
During the Senate debate on Thursday, Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, said he didn’t agree with the amendment because it would give succession to a member of a different party, which would go against a voter’s wishes if they had voted for a Republican governor.
“Once you remove the lieutenant governor, the succession now can go to someone of a different party of a wildly different governing philosophy,” Righter said. “That’s a betrayal of what the voters said they wanted when they voted for the governor. I don’t think that’s a line that we should cross.”
Gov. Bruce Rauner and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti are Republicans, but Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Secretary of State Jesse White are Democrats.
Sen. Kwame Raoul, D- Chicago, said he favored a proposal suggested by Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, who said she favors folding in the lieutenant governor’s office into the governor’s office, and giving the lieutenant governor more of a role of a deputy governor.
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Frank Main
@FrankMainNews | email
When Chicago police officers stopped a Lincoln Town Car suspected of being used in a McDonald’s robbery in 2011, the female driver allegedly tried to run over one of them at a gas station on the West Side, police said at the time.
The officer fired twice, hitting the woman in the chest and side, but she kept driving and came to a stop on an adjacent street. When she got out of the car, she was thrown to the ground, Tasered and handcuffed.
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On Friday, police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a video of the incident recorded by a dashboard-mounted camera. Although the shooting was deemed justified, Johnson is launching a reinvestigation to determine whether officers used excessive force during their arrest, said a department spokesman.
In a statement, Johnson called the video “concerning.”
Two officers, who he did not name, have been placed on desk duty pending an investigation.
The video doesn’t show the encounter between the officer and the Lincoln Town Car in the gas station.
Tiffani Jacobs pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but video showing how she was arrested has the new Chicago police superintendent concerned. | Provided
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But police reports say the officer stepped out of his car after a wild chase and the driver, Tiffani Jacobs, accelerated toward him. The officer shot her in the chest and side.
The video shows Jacobs then pulling out of the station, driving onto the street adjacent to the gas station and stopping. She gets out of the car while an officer approaches with a gun pointed at her. He grabs her by the back of her jacket and throws her to the pavement.
Several other officers move in to help arrest Jacobs, blocking video of what happened next.
“After taking Jacobs to the ground, and believing Jacobs may have been armed, officers ordered her to show her hands,” a police report says. “Jacobs refused to comply with verbal direction from the arresting officers to show her hands. At that time officers stepped back and deployed Tasers to obtain control of Jacobs. Jacobs’ hands were subsequently secured and she was taken into custody. Officers determined she had been shot, placed [her] in an unmarked vehicle, and immediately called for an ambulance.”
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Chicago 04/22/2016, 02:57pm
Move to abolish lt. governor position stays alive in House
David McSweeney in 2006. (File Photo by Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)
David McSweeney in 2006. (File Photo by Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)
Tina Sfondeles
@TinaSfon | email
Abolishing the office of lieutenant governor moved a step forward Friday, a day after it took a step backward.
The Illinois House on Friday passed a constitutional amendment to eliminate the No. 2 position by a 95-10 vote.
But the state Senate on Thursday rejected a similar bill, 21-36, in part over fears that it paved the way for a governor to be replaced by a member of the opposite party.
State Rep. David McSweeney’s constitutional amendment would eliminate the lieutenant governor’s position by 2019. The Barrington Hills Republican says getting rid of the office would save the state $1.6 million a year.
The House passage of McSweeney’s amendment means the Illinois Senate will get another chance to vote on the amendment on May 7 where it must pass with 3/5 of the vote.
If the House and Senate pass the amendment, voters would decide whether to get rid of the position on November’s ballot.
The measure would eliminate the office, beginning with the term that would begin in 2019. It would provide for a new gubernatorial succession with the attorney general and secretary of state next in line.
During the Senate debate on Thursday, Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, said he didn’t agree with the amendment because it would give succession to a member of a different party, which would go against a voter’s wishes if they had voted for a Republican governor.
“Once you remove the lieutenant governor, the succession now can go to someone of a different party of a wildly different governing philosophy,” Righter said. “That’s a betrayal of what the voters said they wanted when they voted for the governor. I don’t think that’s a line that we should cross.”
Gov. Bruce Rauner and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti are Republicans, but Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Secretary of State Jesse White are Democrats.
Sen. Kwame Raoul, D- Chicago, said he favored a proposal suggested by Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, who said she favors folding in the lieutenant governor’s office into the governor’s office, and giving the lieutenant governor more of a role of a deputy governor.
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