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Thursday, January 31, 2008
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Why Is It So Hard to Just Fire Them?

This absolutely shocks me.  A Chicago police officer who was found guilty for beating a man who was handcuffed to a wheelchair in a hospital is getting his job back:

A 42-second snippet of video shows Cozzi, who was on duty, shackling Miles' legs to the wheelchair, then striking Miles about 10 times -- finishing with a roundhouse blow.

Cook County prosecutors have said Cozzi struck Miles with a "blackjack" -- a small baton.

He got 18 months of probation, and a 2 year unpaid suspension... but now is coming back to work.  It's guys like this who give good cops bad names.  And when the system doesn't properly take action against bad cops like this, it casts a shadow of doubt on the rest of hard working, brave men who serve their communities.

You'll also notice all of the couragious officers who stepped in to stop the beating... oh wait... nevermind.  Via The Agitator, who has some more disturbing stories as well.

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