Entries in Chicago Police (2)
Howard Morgan, a Black Former Police Officer Shot 28 Times by White Policemen Faces Sentencing
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 9:52AM Bean Soup Times tagged Chicago Police, Howard Morgan, Police brutality, black news, racism in civil rights, community 
Yes, you read that headline right. Howard Morgan, a former Chicago Police Officer before spending 13 years as a Railroad Police Officer for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, pulled over on his way home the morning of February 21, 2005, because he saw a police car behind him and was letting it pass. To Mr. Morgan's surprise, he discovered that the police had stopped him for an alleged traffic violation.
Although he identified himself as a police officer, they threw him to the ground, removed his weapon and them shot him 28 times. 21 of those shots were administered to the back of Howard Morgan's body. An independent eye witness testified that Mr. Morgan never fired a weapon. A jury acquitted Mr. Morgan of the charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm. How then, could Howard Morgan, by any stretch of the imagination, be guilty of four counts of attempted 1st degree murder of the police officers who shot him?
April 5, 2012, Howard Morgan is next scheduled sentencing for crimes he did not commit. Let's pack the courtroom that day and stand for justice.
Criminal Court Building
2650 South California
Courtroom Room: TBA
Chicago, IL 60608
TIME:8am
When originally tried in 2007 for the Feb. 21, 2005 incident; Howard Morgan was charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
In 2007, a jury acquitted Mr. Morgan of the two counts of aggravated battery as well as the count of aggravated discharge of a firearm. However, the jury was hung on the other five remaining counts; after which Judge Clayton Crane, the presiding judge, declared a mistrial.
Listen to his wonderful, strong wife explain what happened.
Jesus returns as a Black man, gets arrested by police
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 9:55AM Bean Soup Times tagged Black Jesus, Chicago Police, racism in Humor, Satire Archives: August 2001
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CHICAGO--Fulfilling a 2,000-year-old promise, Jesus the Christ--returned to earth as a Black man--only to be physically assaulted by Chicago police who said the Son of God fit the description of a burglar wanted in a string of thefts on the north side.
The Chicago Police Department alerted the area residents that a 5' 10', medium complexion Black man about 30 to 33-years-old, with a thick, short Afro was sought in apparent home invasions occurring near Wrigley Field--home of the Cubs.
Seeking to "reprove the world of sin", Jesus--sporting baby locks--began his task by trying to identify one of the two billion Christians who follow him. Jesus approached a man of European descent sitting on his front porch. Startled, the man ran into the house immediately and called 911 demanding police apprehend this suspicious looking Black man who had "hair like lamb's wool."
With "feet like fine brass burned in an oven," Jesus was forced to walk down three flights of stairs despite a wound in his side suffered at the end of an officer's stick. While in custody, police said Jesus signed a confession admitting he would return "as a thief in the night."
Chicago Police Superintendent Terry Hilliard still maintained that despite Jesus being the Prince of Peace, police actions were justified. "Jesus resisted arrest. He turned his cheek when struck by an officer, whom interpreted the move as a sign of aggression. They thought he was going for a weapon of some sort. Turns out is was a piece of fish, but the officers had no way of knowing that," said Supt. Hilliard. "They had no choice, but to forcefully apprehend him."
Pope John Paul II--on a plane leaving from Poland where he attended an annual tribute to the Shrine of the Black Madonna and child--was unavailable at BEAN SOUP TIMES press time.
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