Chicago pig kills a black man in a what pigs are calling a "road rage" incident...

stringer bell
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-fire-shots-in-mount-greenwood-20161105-story.html
Officer fatally shoots man after road rage incident in Mount Greenwood

A man who was part of a funeral party was fatally shot by a Chicago police sergeant Saturday after a road rage incident escalated into a fight involving an off-duty Chicago firefighter and another police officer on the Far Southwest Side, authorities said.

The shooting happened at about 3 p.m. in the 11100 block of South Troy Street in the city’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood, according to Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the slain man as Joshua Beal, 25, of Indianapolis. Relatives said he was in the Chicago area serving as a pallbearer at his cousin’s funeral.

Police said Beal was shot to death after failing to drop a gun when confronted by the sergeant. They said they did not know whether Beal had fired his weapon but were investigating.

Relatives of Beal, who blamed police for the incident, said Beal legally owned the gun and did not fire it.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who lives nearby, gave a short statement at the scene saying a road rage incident turned into a physical confrontation that “involved a fire department member and multiple subjects.’’

Beal and others had just left a funeral in several cars and were driving to their next destination when the incident occurred, Beal’s relatives said. According to Guglielmi, they were stopped in traffic near a firehouse when an off-duty Chicago firefighter saw one of the vehicles and notified the driver that it was illegally blocking the fire lane and causing delays.

The firefighter then began arguing with three people who got out of their cars, said Guglielmi. While this was going on, a woman inside a nearby business saw the argument, called police and then became involved in the fight, the police spokesman said.

At this point, an off-duty Chicago police officer in a barbershop nearby also spotted the fight, approached the scene, identified himself as an officer and became involved in the brawl, Guglielmi said.

A sergeant in full uniform who was driving to work at the Morgan Park District then stopped when he saw the melee, the spokesman said.

“There’s a sergeant on his way to work. He now sees a man with a gun in his hand. He gets out, announces his office in full uniform,’’ Guglielmi said.

The sergeant displayed his weapon, Guglielmi said. As the incident escalated and the man with the gun did not drop his weapon, shots were fired, and the man was struck multiple times, the police spokesman said.

Paramedics took Beal to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, said Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Jeff Lyle. He was pronounced dead there at 3:44 p.m.


His weapon was recovered at the scene, Guglielmi said.

Several other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, including the off-duty firefighter and off-duty police officer, Guglielmi said. They were taken to an area hospital. The sergeant was not injured and was being interviewed at Area South headquarters.

The version of events provided by Beal’s relatives differed from the police account in a number of ways.

Cordney Boxley, 23, who identified herself as Beal’s sister, said she was driving west on 111th Street behind her 17-year-old sister, who was behind the wheel of another car. Their female cousin was a front-seat passenger in the 17-year-old’s car.

The relatives along with others in the caravan were headed to Southwest Memorial Chapel after burying their cousin Marcus Washington, she said.

Suddenly, Boxley said, a car cut her off and then tried to run her 17-year-old sister off the road. She said her family as well as the motorist who had cut her off — who she believed was a Chicago police officer — stopped and got out of their cars.

At some point the man pushed her female cousin to the ground and pulled a gun on her, pointing it at her face, according to Boxley.

Boxley said many of the men in the family began walking toward the man, confronting him.

She said the man got inside his car but exited again and “he just started shooting,’’ hitting the windshield of a car containing Beal, who had pulled his gun when he saw the man holding a gun on their cousin. Boxley said Beal legally owned the gun and did not fire it.

Boxley said the man pulled Beal out of his front passenger seat and began shooting him.

“I was hoping my brother wasn’t dead,’’ said Boxley.

After the shooting, some of Beal’s family stood at the northeast corner of 111th Street, clinging to one another with tears in their eyes.

Tiffaney Boxley, Beal's mother, said he was a father to two children, a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old, and that his fiancee was a stay-at-home mother. Beal, who was a pallbearer for Washington, lived in Indianapolis and was in town for the services.

“Chicago police gunned my baby down like a vicious animal,” Tiffaney Boxley said through tears.

Family members said they would consult a lawyer. “The police are going to pay for this,” said Miranda Macklin, a family member. “Justice will be served.”

As night fell and neighbors walked by, some of them began yelling at a witness who was showing video of the incident and speaking to reporters. The neighbors said the area was “very pro-police” and that the shooting was justified.

“It’s always like ‘The police did this, the police did that, oh my ? , they shot him for no reason at all,’” one woman said. “Really? You really think it was unprovoked?”


The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating.

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  • stringer bell
    stringer bell Members Posts: 26,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2016
    http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/shots-fired-at-off-duty-cpd-officer-in-mount-greenwood/
    Late Saturday night, about 30 Black Lives Matter activists and residents of the mostly white Mount Greenwood neighborhood squared off at each other at 111th and Kedzie, not far from the fatal shooting.

    Eventually, the Black Lives Matter group left the scene to head to another location.

    http://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/cop-supporters-taunt-black-lives-matter-group-after-police-inolved
    Hours later, around 10 p.m., mere steps away from where crime tape still stretched around the corner of 111th Street and Kedzie Avenue, 15 protesters had gathered in a parking lot on the west side of Kedzie Avenue. Across the street a handful of counter protesters gathered, one with an American flag.

    A man in a car pulling away from a bar and began taunting the protestors, “don’t pull a gun.” The protesters yelled back “go home.” Someone else across the street blurted out, “we are home, go back to your own neighborhood.”

    Another yelled, “you’re killing each other.”

    The police supporters quickly grew in number until it was three times the number of the protestors. The crowd began crossing the street chanting, “CPD, CPD, CPD.”


    https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161106/mt-greenwood/joshua-beal-police-shooting-blue-lives-matter-black-lives-matter-protesters
    Black Lives Matter activists headed to the area to check on Beal's family hours after he was killed, according to Facebook Live video posted by the group Saturday night. There, they encountered a group of people holding a "Blue Lives Matter" flag and yelling at them to get out of their neighborhood.

    Activist Kofi Ademola was with the group, and said they didn't come to Mount Greenwood to protest. They just wanted to connect with Beal's family and waited inside a Burger King at 111th Street and Kedzie Avenue until they were asked to leave, Ademola said.

    "There was no protest," Ademola said. "We were there to check on the family to make sure they were safe. Next thing we knew, we were surrounded by a bunch of angry white people. Nobody said anything to them."

    In a video posted by Ademola's group, a man said that if you don't support police, you're a criminal. Another shouted at the group to get out of the neighborhood.

    "A young white guy [walked] up with a baseball bat," Ademola said. "The police took the baseball bat from him. White people are driving by and yelling at us 'n- go home!' Get the f- out of here! Blue Lives Matter.' More of them got out of the car and chanted 'CPD! Blue Lives Matter.'"


    SMDH...
  • obnoxiouslyfresh
    obnoxiouslyfresh Members Posts: 11,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2016
    Im old enough to remember the last time a Chicago Cop got jail time for lying about the fight she provoked during a funeral procession when she cut in line. They lying...


    http://wgntv.com/2014/10/06/wgn-investigates-an-officers-lie-and-the-boss-who-backed-her-up/
  • rickmogul
    rickmogul Members Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Get ready for soooooooo many more in 2017. Nobody is gonna give a dam anymore. Gonna read like SNL skit's when reported on the news.
  • powerman 5000
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    smh.. that's not the grim reaper dude, that's The Punisher... A little bit more sadistic if you think about it. i really wish people could read between the lines. But whatever, it's just a harmless fictional comic book character, right? They're telling to your face what time it is.
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thats sickening and horrifiying
  • JJ_Evans
    JJ_Evans Members Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mt. Greenwood is one of the most racist areas of not only Chicago, but the entire nation.
  • stringer bell
    stringer bell Members Posts: 26,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-mount-greenwood-police-shooting-folo-20161106-story.html
    Authorities investigate chaotic fatal police shooting in Mount Greenwood


    The aftermath of a police-involved shooting left a 25-year-old man dead and his family members emotionally devastated, while authorities worked to untangle how the chaotic scene on Chicago's Far Southwest Side erupted in fatal gunfire Saturday afternoon.

    Joshua Beal, of Indianapolis, was visiting Chicago with his fiancee Saturday to serve as a pallbearer in his cousin's funeral, according to family members. Marcus Washington, 26, was found in a yard between two houses in Indianapolis, fatally shot in the head Oct. 27, according to family and a local news report. Beal and Washington previously lived in Chicago.

    As several mourners left the cemetery, some headed back to the funeral home while others, including Beal, went to visit an uncle in the hospital, relatives said.

    Beal never made it to see his uncle as he and several relatives were involved in what authorities called a road rage incident with an off-duty police officer and an off-duty firefighter. Beal was fatally shot in the city's Mount Greenwood neighborhood after a uniformed Chicago police sergeant arrived.

    Beal's mother, Tiffaney Boxley, of Chicago, said her son had a "promising" future.

    Beal earned his degree in December 2015 from Ivy Tech Community College with an associate's degree in business administration and planned to enroll in Franklin University in hopes of one day owning his own business. Two months ago, he proposed to his longtime girlfriend and the mother of two sons, ages 4 and 2.

    "He wasn't in no gang," Boxley said. "He was a good kid. He was good person. You took a child who took care of his family."

    Boxley added, "I'm upset to be put in this position by the people who are supposed to be protecting us. They're breaking my family all around me."

    The confrontation unfolded around 3 p.m. Saturday in a neighborhood that is home to many active and retired police officers.

    While relatives were stopped in traffic in the 11100 block of South Troy Street, an off-duty firefighter told one of the people driving with Beal's party that he or she was illegally blocking the fire lane, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Police said Beal and his relatives and the firefighter began arguing. Shortly after, an off-duty Chicago police officer nearby saw the altercation unfolding, approached the scene and became involved in the argument, Guglielmi said.

    A uniformed Chicago police sergeant, who was on his way to work, eventually came across the scene and saw a man with a gun in his hand. The sergeant displayed his weapon, Guglielmi said. As the incident escalated and the man with the gun did not drop his weapon, shots were fired, and the man was struck multiple times, Guglielmi said.

    Paramedics took Beal to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, said Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Jeff Lyle. He was pronounced dead there at 3:44 p.m.

    His weapon was recovered at the scene, Guglielmi said.

    The police account sharply contrasts with Beal's relatives' version of events.

    Beal's sister Cordney Boxley said a man who she believed was a police officer ran her 17-year-old sister off the road. The man exited the vehicle and "he just started shooting,'' hitting the windshield of a car containing Beal, who had pulled his gun when he saw the man holding a gun on their cousin. Beal legally owned the gun and did not fire it, she said.

    Two brief videos of the incident, filmed by witness Britnie Nelson, 32, of Hickory Hills, on a camera phone and obtained by the Tribune, shows the latter moments of the confrontation before shots are fired.

    Several people can be seen in the street amid parked cars, yelling and screaming. A man wearing a red T-shirt and jeans approaches the group, pointing a handgun with his right hand. The same man, still holding the weapon, as well as another man order a few people in the group to back away and later, to get on the ground.

    The man in the red shirt later appears to tuck his weapon into the waistband of his jeans.

    The group continues to yell and exchange words for several more seconds, while a young woman briefly approaches the men before being led away by a companion.

    The camera continues to pan back and forth, showing a man in a white shirt briefly pointing a gun then lowering it.

    In the second video, which pans to the ground, screaming, then gunshots are heard.

    First, a series of two individual shots, and a volley of multiple shots in succession. There is a brief pause, then another solo shot. Then two more pops, and several pops in quick order. Then two more individual shots.

    Audio of the video, still pointed at the ground, depicts several people screaming, running away from the scene and crying.

    "I felt bad because I never seen so much chaos," Nelson said. "It should've never happen in the first place. They come to lay someone to rest, then this person dies for no reason."

    Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the circumstances of the police-involved shooting, according to Guglielmi. Chicago police also are examining the events that led up to the fatal shooting, including whether Beal's gun was "fired or may have misfired" during the incident, Guglielmi said.

    In addition, a 28-year-old man, who relatives identified as Beal's brother, has been arrested for attempting to disarm a peace officer and aggravated battery of a police officer. He tackled and placed the off-duty officer in a chokehold, Guglielmi said. Those charges are pending.

    Another woman, whose relationship to Beal and identity wasn't immediately clear, was arrested for assaulting a woman who stepped outside a nearby business and attempted to call 911, according to Guglielmi. Formal charges in that case were also uncertain, police said.

    Relatives said they may have a vigil for Beal later Sunday. Community organizers said they planned a demonstration in memory of Beal near the shooting site.


  • stringer bell
    stringer bell Members Posts: 26,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    http://abc7chicago.com/news/protesters-clash-after-fatal-mount-greenwood-police-involved-shooting/1592549/
    Protesters clash after fatal Mount Greenwood police-involved shooting

    CHICAGO (WLS) -- Protesters clashed Sunday afternoon near the site of a deadly police-involved shooting of a 25-year-old man in Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood.

    Investigators said Joshua Beal, of Indianapolis, was armed and there was a confrontation between him and officers, but family members dispute that claim.

    Activists demonstrating against Saturday's shooting faced local residents who support the Blue Lives Matter movement, with chants of "KKK" on one side and "CPD" on the other side.

    https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161106/mt-greenwood/joshua-beal-shooting-death-protest
    Protesters Clash During Rally In Response To Shooting Death Of Joshua Beal

    MOUNT GREENWOOD — Two groups of protesters clashed Sunday during a rally in response to the recent shooting death of a 25-year-old man by an off-duty police officer in Mt. Greenwood.

    Protesters gathered Sunday at the Burger King located at 1020 S. Kedzie Ave. in Mt. Greenwood to show their support for the family of Joshua Beal, who died Saturday during a confrontation with law enforcement officers. Around 30 people showed up to voice their frustration regarding the death of Beal.

    Across the street, about 80 counter-protesters from the area gathered, after heated discussion erupted on social media Sunday morning in response to the original Sunday protest that had been organized. "We are here to protest the protest," said John Riley, a Mt. Greenwood resident.



  • stringer bell
    stringer bell Members Posts: 26,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161107/mt-greenwood/police-were-forced-shoot-joshua-beal-alderman-says
    Police Were Forced To Shoot Joshua Beal, Alderman Says

    MOUNT GREENWOOD — Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) stood by a statement he made Monday, saying the off-duty police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man had "no choice" but to shoot the gunman.

    "It's unfortunate this incident happened. I believe everyone has seen the photographs. People have seen the video out there. People's lives were in danger, and unfortunately the officer felt deadly force was needed," O'Shea said Monday afternoon.

    The Southwest Side alderman also said he is aware of online rumors about retaliatory threats made against Mount Greenwood residents. He asked for those spreading the rumors to stop engaging in speculation as well as "using divisive rhetoric."

    "At this time, the Chicago Police Department is aware of these rumors and is monitoring the situation closely," O'Shea said in an email to constituents late Monday.

    "They have found no evidence to suggest that these threats are credible. Despite that, additional police resources have and will be present throughout the coming days to help ensure the safety of our community," the email says.

    The threats follow the shooting of Joshua Beal, who was in town Saturday from Indianapolis to serve as a pallbearer at his cousin's funeral. A traffic altercation led to a fight and later shots being fired, officials said. Beal was later pronounced dead at Christ Hospital.

    A protest led by activist Ja'Mal Green followed on Sunday. About 20 black protesters were met by roughly 300 people who arrived to stage a counter protest. Racial slurs were directed at protesters who responded with their own incendiary remarks as well as calls for charges against the officer involved in the shooting.

    "What I experienced last night and today, I wouldn't wish that on anybody," said JoJo Wilkerson of Morgan Park on Sunday night. Wilkerson is Beal's second cousin and was among the protestors greeted with insults in Mount Greenwood.

    O'Shea said residents can expect more protests in the coming days. He encouraged those on both sides to act with civility, saying anything else only makes it more difficult for police to do their jobs.

    In his email, O'Shea said: "All Americans have a constitutional right to protest. I’d ask anyone who decides to participate in such a demonstration to do so peacefully and respectfully. Engaging in any type of dispute with protesters will only fuel conflict."

    O'Shea said he quietly attended the protest on Sunday. He said the crowd supporting police was made up of a combination of faces both familiar and unfamiliar. Many touted the slogan, "Blue Lives Matter," he said.

    "But a lot of them weren't Blue Lives Matter folks, they were just anti-black," he said.

    That said, he did credit police in the Morgan Park District for handling both groups without incident. According to police on the scene, no arrests were made Sunday night in Mount Greenwood and there were no injuries reported.

    "My hope going forward is that the greater community can come together."

    The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the shooting, and the officers involved have been placed on administrative duties for 30 days, police said.

  • the dukester
    the dukester Members Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When ? like this happens, these pigs create more Micah Johnsons, and Gavin Longs.

    How do you think Al Queda and Isis came about?

    Illegal wars, colonization, targeted drone strikes, etc. All in an attempt to steal natural resources, so they ? young men indiscriminately.
  • stringer bell
    stringer bell Members Posts: 26,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161108/mt-greenwood/blue-lives-matter-joshua-beal-mount-greenwood-protest-black-lives-matter-racism
    Black Activists 'Boxed In' By Shouting Blue Lives Matter Crowd At Rally

    MOUNT GREENWOOD — Dueling rallies held by black activists and Blue Lives Matter supporters turned chaotic Tuesday night as the activists were "boxed in" on Kedzie Avenue and encouraged by police to leave on a CTA bus.

    Police shut down Kedzie Avenue at the intersection of 111th Street in Mount Greenwood as the two sides clashed near the scene of a fatal police shooting that left 25-year-old Joshua Beal dead over the weekend.

    As the sun went down, hundreds of pro-police supporters lined the sidewalk near 111th Street and Kedzie Avenue, awaiting the arrival of protesters led by the Rev. Michael Pfleger as well as activists Jedidiah Brown and Ja'Mal Green.

    The activists arrived at around 5:30 p.m. and were quickly drowned out by a chorus of boos and demands to "go home." Others in the crowd revved motorcycle engines and blew air horns in an effort to drown out Brown, Pfleger and others.


    The group of about 25 black activists said a prayer in the middle of the intersection and sang the national anthem before marching north on Kedzie Avenue.

    "If we agree black lives matter and blue lives matter, then what are we fighting for," Brown said into a microphone. He was met by jeers from the crowd, despite his pleas that "We're all Chicagoans."

    Marchers headed only a few hundred feet before turning around, as hundreds of police supporters — most of which were white — took to the street. The activists — who were mostly black — were effectively pushed toward the awaiting bus and told it would bring them back to their cars.

    "This is white privilege," said Green, who was among several activists who felt like they were being made to leave. "They [police] let us get boxed in."

    Police formed a circle around the bus as those who gathered discussed whether or not to step aboard. Meanwhile, both sides traded racially-charged insults at each other. Pfleger was the target of some of the worst vitriol from the crowd, which called him "disgraceful".

    Ultimately, the activists did not get on the bus and instead walked down an alley to get to their cars. Others retreated to the northeast corner of 111th Street and Albany Avenue to wait for a ride.


    There were no arrests made Tuesday night and no reported injuries, according the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs office.

    However, several activist said the police supporters should be arrested for jeopardizing their safety and forcing them to end their gathering early.

    "I'm disappointed," said activist Bryce Porter of Roseland as the group argued over whether or not to leave on the bus. "What we're being met with is a threat of violence. We just wanna peacefully protest."

    Brown said they showed up not only to demand a fair investigation into what happened leading up to Beal's shooting, but to speak out against the racist rhetoric coming from the Blue Lives Matter crowd.

    "There's no part of Chicago where black Chicagoans cannot go," one protester said. "Especially in Chicago in 2016. We're not going back to days where there are white-only areas that black people aren't allowed."

    Brown said several black Mount Greenwood residents thanked him and his fellow activists for showing up and speaking out. That said, his group was mostly met vitriol as the Blue Lives Matter crowd booed and told them to "go back to your own neighborhood" and "stop shooting cops."

    Police officers tried to calm the supporters. "Don't embarrass me," one policeman told the crowd as they attempted to follow black activists to their cars.

    The neighborhood has gained national attention following Sunday's protest, when black protesters had to be escorted to their vehicles by police as some white residents hurled racial slurs at them.

    Some who showed up Tuesday wanted to make it clear that not all pro-police Mount Greenwood residents are racist.

    Carol Jean of Mount Greenwood said she was there to support police, but said she wasn't sure she would stick around if the situation grew tense, like in previous days.

    "I'm not sticking around if it gets ugly," she said. "I support the police but I don't want the name calling. Contrary to what people believe, not everyone is racist in Mount Greenwood."

    Michael Smith, 17, is a Mount Greenwood resident and son of a Chicago Police officer.

    "I'm here to support my boys in blue, to support my mom," he said. "I was proud of this neighborhood standing up to Black Lives Matter. I consider it like domestic terrorism."

    Despite Smith's views on Black Lives Matter, he said he doesn't appreciate use of the "N-word" and said he heard it "only once" on Sunday.

    "There are some racists in this community, but in what community is there not?"

    Liz Moran said she came to the rally for one reason.

    "My son is standing over there in uniform," she said as she pointed to the east side of Kedzie, where a wall of officers were stationed.

    Her son works on a tactical team in the Englewood District, "but they sent him here tonight."

    Moran, of Beverly, said the neighborhood has a problem with funerals for gang members coming through the area, and an armed confrontation was bound to happen.

    "Who goes to a funeral with a gun?" she said. "We don't have to worry about him no more."


    William Anderson's son attends the Keller Regional Gifted Center in Mount Greenwood. He wanted to see the protest first hand and pointed to a nearby store where he recently purchased school shoes.

    "It's OK to come to school, but leave after school," said Anderson, who is black.

    Casey Allen, 21, of Alsip also attended the rally with a group of three friends. He stood beside the black activists wearing a shirt from Brother Rice High School. Allen attended the school in Mount Greenwood for a year. He graduated from a nearby school in the suburbs.

    "It was different coming out here and witnessing all the racial slurs and to see what they [the crowd] had to say about the Black Lives Matter movement," said Allen, who is also black.

    "It really hurts me to see we can't come together and be in peace."
  • 1CK1S
    1CK1S Members Posts: 27,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now just visualize how worse things like this will be once stop and frisk is put into play!