Let's see.. in the 20 odd years here in Chicago, the sum of my police interactions are:
Hit by a white shirt (supervisor) who came out of an alley on clark st while in a bike lane - somehow my fault, detained.
Hit on foot, by a car with no lights on in a residential neighborhood while crossing at a crosswalk - somehow my fault for being outside while there was "a suspect being hunted"
Watching officers on foot in 7-11's, local shops, etc, just walk in, take what the want, and leave.
Helping a friend move to another city because he ended a relationship with a cop who made his life a living hell after they broke up.
Being accused of trying to "make the neighborhood look bad" when I called the fire department because my neighbor had smoke coming out of the door in his apartment (turns out he was just passed out drunk and left a pizza in the oven, but what else do you do when you bang on a door pouring smoke and no one answers?)
So yeah, once my S/O finishes what she needs to to change jobs, we're out of here I think. The police force here is really the icing on the cake of so much else that's overpriced, corrupt, or just plain sucks about Chicago. All the good things it's supposed to have just seem completely irrelevant to me anymore.
Hit by a white shirt (supervisor) who came out of an alley on clark st while in a bike lane - somehow my fault, detained.
Hit on foot, by a car with no lights on in a residential neighborhood while crossing at a crosswalk - somehow my fault for being outside while there was "a suspect being hunted"
Watching officers on foot in 7-11's, local shops, etc, just walk in, take what the want, and leave.
Helping a friend move to another city because he ended a relationship with a cop who made his life a living hell after they broke up.
Being accused of trying to "make the neighborhood look bad" when I called the fire department because my neighbor had smoke coming out of the door in his apartment (turns out he was just passed out drunk and left a pizza in the oven, but what else do you do when you bang on a door pouring smoke and no one answers?)
So yeah, once my S/O finishes what she needs to to change jobs, we're out of here I think. The police force here is really the icing on the cake of so much else that's overpriced, corrupt, or just plain sucks about Chicago. All the good things it's supposed to have just seem completely irrelevant to me anymore.