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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Chicago PD cops posed for photo standing over black man dressed in antlers

It’s a racially charged photo the Chicago Police Department didn’t want the public to see: two white cops posing with rifles as they stand over a black man lying on his belly with deer antlers on his head.

But a Cook County judge has refused to keep secret the shocking image of former Officers Timothy McDermott and Jerome Finnigan kneeling with what the police department says is an unidentified African-American drug suspect.

Believed to have been taken in a West Side police station between 1999 and 2003, the Polaroid photo was given to the city by the feds in 2013 and resulted in McDermott, a clout-heavy cop, being fired last year by the police board in a 5-to-4 vote. The four dissenters said McDermott should only have been suspended. But a majority of the board wrote that “appearing to treat an African-American man not as a human being but as a hunted animal is disgraceful and shocks the conscience.”

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did the perp complain? He actually looks like he's on board.

Anonymous said...

No, he went along with it, you can see he is smiling. It was just fun, then some Liberal got involved.

Anonymous said...

Over ten years ago?

Anonymous said...

They each put on the antlers and 3 different photo's were taken.My question is where are the other 2 photos? How convenient to the current political climate that only this photo receives national attention.Cherry picking at it's best.Whenever fellow officers and I got drunk and stupid cameras were not allowed.

Anonymous said...

Looks like posing as a deer was better than the torture chamber.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, he loved it, just like a lot of women who enjoy being raped,sure. Maybe he was just coping with it. Having two armed thugs sitting on him possibly stressed him out.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Yeah, he loved it, just like a lot of women who enjoy being raped,sure. Maybe he was just coping with it. Having two armed thugs sitting on him possibly stressed him out.

May 29, 2015 at 10:42 AM

You are just a cop hater you liberal POS!! Please sign your name next time.

Anonymous said...

Big Deal!! The black guy is playing along and enjoying it. Look at the smile and his tongue hanging out. He is a willing participant. The libtards are putting words on this pic without true meaning.

Anonymous said...

So you can harass and target me officer? Typical local Leos mentality. I'll get you one way or the other.