Might this be a misuse of Department resources for political purposes?

Alderman Arenas office filed a CR number against any officer that openly opposed his housing development on his Facebook page. Leslie Perkins who is employed by Alderman Arena's office, is the complainant on the CR#.



Arena's office claims that the officers who opposed low income housing, on the Aldermans Facebook Page, are racist. Alderman Arena allowed, and most likely encouraged, his paid protestors to openly threaten law enforcement officers on his City endorsed Facebook Page. Alderman Arena also allowed community members to be threatened, harassed and stalked by his henchmen if they did not support his agenda. Even officers who kept their profession hidden and used screen names, were not safe from the wrath of Alderman Arena.



The Alderman had his staff run the plates of individuals who were present at gatherings opposing his development, get their information and run it through a city data base to find out if they are police officers. The CR number names numerous officers, alleging they made "racially charged comments against low income housing." Anyone who made a negative comment concerning Arenas housing projects, even if it was just comments concerning overcrowding, were labeled racist by Arena, his wife and his paid protestors. Numerous individuals who were threatened on his Facebook Page, a page that he controls and content he is responsible for, contacted the Aldermans office through phone, email and social media, all of which went unanswered.



Even if Arena didn't make the threats against law enforcement, he obviously condones it since he never deleted them from his social media, nor did he condemn them. These officers voiced their concerns as community members, not police officers. Now that the community has spoken and Alderman Arena has been denied state funding for his housing project, he needs someone to blame and who better than the police.

Gee whiz. Weaponizing IPRA / COPA / IAD for a political end. Where could a Chicago politico have gotten the idea to use government resources against someone whose Constitutionally protected viewpoints differ from his own? Can you imagine the scandal if someone in the White House used, let's just say "the IRS," against conservative groups that opposed the political aims of the Executive Branch? Why, people might think we were living in a Communist shithole.



Hey Inspector General? Hey FOP? Hey media? Are you looking into this? Shouldn't be too hard to find with the "Invisible Institute" making FOIA requests for every CR number in existence.



UPDATE: Coppers have been fired for running plates and handing the information off to other parties. Should ISP be notified of this possible misuse of the database? Perhaps they should revoke CPD access to the database until the investigation is complete.

Labels: corruption, scandals, un-fucking-believable