[Discuss] [Peace-discuss] Re: Schwieghart's quote to WDWS

[E.Wayne Johnson]

I have been characterizing the Champaign police as paramilitary thugs for about 2 years now.

The speed of the outfit is the speed of the boss.  Ousting Finney seems to be an essential part of
any programme of improvement in the overall attitude of Champaign Police.  In fact one could justify firing Finney
and retaining the guy who pulled the trigger.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marti Wilkinson 
  To: Karen Medina 
  Cc: Peace-discuss ; Courtwatch Discuss 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [Discuss] [Peace-discuss] Re: Schwieghart's quote to WDWS


  I understand that it appears that people are very quick to rush to judgment without having all of the 'facts' - Karen I think articulated this pretty well in that Finney has a history of taking actions that have undermined the publics trust. Additionally, he was present when an unarmed suspect was shot and that alone compromises his authority and his position. Plus - I'm inclined to believe that it's really bad policy for a police chief to respond to calls unless it is absolutely necessary. 

  Personally I think it's time he resign.


  On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:

    > Personally, I'd like to see Mayor Schweighart resign.  I think we already
    > have enough evidence against HIM.  :-)


    Mayor Schweighart would rather die than give up his thrown. But
    impeachment would be a worthy thing to look into.

    > RE: Chief Finney

    Chief Finney was at the scene when the child was killed.
    If the shooting was wrong, and I believe that it was, then the officer
    should be fired.
    If Finney did nothing to stop the shooting, then he enabled it. As an
    enabler, he is also guilty.

    One should also ask why the Chief of Police was out there.

    Over the last year, Finney and the city council have been told
    repeatedly that there was a major problem: The teens in Champaign do
    not trust the police. Repeatedly, they ignored the public comments,
    the readily visible signs, and Finney continued supporting the
    activities of his officers that degraded the trust even more. For
    these alone, he should be fired.

    But even beyond all, he was there that day.

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