Elgin powice get they widdle feelins hurt!
The police sent a SWAT team against a nice middle-aged couple because an anonymous tipster said they had guns. Of course they didn't have guns; this is Illinois, where by definition law-abiding citizens don't have guns. The Grangers were a little hot, especially when the police wouldn't accept a complaint. The city is paying for the repairs, and now it's the cops' turn to be offended:
Officer Bill Wood, the police union president, said the union does not oppose the city's decision to pay for repairs to the house but is upset by statements from City Council members who he said seem to be rushing to judgment when "everything we did that day, front to back, was by the book."
Well, when you can get a no-knock warrant on the basis of an anonymous tip, for something that shouldn't be a crime anyway, maybe the book needs to be re-written.
Someone on ClaireFiles observed that, so far, it's been a 1-in-6 chance that the Elgin cops will come up empty on a raid. So it really is a roll-of-the-dice.
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