Election Night!

31 Oct 08

Chicago goes begging! From LEO friends in the area:

For the first time in history, the City of Chicago has gone on bended knee to the over one-hundred surrounding suburban PDs, as well as State Police, and asked for the loan of beat cars and uniformed officers to supplement CPD on election night! CPD has specifically asked for two-man, marked cars, equipped with rifles!

The ill-advised "Grant-Park Rally" is predictably turning into a can of worms, with far more people expected than the Park, indeed the entire area,can reasonably accommodate. Destructive rioting is anticipated.

If it is anything like the Bush/Gore presidential election, we won't even know the final result for days, even weeks, and the supreme Court may well be involved before it is all over. In the interim, widespread, malignant mob-violence is likely in most major metro areas, particularly Chicago!

Accordingly, staying away from all metro areas, and far away from any species of collective political activity (like rallies), as well as staying heavily armed, is advice to the wise.

Hang on to our hat!

/John