See the guy holding up the tree doing nothing.
No, not the one sitting on his ass doing nothing. The guy holding up a tree, DOING NOTHING. Let me tell you about the lazy, do nothing Special Service Area Janitor.
He tried to get me arrested. Yes, for taking his photograph.
So, two officers today took about 10 minutes of their and mine time to do the following:
1.) Check my ID.
2.) Write up a white index card on my information.
3.) Ask why I took the guys photo?
4.) Asked where I lived, if the information on my ID was correct. Then Sergeant Jones arrived. He verified who I was.
This incident happened while I was volunteering my time to monitor the students leaving the Sullivan High School. A volunteer duty that was brought up at the CAPS meeting last night. I was out there about 10 minutes to 15 minutes before I got the third degree by the police at Morse and Ashland.
See, two police officers were summoned by the above janitor, because I took his picture in public.
I took a picture of him doing nothing.
Funny thing, Mark Semon, his boss, was encouraging him to press charges. He tried to pad the problem by claiming I was intimidating the janitors by taking their photos.
See...one of me with a camera intimidates the ex-felons DevCorp North hires.
Afterward the janitor wanted to get even and fight me. He tossed his janitors vest on the ground and challenged me. As you can see by the look on his face, he was giving me the OOOOHHH, you're so tough" routine.. As he said, two can play that game, come on". As to show me he meant business.
I guess not doing any work all day,... this guy was full of energy?
I told him to wait until he was off the taxpayers time clock.
6 comments:
Man this just makes my day....Craig ol pal you attract trouble like flies on.....well you get the point. Did you two decide on a time and place to rumble?
May I suggest you get yourself a 200mm telephoto lens for that camera of yours.
The last thing I want to see is a picture of you with a bloody nose! Then again others may not agree with me;)
I got to get you a cape and some blue tights!
Serves you right man, this is the USA you just cant walk around and take pictures! :)
MJ said:I see absolutely no humor whatsoever in this troubling story. The days of citizen protest against the system, with protesters' heads being bashed, have never been a thing of the past, but remain a present reality in Chicago.
Protest against the system? It keeps getting funnier.
Craig irritates some guy who is paid to clean the streets, who could give two licks about why Craig is irritating him, just knows some knucklehead wid a camera is shootin picktures of him wid out axkin his permission and gets a little tough guy on him? You think that's not funny?
Holy jeez I need a Budweiser and a sandwitch!
Keep up the good work Capt Craig
If they touch one hair on your head, they will have to answer to ALOT of us. They better not touch one hair on your head and I mean it.
Craig- you say alot of things that many of us are thinking, but then we don't like to make so many waves. I don't agree with everything you say, but I believe in your right to express your opinion.
I agree totally with Michael that you were in no way threatening to them. The other thing is I've seen the police go all "bully" on you at CAPs meetings and it's unacceptable. If a police officer can't be big enough to deal with a little roasting and have a sense of humility/humour- it is their problem.
Michael J. Harrington piped:
Charlie, it's time to fess up. Who do you work for? Chicago citizens have seen these tactics before. Think Chicago Police Red Squad spies. Think FBI COINTELPRO. Think workers paid to help management bust union organizing campaigns.
OK the gig is up!
You got me surrounded.....I work for the 49th Ward super secret intel team. Formally known as The Mans Eye.
Sorry Michael I still think it's funny as hell hole!
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