kennedy, another worm

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July 18, 1969 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed after leaving a party with Senator Edward Kennedy. That night, Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, and left the scene with Kopechne still in the submerged vehicle; he did not call the police until the following morning.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/07/18/40-years-chappaquiddick-ted-kennedy-would-have-brought-comfort-mary-jo-k

http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m7d17-40th-anniversary-of-Mary-Jo-Kopechnes-drowning-at-ChappaquiddickKennedys-story-still-doubtful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMg9-joLsdc

Most of us here know this. But for the sake of the Lurker's and visitor's who come to this site we need to remind them of this:

Mary Jo suffocated, she did not drown, she did not die on impact. She suffocated while the drunken teddy was worried about how the accident would affect him. If he had simply called for help, Mary Jo would have survived the accident. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048935/posts

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Mary Jo,with out knowing it (at the time), was perhaps the greatest American of all times, her death, prevented a reckless sociopath from becoming president.

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Shame on Ted Kennedy, shame on the Massachusetts judicial system, and shame on Massachusetts voters for keeping him in office all these years.
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This twisted, perverted, murderer, instead, became a life long US senator, with no moral fiber, no remorse, no guilt, no shame.

Kennedy was allowed to literally and figuratively walk away from his responsibility in the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne.

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The Kennedy Clan has had its share of scandals, and a causality of one, Mary Jo Kopechne, rests beneath a simple stone marked "Mary Jo" on the side of Larksville Mountain at St. Vincent's Cemetery in Plymouth. She was a campaign aide who drowned when the car Ted Kennedy was driving plunged off Dike Bridge into a pond in Chappaquiddick , MA. He delayed reporting the accident, and the scandal that followed forced him to drop out of the Presidential race.
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Audra Soulias has filed a lawsuit against William Kennedy Smith, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 1999. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-30-kennedysmith-resigns_x.htm

Ried Ottesen, another criminal, Village manager, personally approves of police misconduct, obstruction of justice, perjury, false documents, cover ups

. and I thought he was the most credible, wrong again.

He personally approve of the cop that lied under oath, presented false documents, and that was higher than a kite, on drugs, flipping out hallucinating in my case, at my arrest.

He personally approves of Bratchers methods of extracting false confessions from innocent people.

A village manager that has no problem and supports, lies, false documents, cover ups is a bad village manager.

Another shell of a man with no shame, no conscious, no guilt, no moral fiber, so rooted in corruption, sees no wrong. I guess wikip

edia definitions mean something to different to him

. Another mistake, I made, giving a person more credit than due.

What is Ottesen's take? We all know what and who bought his predecessor, Cassedy.

The only thing I will give Ottesen is, that if he don't play ball their way, he'll get fired, so maybe he is trying to make the best out of a rotten situation, no matter how you look at it. Between a rock and a hard spot, but, in another sense, he made his bed, and now he must lay in it. No one twisted his arm. A capo of orginized crime.

As I reviewed the city code, there are, penalty limits for

certain stuff, but, I think the state or fed may choose to differ.

With the mayor on board, this is a village out of control, just a changing of the guard, (jury still out on Del Mar).

I guess there is, or could be, a RICO folder with his name on it. It certainly seems like organized crime to me.

To have a cop, to be able to pull any body into the station and beat a confession for something he did not do, to file a report that is totally not true, to lie in a court of law, with the aid of the D.A.'s office. Support of such activity is a terrorist, organized crime or something. Not only that, the entire court system (federal and state) in Illinois, the Attorney genera's approval and every elected official I contacted. This is just beyond comprehension, a total lack of dignity and respect. There are major problems here, and I am the only one that seems to care. These people may have documentation and titles that say they are the pillar of society, but they are only pillars in their own mind.

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. Sec. 13-2. Appointment and removal of the chief of police.

The chief of police shall be appointed by the village manager with the approval by a majority vote of the Corporate

Authorities.. The person appointed as chief of police must have achieved a baccalaureate degree from an

accredited college or university prior to the date of appointment. The chief of police shall serve at the pleasure of

the village manager and may be removed by the village manager at any time thereafter. (Ord. No. O-108-76. §1,12-13-76; Ord. No. O-4-86, §1, 1-13-86) (Ord. No. 0-16-02 §4, 1/28/02)

Sec. 13-3. Supervision and control of the chief of police.

The village manager shall be the immediate supervisor of the chief of police, and all policies, directives and orders

from the village to the chief of police shall be made by or transmitted through the village manager. The chief of

police shall report directly to the village manager and not to the Mayor and Village Council or to individual

members thereof. (Ord. No. O-108-76, §1, 12-13-76) (Ord. No. 0-16-02 §4, 1/28/02)

Sec. 13-4. Powers and duties of the police chief generally.

The chief of police shall direct the administration and operation of the police department and in addition to policies

transmitted to him by the village manager, shall establish such other policies, directives, rules and regulations for

the administration and operation of the

department as he sees fit, and provided in written form to all employees.

The chief of police shall have the authority and responsibility for fiscal management of the police department

within the fiscal policies and procedures established by the village manager and Corporate Authorities. The chief

of police shall serve as appointing authority for appointment to any position within the department other than his.

.http://www.palatine.il.us/assets/1/code_of_ordinances/Chapt_13.pdf .

. If the weather outside turns frightful this winter, the village of Palatine will be ready with a contract for snow removal. The Village Council approved a contract with R. L. Hummel Construction to plow snow in the village. The contract includes a $15,000 mobilization fee to guarantee the services and exclusive use of equipment. Village officials sent out 35 bid packages for the job of plowing three snow routes; Hummel was the only one to respond. "We're saving residents a significant amount of money, on average about $35,000 (a year)," Village Manager Reid Ottesen said. "We don't want to maintain a constant staff for snowplow operations in anticipation for a 10-year storm." Ottesen said ... http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-110D9F17E87FF738.html . ----------------------------------------------------------

oh by the way, what Ottesen did not say is that the village repairs all of Hummel's equipments, gets like $75k per for the first 2" and more after that? Hummel's equipment is moved into the warn city garages/city equipment is moved out side (it's all a well known secrete).

What did Hummel donate to Ottesen, during the $billion dollar construction Blitz? A consulting fee? A re-finance for some one,through Hummel's bank? A special deal loan? A room addition for some one? A new home? Something out of state maybe?

.The Hummel brewery/building.

lisa madigan is a criminal

Lisa Madigan has turned her office to a platform of special interests where criminals are free and innocents are deprived of their rights. In her website is a list of cases she has prosecuted since in office. How wonderful would this have been if that list contained Carol Spizzirri and Jon Burge. Have you ever heard of Jon Burge? No? Here are the facts surrounding him: during 1972-1991 Jon Burge and his officers arrested and tortured around 135 African-Americans at Area 2 police headquarters. Various authorities have confirmed that torturous methods, similar to those used against terrorists, were common practice. They consisted of electro-shocks to ears and genitalia, suffocation, beatings, burnings. In 1983, The Chicago Police Board found Jon Burge guilty of violating department rules and he was ultimately fired. Yet, Lisa Madigan ignored this. A special prosecutor report filed in July 19th 2006, further confirmed that there was strong evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Jon Burge and his officers committed immoral acts against the African-American defendants, Lisa Madigan remained unmoved. She kept the file dormant for 3 years in her office. In July 10th 2007, the Cook County Board passed Resolution 07-R-290 urging Lisa Madigan to initiate hearings. Lisa Madigan was busy pursuing a computer tampering case that had no evidence . Worst, in June 2009, she asked Chief Judge Paul Biebel to be excused from prosecuting Jon Burge to everyone's dismay. A critical mind might wonder why an Attorney General runs away from such an evidence-rich case? Well, if anything, Lisa Madigan is not a hypocrite. Thanks God. How could she have prosecuted Jon Burge when in Annabel's case she based her whole strategy on coercing a confession? When she failed to do so, she didn't have ANYevidence in the preliminary hearing and the case was dismissed. But this didn't stop her zeal. The court transcript was ultimately altered and exactly a week later, Annabel was indicted in Chicago based on misleading statements and false documents presented by a pathological liar who happens to be her business partner. Moreover, how could she have possibly prosecuted Jon Burge when she used most of her resources to prosecute Annabel, from conducting Grand Jury hearings, to filing subpoenas, to research Annabel's background, while falling shy of putting under oath the shoplifter, child abuser and schizophrenic liar who happens to be her friend. Too busy at helping her friend reinvent herself in another scam aiming at creating computer laws in Illinois in partnership with the Attorney General Office. Finally, too preoccupied to cast away the suspicion regarding a strange donation made by the Attorney General Office to Save A Life Foundation. Why is Lisa Madigan so stubborn in prosecuting Annabel against all facts? Is this due to the facts that Lisa Madigan is somehow afraid of Carol revealing unpleasant and damaging information? Or, is this due to the fact that she just doesn't care to uphold Justice when the victims belong to a certain race and a certain class? Have you ever watched the movie “Les Miserables”? If not, it's a French movie portraying 16th century French empire. In the movie, the mere fact of being poor and belonging to a lower class made one subject to prosecution. Maybe that's the same system Lisa Madigan tries to implement in Illinois. What does she know about sufferings? Has she ever flirted with poverty or material anxiety? Wonder how she will pay the bills at the end of the month? Certainly not. If so, then don't ask her to stand for poor victims who threaten her ambition of becoming Illinois' governor. She will certainly do anything to be politically right and safe. She will do anything to achieve that goal even if it means preventing the Burges and Spizzirris from prosecution. Not being a 'miserable' , she's a noble in her own right, a person disconnected for the real world and its needs, its demands and sufferings. Is this the kind of Attorney General Illinois needs for the next 6 years? An ambitious, un-caring, disconnected, un-concerned person too busy to protect a gestapo-like Justice System profiting the riches and well-connected, while despising and prosecuting the less fortunates? If the answer is NO, then Lisa Madigan should not be re-elected. It's an abomination of Justice when the very person that is supposed to uphold the Law used the responsibilities entrusted to her to stand for liars, corrupts politicians, torturers and tax cheats. http://www.illinoiscorruption.net/index.html

code of palatine

. http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:49xzFtuAE7UJ:www.palatine.il.us/publications/Village%2520Code/Chapt%252002.pdf+palatine+police+emblem&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us .

then I looked up, Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malfeasance_in_office .

Schwantz takes charge of malarkey, public dishonesty and deception

.“Patent Malarkey”: Public Dishonesty and Deception:

It seemed like Jerry Bratcher had it made. As chief of Police, his salary was $80,000 a year, and he oversaw an 80-man department ranked as one of the best in the country. He had set up lucrative outside consulting businesses analyzing other suburban police departments. And the taxpayers were paying for his drinks, lunches and dinners. No one would question any of it since he had also become a consultant to Micro Aseptic—run by the three village trustees who also ran the police and fire committee. That, together with his strong personal relationship with Mayor Rita Mullins, compromised any real oversight of the Palatine Police Department by the village government. It was all carefully hidden from the taxpayers in a maze of governmental paper buttressed by a village government who fought any citizen attempt to access these financial records.

Jerry Bratcher had created his own Feudal kingdom in Palatine.

Sure, there were a few underlying problems. His consulting and Micro Aseptic sales both depended heavily on the the goodwill of other suburban chiefs. So he had to constantlystroke them while at the same time hiding from them the true nature and extent of his business dealings and how they might affect the other chiefs. While bragging about the academic achievements of his men, he failed to mention he hired five or six chief’s kids — including his own. He also failed to mention he lost $125,000 in an Ponzi scheme which traded commodities.

Bratcher’s kingdom rested on a fragile foundation. He became a prisoner of his own propaganda. He had to constantly exaggerate and puff his own accomplishments and those of his police force to keep his outside business interests rolling. Thus, Bratcher pushed membership in the Northwest Police Academy (NWPA), argued for CALEA accreditation, and promoted the use of the Northern Illinois Police Crime Lab (NIPCL). He couldn’t stop making his sales pitch.

Bratcher also became a prisoner of his own sales pitch.

Bratcher ingratiated himself with his fellow chiefs and promoted his business interests at the same time. The chiefs provided a potential market of more than 100 suburban police forces to which he could offer his consulting services or sell his line of Micro Aseptic products, which could provide everything for a police department from soap to special shoes. Bratcher founded the NWPA, a forum which enhanced the international reputation of the Palatine Force and himself. He later used the academy to branch out into politics endorsing his friend Jack O’Malley. Indeed, Bratcher had employed a full-time PR person for his small-time Police Department. Additionally, the sons of various police chiefs were employed by the Palatine Police Department.

It was working. Eventually, Good Housekeeping magazine would cite the Palatine Police Department as one of the 10 best in the nation. On paper, Bratcher had a superior department. Palatine was not just the normal, under-equipped suburban police force. Many chiefs told us the crime at Brown’s Chicken and Pasta on January 8, 1993 was a terrible tragedy. But “thank God it happened in Palatine.” They knew Bratcher worked with CALEA, which certified suburban police departments, but were unaware that his CALEA connection was at the heart of the Good Housekeeping ranking.

Jerry Bratcher had carefully constructed a house of cards. It was held together by the spiderweb of personal relationships he had built with other chiefs and with the village government. An unsuspecting media and citizenry stood by, never noticing the personal stakes Bratcher had invested with the mayor, village board, and state’s attorney’s office. No one ever questioned any of them about their objectivity or the inevitable conflicts which grew out of these relationships. No one questioned any of them about their non-governmental business. Bratcher was employed as a consultant by three of the village trustees who ran Micro Aseptic.Because of his business relationships with the trustees and his long personal relationship with the mayor, he had effectively neutralized anyone who would be in a position to question his conduct. That connection which James Madison and Thomas Jefferson thought crucial—between the citizens and their elected representatives and “employees”—was crushed. .

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Bratcher also receives payments for services from Micro Aseptic, making at least $5,000 in consulting fees in 1995 alone. Bratcher used his considerable reputation and economic clout to help Micro Aseptic sell products to other police chiefs. In one instance, Bratcher used the NWPA as a platform to introduce Micro Aseptic’s products and services. As he had at other occasions, Bratcher introduced Jack Wagner of Micro Aseptic as an expert in combating blood-borne pathogens. He vouched for Micro Aseptic’s integrity and effectiveness. However, he did not reveal his continuing economic relationship with the company.

At the time, Micro Aseptic was owned and operated by two of Palatine’s trustees: Jack Wagner and Gregory Solberg.Wagner also chairs the public safety committee of the village board, which oversees the Palatine Police Department.The public safety committee sets salaries, approves budgets and monitors the department’s performance. Chief Bratcher’s department—along with the Lincolnwood PD—appeared in a 17-minute “police training” tape, which was essentially an infomercial for Micro Aseptic products. The tape credits the NWPA for help in production. (Note: In 1994, Bratcher served as a paid consultant for Lincolnwood as they searched for a new chief.) This is an apparent violation of Palatine’s ethics ordinance which prohibits, “use of village equipment, material or property for personal ... profit.”

Interestingly, Micro Aseptic was chosen to clean up the crime scene at Brown’s. Wager maintains that the products were provided at no charge as a public service. Skeptics have suggested that it was done for publicity. http://www.ipsn.org/bga1.htm

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. December 2006

Jack Wagner, B.Sc., BPH

Director, Scientific, Technical & Regulatory Affairs

Micro-Scientific Industries Inc

1225 Carnegie St - #101

Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 USA

Telephone: - 1-888-253-2536

FAX: 1-847-454-0837

Email: jwagner@opticide.com .

. http://palatine-jack-wagner.blogspot.com/ .

.This is, just one example, of why Palatine will not allow out side investigations.

This town's corruption has the approval of;

Illinois gov Quinn

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan

Cook County State's Attorney Alvarez

All the Federal judges at the Northern District building

All the chief judges in Cook County

1 or more supreme court justice

about 500 other judges I contacted

the legislative branch in Springfield

Senator Burris

Senator Divine

Obama

every law professor, faculty member of every law school in Illinois

and about 4500 others

.With all of this approval, backing, it's still, up to a person's own integrity, moral belief and convictions to decide, free will to choose. Nobody is twisting any one's arm to be good or bad.

. catch a cop, in a, rape, murder, bribe, dealing drugs, any thing, like I did, report it, only to have a cover up of biblical proportion.

I am sorry to say, no matter how you look at it, .My emails prove USA is a ethically corrupt Village and much larger a whole society. A large element in our society is, above the law. Little hope for a change.

.An entire society can become ethically corrupt. Nazi Germany is a good example of a morally corrupt society.

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/whatisethics.html .

Mayor Schwantz, a use to be NFL player. I wounder if the NFL support or teach this crap?

The newly elected Schwantz, has shown nothing, I wasn't expecting. To me, he looks like, just another elected thug. I always wanted to know what life after foot ball was like. Maybe and likely, his fan club is all for this also, but I ain't. .

Salvatore Avagliano

I helped Salvatore Avagliano build his dream, in the 70's. His dream to provide some comfort to the disabled.

In the process, the pope walked past me once and blessed me, Mike Mars was blessed by the pop.

a guy who loves dirty cops made me a blog

. http://mikemars-palatinedirt1.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html .

.hummmmm..... who loves dirty cops?

Who loves cops that do not tell the truth?

Who loves cops that make false reports?

Who loves a cop that beats a confession out of you?

Who loves a cop that mauls down your neighbors kid at 3 in the morning, turns him into a vegetable, for the rest of his life?

Who loves a cop that don't have to drug testing after he mauls down some one or don't know the name of the town he's working in or his own name, during patrol.?

Who loves a cop after he tazers some one to death and his union boss says it was justifiable?

Who loves cops that are exempt from drug testing?

Who loves cops that do shake downs?

Who loves a cop that falls off a bar stool, then drives home?

Who loves a mayor that buys them drinks all night long (bar tab?, hey, on the house, or else)?

Who loves a FOP investigating a FOP (fraternal order of police)?

a) a fireman?

b) mayor Mullins?

c) mayor Schwantz?

d) mayor Tatooles/

e) Palatine village council members?

f) Inverness village council members?

g) cops in Palatine?

h) cops in Inverness?

i) all cops?

j) Cook County D.A. Alvarez?

k) Cook County D.A. Alvarez and her County cops?

l) Attorney gerneral Madigan (don't forget, valuable, union contributions)?

m) Attorney general Madigan and her State troopers?

n) gov Quinn?

o) senator Burris?

p) senator Devine?

q) any of the judges, I contacted?

r) any of the law bars, I contacted?

s) any of the law professors, I contacted?

t) any of the legislators, I contacted?

u) all the above?

v) none of the above?

a, b, c, d, e f, g, h, i, j, k,l, m, n, o, p, q, u, r, s, t, u, or v?..........look at the bottom of the post for the correct answer.

Apparently this guy has no worry about being pulled over by a cop that is out of his mind (which reminds me, the mayors dad was shitting bricks, waiting for the day Baker would pull him over..... I guess those days are gone (since his kid became mayor), I was going through some keys (I got a bunch of keys) and I found a key to the mayor's dad's shop (he gave me a key, so that if I ever had to work on my truck or something, I could help my self (we go way back) (his kid seemed to have joined the crap instead of saying, this has got to stop, I want a clean ship on my watch, thus, I do not agree with his son's go with the flow (herd) mentality)). To be clear, it was Wenrich that pulled me over and Hunter sitting right next to him for 2 hours, Both top state cops, riped out to their tree! Haas deputy commander? (who knows what cloud he was on) (the police report they managed to get out is all I need). These idiot's aught to have some one prof read the report before they give it out.

Hey, when you got 2 or 3 plumbers telling you it will cost $9,000 to open up your sewer line,

you know (and every else knows), that I usually charge regular price, even when a $9,000 price tag is offered me

you might like my honesty then? but your right, maybe I'm an asshole. so don't call me.

When a cop makes a police report, I expect it to be accurate. When a cop testifies on a witness stand, I expect it to be truthful.

When a cop pulls some one over, I would expect the cop to know the color car he pulled over, where he pulled me over, the name of the road he was on and the town he's in. All that good stuff.

I would not expect the police chief, fire chief, the mayor, another mayor, another mayor, a couple village councils, judges, a couple law bars, the D.A.'s office, Attorney, the General office, every law professor, faculty member in Illinois and more, to think nothing of it,

which to me (a some what regular guy), suggests, this is a normal, acceptable behavior. by the ruling elite.

I say this, is a wrong acceptable behavior and they aught to be ashamed of themselves.

I don't accept it, wikipedia don't accept it.

.Because, I am the only one in the village, state of Illinois and maybe, the country, that feels this way,

if this makes me a bigger asshole, then, I'm a bigger asshole.

if you have chosen "V", you are then correct..... hummmmm..... sorry, "U" is the correct answer

sad story, but, Who do you think, has, Schakowsky's phone number? hint..... missing federal money? another hint (peas in a pod)

Amazing what missing federal money can do,

to a experinced, scuba diver, doing a little snorkling, then,

cremate the body, before you can shake a stick, real secrete agent crap.

Add, where did all that money go, that her husband stole?

Now we got 4 peas in a pod (hint-for this one you got to go to the madigan blog)

you got to bet Alvarez got her fingers in the till. (5 peas in a pod?)

Ask, Mullins hummmmm.....I don't think she is going to say a thing

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Congresswoman's son-in-law dies snorkeling

August 12, 2009 4:29 PM | 5 Comments | UPDATED STORY

The son-in-law of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) died Sunday in a snorkeling accident as he vacationed in Mexico with his family, her office and family said.

Michael McLaughlin, 38, was with Schakowsky and other family members near Tulum, Mexico, at the beginning of a week long vacation, Schakowsky's husband Robert Creamer said.

McLaughlin was married to Lauren, 35, who is the daughter of Schakowsky's husband and his previous wife Day Piercy, who lives in New York.

McLaughlin was a filmmaker and editor who lived with his wife in Queens, N.Y.

Creamer said he and other family members were in their hotel near Solinon Bay when another guest with binoculars told them there appeared to be a problem with McLaughlin, who was snorkeling in the bay about 7 miles north of Tulum.

Creamer was the first to reach McLaughlin in a kayak. He said he found his son-in-law face down in the water, and called out to him but got no response. Creamer said he got closer, turned his son-in-law over and realized he was in trouble. He administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and put a life vest on him, Creamer said.

"I yelled at him and poked at him and got no response, so I turned him over and it was clear he wasn't breathing,'' said Creamer.

McLaughlin's wife then showed up along with Schakowsky and others in more kayaks to help put McLaughlin on a kayak in the nearly 7-feet of water. Others also arrived in more kayaks to assist and pulled the craft carrying McLaughlin onto the beach where they continued to try to revive him unsuccessfully.

McLaughlin was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later, Creamer said.

In a phone interview from Mexico, Creamer said McLaughlin was an experienced snorkeler and diver who liked to snorkel alone. a coroner's report said he had aspirated in his mask and died of asphyxiation, he said.

McLaughlin was cremated, following his own request, Creamer said.

Creamer described himself as heartbroken and praised his son-in-law and the 7-year marriage to his daughter. The couple had planned to adopt their first child in September.

"Michael was one of the most loving and creative people I've ever met. ... and he and my daughter Lauren had one of the most loving marriages I have ever seen,'' Creamer said.

In 2005 Schakowsky's daughter-in-law Fiona died of cancer. She had been married to Schakowsky's son Ian.

Born Oct. 26, 1970, in Berkeley, Calif., McLaughlin was the oldest of three children and grew up in "the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, in Marin County," according to Creamer.

As a young man, McLaughlin was known for his love for the outdoors as his dinner table quips that entertained his family. As a young adult, he attended Sarah Lawrence College where he studied theater and moved with a friend to New York City, following college.

His family said McLaughlin never lost his zest for adventure, regularly white water rafting, skydiving, backpacking and studying Karate.

McLaughlin later moved to San Francisco, where he met his wife Lauren and married her in July 2002. During their marriage, McLaughlin helped his wife start her own business and she helped him pursue his film career as a filmmaker, his family said.

During McLaughlin's career he worked in live theater, puppetry and short fiction. His short film "Shadow Puppets of Doom" was shown in film festivals and won the "Best Screenplay" award in the Marin County Film Festival, his family said. At the time of his death he was filming a pilot reality television show.

McLaughlin is survived by his wife, Lauren Creamer McLaughlin, his mother, Rohana, his sister, Halima, and his brother, Marlin.

Tribune reporter Will Lee contributed.

--Carlos Sadovi

Chief Koziol

hummmmm..... can any one help this person, who sent me this email?

Hass, Wagner, Solberg, a bunch others, were right there, but I wouldn't trust any of em, for 2 cents.

Because Wernrich, Hunter, Baker, the village council are not in jail, I have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt, they are dirt, they lie, support perjury, obstruct justice, cover up, take bribes, the whole nine yards.

We got Bratchers kid admitting to torture, bunch of dirty assholes

Mayor Schwantz think they are the greatest thing since the foot ball helmet. No wounder why they can only drink (and drink they can (biggest group of drunks)) at one bar in town.

Chances are, the cops were riped out of their tree, that night, at the same bar (nothing changed). I still think there is a lot more, than made public.

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Hello Mike, I've been reading your blog/posts now and then, and am appalled at the corruption in Palatine! I understand that cops stick together, along with most politicians. You are just a "voice in the wilderness." If I were you, I'd move ! My son was arrested by the Palatine Task Force on April 28, 1993. He was wisked away in an unmarked car, taken to a secret location somewhere in Palatine, interrogated and beaten on and off for 33 hours. My son was an 18 year old kid at the time. Those idiots actually thought he "did the Browns Chicken murders"!! Why? Because someone told them he did it ! NO EVIDENCE. He was never allowed a phone call, or any of his Miranda rights. He never signed anything. There was no video tape, no confession, NOTHING. The two cops who violated his rights were a Sgt. Koziol and a deputy John Robertson. Robertson did most of the punching and slapping. Koziol did the kicking. Both were screaming in his face for many hours! MY QUESTION to you is this: Because you seem to keep such meticulous records of things, people and events in that area, by any chance (any chance at all?) I wonder if you would know the names of any people who could have been in the building where my son was interrogated on April 28 & 29, 1993 ? Any chance at all? We are looking for anyone, preferably not a cop, or if a cop, an honest one, who would be willing to speak with us. Perhaps a custodian or clerk working during those 33 hours? Perhaps someone who is no longer a cop? or retired since then? The cops covered a 2-way mirror with a cloth, so no one in that building could see what was going on in the interrogation room. BUT if any other honest citizen was in the building at that time, they may know something. (our hope) We're not sure where they took our son, but he didn't think it was the police station. He said it looked like a brick elementary school building. Yet inside were interrogation rooms and some jail cells, so perhaps it wasn't a school--but this is what he remembers. They were secretive about this location because they were hiding him from the news media and any lawyers who could have intervened. They would have arrived about 3:00 p.m. on April 28, 1993. He didn't leave that building until 10:45 p.m. on April 29th. Thank you for any information you may have. If you know anything, I will try very hard to keep your name out of things.

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Chief Bratcher, his kid, all who aided, then partook in the cover up of torture, used by the Palatine Police department

U.S. Law Prohibits Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Any practice of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by United States officials violates international human rights standards to which the United States is a party. These include the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Torture Convention), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.¹

The use of torture also violates U.S. law. In 1994, Congress passed a new federal law which specifically provides for penalties including fines and up to 20 years' imprisonment for acts of torture committed by American or other officials outside the United States. In cases where torture results in death of the victim, the sentence is life imprisonment or execution.²

"Renderings" to countries known to engage in routine torture violate article 3 of the Torture Convention, which prohibits sending an individual to another state where there are "substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture."³ Such transfers, and even credible threats of such transfers, made to combatants detained in an armed conflict also violate article 17 of the Third Geneva Convention, which provides that "[n]o physical or mentaltorture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind" (emphasis added). Indeed, if committed against persons protected by the Geneva Conventions, "torture or inhuman treatment.[or] willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health," would all constitute "grave breaches" under the Geneva Conventions.⁴

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/detainees/prohibits_torture.aspx