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July 21, 2010
Police follies
J & K's Dada Party - the Real Police., originally uploaded by mr walker.
The other night I was walking down Clark Street outside Wrigley Field at about 11 pm. I was being a good boy - I had just been over at my friends' house, watching, of all things, Romancing the Stone, which was a pretty good movie if you don't mind corny 80's soundtracks and shoulder pads. Anyway, that stretch of Clark Street has several dozen bars on it, replete with thousands of people who are well on their way to being intoxicated. So, the Chicago Police usually have a few officers out there to make sure nothing crazy happens, and the occasional reveler will ask to get a picture with the officers. The officers will usually oblige, especially if the reveler is young and female.
I don't think it's a big deal, nor should it be, unless the cops are being kept from doing their jobs. However, it doesn't work that way in some places, such as the case of an officer in Massachusetts. He has had to resign his job after, oops, leaving his squad car to go into a strip club for a photo op with a stripper, "Bridget the Midget."
According to Police Chief Paul Shastany, the officer didn't break any laws, but his curiosity got the best of him.
“There was information that just by nature of her stature that he wanted to see her,” said Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany.
The 3-foot, 9-inch woman, who worked at the gentleman's club Alex's, calls herself "Bridget the Midget."
“He went and had a photograph taken with himself and this performer while he was in uniform. He didn’t enter the club, but what that did is it portrayed the police department in a very poor position,” said Shastany.
Bennett was turned in by other officers and allegedly lied to internal investigators when he was confronted on the incident.
“He attended a resignation and admitted there was some fabrications and lies, it was a severe case of bad judgment,” said Shastany.
The Patrolman had only been with the department a little over two years.
Oh lordy lordy lordy. That's a hell of a way to lose one's job. I personally don't have much of a fascination with midgets, stripper or otherwise. They're just people to me - but, well, if some people get their jollies that way, more power to them, I suppose. On the other hand, I suppose if I had to pick something like that to see, it would be the stripper from Total Recall. You know what I mean.
entry no. 1489
Posted at July 21, 2010 12:58 PM