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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
One thing I don't get -- if they want to keep the guy calm and avoid further F-bomb laced tirades, why in the hell did they send him to Domestic Relations division?
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Because it's not a reassignment to help him deal with issues; it's a punishment for daring to question the tradition of police officers being treated as above the law.
1300 S. Michigan is the biggest hellhole of a court facility[1] in Chicago, and the docket there is terrible, sad and hard to manage, with accusers and their families crammed in with defendants and their families. Real law doesn't take place there, since prosecutors can't even dismiss baseless charges (which probably are very rare anyway) completely; they have to do alternative dispositions involving counseling, etc. That's expensive, too, so you're basically guilty if you're arrested. Hopefully the new building will be better, at least in the space and placement issues, but it's still years off.
[1] The hallway runs along one side, about ten feet wide, and almost everyone has to wait out there, since the courtrooms (about 20 X 30 feet) are tiny and don't have 20% of the space needed. Altercations are common in the hallways. Bathroom facilities are inadequate; the elevators don't work that well. It's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.
