Ald. Helen Shiller's Office Calls 911, Refuses to Talk About It - 11/03/2009

CHICAGO - At approximately 11:15 am on Nov. 3, 2009, a call came over the Chicago police radio that Helen Shiller's aldermanic ward (46th) office called to report a homeless man causing trouble. It was a possible assault in the making. Several squads responded that they would respond. I arrived at Shiller's ward office at 11:28 a.m. A police car was still on the street, in front of the office, as I walked in and asked why the police had been called. Shiller's staff was evasive, refusing at first to even acknowledge that the police had been there even as they were still visible through the front window. Here you have a public, elected official whose office had just requested emergency services from the police, and her staff told me it was none of my business why. Shiller, a Democrat, is widely known to be unresponsive to the high crime in her Uptown neighborhood. Shiller is the alderman who was chased from a public meeting by an angry crowd last summer (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqpEvKIlcO4). Also see my updated report at:
http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2009/11/shillers-911-calls-baseball-bat-a...

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• Ald. Shiller
• Helen Shiller
• 46th Ward
• Chicago
• aldermen
• police
• Uptown

[ryno99]

Why? Cause I have power and you are a slave. Do these morons know they work for the people?

[coilxcept]

Why do the cops even help her? This woman is behind a lot of cop lawsuits.

[hitchwatch]

What the Cappleman!