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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 02:33 PM
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Phony cop badges a ticket to trouble - Real cop belonged to fake department
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-fakecops28.html

Willie Jackson Jr. belonged to two very different police departments.

A real one. And a fake one.

The real one was the Cook County Sheriff's Department, where he was in the Internal Affairs Division.

The fake one, law enforcement sources say, was the U.S. Railways Police Department, which has listed him as its chief.

Jackson's leadership of the U.S. Railways Police has placed him under investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and he's suspected of trying to buy automatic weapons with his U.S. Railways Police credentials -- credentials he bought over the Internet, the sources said.

Jackson, 50, hasn't been charged with criminal wrongdoing...

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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 05:10 PM
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1. Why hasn't this guy been charged with criminal wrongdoing? n/t
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 05:13 PM
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2. Because he's one of the GOOD GUYS
Who never would cause harm to a fly.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 08:05 PM
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3. You hit the nail on the head n/t
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 08:15 PM
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4. I suspect that it that were me in his place
I would be on my way for a Cuban vacation, complements of Homeland Insecurity.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-05 01:58 PM
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5. I suspect you are right n/t
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