Bernadette Avila Wife of a Chicago Police Officer is in Danger!Susan Murphy Milano's Journal
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
[Excerpts] Bernadette Avila is the wife of a veteran Chicago Police Officer...The officer is charged, finger printed and is given an eye[sic] bond... At 2:30 PM , a distraught, barely audible Bernadette calls me. "The State's Attorney laughed at me, the protection had never been entered in the L.E.A.D.S computer system..." Bernadette wanted to know why she even bothered and "no one cares, I'm gonna die, I'm not protected. My husband told me this would happen, [that] he can get away with it and he is. What am I suppose to do?"... Bernadette's close friend Nancy Rojo, the wife of Cook County Sheriff, also attempted to get help from a system that turned a deaf ear... On Oct. 12, 2010, a witnesses watched as Sheriff Alexander Rojo pulled out a handgun and, without saying a word, shot his wife three times, stood over her and fired five more bullets... On March 11, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. Bernadette Avila has to return to the very courtroom where she was laughed at several hours ago by a Cook State's Attorney who is suppose to be representing her in this criminal and very serious matter... [SEE FULL ARTICLE HERE]
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This is so sick. Police are the protectors of society. A policeman's wife should be among the most secure. There should be zero tolerance for this kind of abusive behavior.
ReplyDeleteIs this an example of a “buddy” system where the attitude “we’ll cover our own no matter what they do” rules?