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Chicago police Sgt. John Poulos, whose fatal shootings of 2 men led to about $2 million in City Hall payouts, now running for judge (chicago.suntimes.com)

submitted 11 months ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[-] lledrtx@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago

"is now running for judge in Cook County with the help of a Democratic Party insider and $500,000 in loans from his wife."

wat

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Dude is living the American dream

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

Don't you need a lot of education to be a judge in stead of just money...?

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 11 months ago

He is a lawyer. In the article.

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Ah yeah, i see it, totally glanced over that.

[-] pingveno@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago

Judge, jury, and executioner, apparently.

[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

He is probably going win unfortunately

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

Lemme guess, his campaign will include talking points like "tough on crime".

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Don't you need to be a lawyer to become a judge? The fuck is wrong with you guys down south?

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 11 months ago

He is a lawyer. In the article.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

he's a pawn in the larger machinery of Chicago and Democrat politics. I'm not envious, this fella already owes some big favors.

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