CHICAGO’S RICH AND VIBRANT CRIMINAL CULTURE: Residents interfere with crime scene investigation, then complain

Yes, Chicago’s rich and vibrant criminal culture was on full display once more in recent days as scores of locals gathered around a double-homicide crime scene.

If you guessed the locals weren’t turning out to help police with statements and suspect information, you would be correct!   They caused all sorts of headaches for the investigating officers and crime scene techs.  It was bad enough that it took dozens of cops to maintain some semblance of order.

Furthermore, when it was decided to move the vehicle with the body in it to another, safer location to process it, the scene deteriorated into a near riot.  The locals were incensed by the “disrespect” shown to the “deceased body” by police.

The Chicago Police released a statement, which the Sun-Times reprinted an excerpt:

“From time to time, depending on the unique circumstances of the death, bodies may be left in vehicles and removed in private area at the ME’S office. This would be done to protect the integrity of the crime scene (the car) while at the same time preserving the dignity of the deceased by handling their bodies in a private area rather than on the street in full view of onlookers.”

Yep.  If technicians believe it’s safer or more efficient to process a vehicle at a secure facility where they don’t have to worry about being over-run by angry locals or the scene being tainted by those same locals throwing objects at the techs or into the scene, then it seems perfectly reasonable.

The bigger question is why was there so little cooperation between the bystanders and police.  Is it any wonder why there is such rampant crime in those neighborhoods, given the attitudes of many who live there?   Their unwillingness to identify and remove the bad actors from their own communities, and instead protecting them, is why there is such violence in these neighborhoods.

Oh yes, and a tarp can damage a crime scene by contaminating fingerprints and other evidence.

Those people were just itching for something to complain about.  If they hadn’t moved the car to process the scene, these same people would be complaining about how long it took to process the scene before removing the bodies.

Here’s the video.  It’s not safe for work (language).