The Fox Lake, Ill. police officer who has shot and killed by three suspects Tuesday has been identified as Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, a 32-year veteran of the force and father of four sons.
A massive search by local and federal officials for three suspects, described only as two white men and one black man, was still underway after eight hours late Tuesday afternoon.
In a news conference, Lake County sheriff’s department spokesman Chris Covelli said Gliniewicz radioed that he was beginning a “foot pursuit” during a routine patrol shortly before 8 a.m. CT on Tuesday. Other responding officers later found Gliniewicz wounded in a marshy area, stripped of his gun and other gear. He died at the scene.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Gliniewicz went by the nickname “G.I Joe” in the department.
“He’s got four sons who are going to have to go on alone,” Terry Resetar, Gliniewicz’ mother-in-law, told the Tribune.
Contrary to earlier reports, no arrests have been made in the officer’s killing, and the search is ongoing.
Interesting, watch how the rightwing media handles this story. There are two white criminals and one black criminal. Clearly, criminals of all colors kill police officers. And note the use of the word “criminals.” Most think the people who kill police officers are CRIMINALS. (Funnily enough, there are certain people such as Cliven Bundy and friends whom are heralded by the rightwing media, even though they are stealing from we the people–so “criminal” seems to only apply to a certain class of “criminal” with a highly flexible standard in those circles, but I digress).
When a police officer kills a young black man who ISN’T behaving criminally–with the caveat that jaywalking or evading taxes are generally not considered crimes that warrent arrest let alone death, or the state allows someone claiming “fear” to walk free after killing a young black man, we ask that those people TOO be called criminals. Too often the state endorses the idea that people who commit these acts against unarmed young black men are “upstanding citizens” who merely at worst made a mistake and that the victim deserved what they got.
That picture is less than a mile from where I live.
Fox Lake will never be the same.
I had friends posting this as if it was all black people killing a white cop “When will the President Step Up!” … shocking to find out it was just another crime and not a targeted killing of a white cop by black thugs.
My mom grew up in Grayslake. I know the area well.
Sounds like a drug thing going on. My condolences to the family of this policeman. Folks had nothing but good things to say about him.