Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz
Alan: Gliniewicz' tee-shirt reminds me of a bumper sticker:
The Marine Corps: When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be Destroyed Overnight.
Alan: Gliniewicz' tee-shirt reminds me of a bumper sticker:
The Marine Corps: When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be Destroyed Overnight.
Alan: The longer I live, the clearer it is that "the authorities" participate -- consciously or unconsciously -- in a devilishly-devised, age-old scam whose purpose is to normalize massive amounts of violence, whether that violence manifests within our borders as "the oppression of poor people, particularly poor people with dark skin color," or, as Whimsy Wars overseas.
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(Homage Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
Vietnam and Iraq are prima facie examples of fatuous wars and were it financially feasible to wage war on Iran after the 2008 Global Economic Meltdown, we would have had a perfect trifecta.
Retired Air Force general friend, AWC, confided: "It seems we haven't fought a good war since World War II.
Retired Air Force general friend, AWC, confided: "It seems we haven't fought a good war since World War II.
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Consider Bush-Cheney's Whimsy War on Iraq;
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At a news conference, Lake County Major Crime Task Force Cmdr. George Filenko said Gliniewicz, 52, shot himself to death in a "carefully staged suicide" as the result of "extensive criminal acts."
Gliniewicz for years ran the village’s Explorers program, which gave aspiring officers policing experience, and he had been stealing and laundering money for years, Filenko said. He stole thousands of dollars that he used for personal purposes, including mortgage payments, travel and adult websites, Filenko said.
He forged signatures on requisitions for federal equipment, authorities said. Before he killed himself, Gliniewicz knew the village was conducting an audit that might have turned up his thefts, Filenko said.
After these acts, Gliniewicz staged his death to look like a murder, leaving a trial of his equipment around the scene to try to mislead investigators, Filenko said. He fired a shot into his protective vest and aimed a second, fatal bullet beneath his vest in his upper torso, Filenko said.
"There are no winners here. Gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal ..." Filenko said. "He behaved for years in a manner contrary to the image he portrayed."
Gliniewicz’s death will not necessarily preclude any prosecutions, authorities said. The investigation indicates criminal acts by at least two other people, authorities said.
Though the announcement answers a key question about his death, authorities continue to look into related matters. Lake County State’s Attorney Mike Nerheim said the results of the investigation have been turned over to his office, as well as to the FBI, for investigation and potential prosecution of alleged crimes that are not related to his shooting but were uncovered during the investigation into it. Nerheim declined to go into further detail.
Though the announcement answers a key question about his death, authorities continue to look into related matters. Lake County State’s Attorney Mike Nerheim said the results of the investigation have been turned over to his office, as well as to the FBI, for investigation and potential prosecution of alleged crimes that are not related to his shooting but were uncovered during the investigation into it. Nerheim declined to go into further detail.
The announcement Wednesday marks the completion of a 180-degree turn for an investigation that began with hundreds of officers, as well as dogs and helicopters, searching for suspects who apparently never existed. In the weeks that followed, Lake County, Illinois authorities downplayed the possibility that Gliniewicz had committed suicide while they followed leads and reviewed forensic test results.
The question of how he died has driven controversy since shortly after officers found Gliniewicz mortally wounded in a remote, marshy area of the village near the Wisconsin border.
Around 8 a.m. Sept.1, Gliniewicz radioed in that he was pursuing two white males and a black male. Dispatchers lost contact with Gliniewicz, a 30-year veteran and a fixture in Fox Lake, and responding officers found him shot, and his .40-caliber handgun rested nearby.
That touched off a massive but fruitless manhunt followed by an investigation initially geared toward finding the trio Gliniewicz described before he died. With the Lake County Major Crime Task Force leading the investigation, officers tracked down three men captured on video in the area, but then announced they’d been ruled out as suspects. Police haven’t mentioned any other suspects since.
Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd said a few days after the shooting that he couldn’t rule out suicide or any other manner of death.
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With the task force giving few details, media reports put forth conflicting information, sometimes attributed to unnamed sources, and authorities feuded publicly about what information should come out.
A month after Gliniewicz was shot, police said he’d been shot twice with his own weapon – once in his protective vest and once in the upper left area of his torso. But authorities said they could not yet rule on a manner of death, and police said there were signs of a struggle at the scene.
Police said GPS data showed he was on foot near the crime scene for about 20 minutes before calling in that he had seen suspicious activity. The officer had agreed to look into reports of vandalism in the area at a recent meeting with village officials, police said.
Gliniewicz, a trim and heavily tattooed Army veteran known widely in Fox Lake, was memorialized with a hero’s funeral. He was laid to rest with full military honors at Antioch Community High School, and mourners waited in line for hours to pay their respects. Authorities said officers from more than 1,000 police forces attended, and helicopters swooped in formation over the cemetery.
Gliniewicz long led the department's Explorers program, which gives aspiring officers up-close experience with policing. Many referred to him as “G.I. Joe.“
Despite Wednesday’s announcement, several matters in Fox Lake remain unresolved. The village has been in the midst of a review of procedures and equipment triggered by the retirement of the Police Chief Michael Behan days before Gliniewicz died. Just before he retired, Behan and another officer had been put on leave pending an investigation into the department’s handling of an altercation between an officer and an arrestee in 2014. The village has revealed very little about those inquiries.
The family has granted infrequent interviews since the officer’s death. A ruling of suicide could have serious financial consequences for Gliniewicz’s survivors, as the families of officers killed in the line of duty are eligible for benefits worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, attorneys said.
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