"We will no longer be a party to something that's so unjust."
- Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart
There are times I am REALLY glad I'm from Illinois. This is one of them.
Yes, I am pretty down on the police usually. They usually are so busy enforcing the law that they forget to enforce justice instead. Last week that changed in Cook County. Sheriff Dart will no longer enforce forceclosure evictions as his officers have had to be the first to tell renters that their landlords lost the homes they were diligently paying rent for.
I've got a lot of sympathy for those cops, those renters doing the right thing, and nothing but hate for the bankers forcing the police to do their dirty work.
"These poor people are seeing everything they own put out on the street. ... They've paid their bills, paid them on time. Here we are with a battering ram at the front door going to throw them out. It's gotten insane."
"On top of it all, they want taxpayers to fund their investigative work for them. We're not going to do their jobs for them anymore. We're just not going to evict innocent tenants. It stops today."
More from the sheriff. Kudos to him and his men and women for doing the right thing.
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