shame on Marengo Police

[caringmom]

I realize that there are obviously very serious problems with the police in this town and what has happened to my daughter might seem minor but it isn’t. A false police report was made against my daughter accusing her of lewd behavior. Since it was a lie no arrest was made. The problem is that this woman was allowed to make a false police report without any consequences for her actions against a minor. I had to research the issue and find the law myself that stated it was a class 4 felony. The law does not say if no arrest is made then there is no harm no foul. Yet that is what the police told me. They also said I was not considered a creditable witness since I was her mother. The police are supposed to uphold the law and the courts are supposed to decide if it is worth pursuing and determine the punishment. Unfortunately the police decided to play judge and jury on this and do nothing. This allowed the woman who lied to continue her harassment and slander. I can’t help but believe if we didn’t live in a low income apartment complex action would have been taken. If they thought I was in a position to hire a lawyer they would have acted the way the law dictates instead of what they consider worthy of their attention. In the same complex I had to call the same police station against a neighbor who was showering without a curtain in full view of who ever walked by. It was obvious what she was doing and could clearly see she was naked. After being told the address the police actually told me it was not a crime! When I spoke with McHenry county sheriffs department I was told that is was a crime and the least they would do was to tell her to put a curtain up. If it continued they would then take further action. I think I have been looking at the wrong laws. There must be a place for special laws regarding low income residents which excludes being harassed, being falsely accused of a crime and having to deal with public displays of lewd behavior. If the police wont help protect our children against adults who harass them are we supposed to take the law into our own hands? And if we do will they say no harm no foul? I taught my children right from wrong and that there are consequences for wrong behavior. Now they see this is not true people can break laws and get away with it as long as the people are low income and those committing the crime against them are also low income. Maybe if we were related to one of these cops things would have ended up much different.
This town is going to hell in a handbag and the local government will be to blame!

[marengogal]

You see, Donald Lockhart had his big butt slapped along with the rest of the police department with a lawsuit that is still pending. So in retaliation, they feel the need to harass the lower income folks to compensate for the ball shrinkage.