Chicago Gun Control Puts Vulnerable at the Mercy of Corrupt Cops

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

One of the most corrupt Chicago cops in history directed a drug dealer in the early 1990s to spray gunfire at the suburban home of a federal agent who was raising red flags about the officer's corruption, according to federal court testimony Friday.

The crooked cop, Joseph Miedzianowski, told Jose Rivera, then a drug dealer, to "light up" the house of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Diane Klipfel and kill everyone inside, Rivera said in chilling testimony.

Rivera, who admitted to being a onetime gang member but said he no longer dealt drugs, never carried out Miedzianowski's request even though the cop gave him an AK-47 for the job, according to court testimony.

Rivera was a snitch for both Miedzianowski and Klipfel. Rivera was able to recognize that it was Klipfel's house that Miedzianowski was pointing out to him during a visit, even though the corrupt cop didn't tell him who lived there.

Chicago is one of the few places where the citizens don't think it's strange that corrupt cops should have a monopoly on gun ownership.