suntimes.com - 1/22/2009
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A Chicago alderman arrested on drunken driving charges early this morning insists she was not drunk and says she was berated by three Chicago Police officers who yelled at her and refused to give her their badge numbers. As proof of her sobriety, Ald. Sharon Dixon (24th) said she never used ...
chicagotribune.com - 1/22/2009
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CHICAGO - A Chicago alderman has been charged
with drunken driving after allegedly causing a disturbance at
the scene of a fatal fire. Chicago Police officer Laura Kubiak said officers were blocking traffic with their squad cars to make way for fire ...
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... police cameras to see whether the arrest was caught on tape.
What started her bad night was when Dixon thought she should be allowed to go through a street that had been closed off by police as a crime scene. When police didn't let her do so, she started screaming at them officers said. She just couldn't understand why the cops wouldn't let her go through, I mean she is a big time city alderman! Sheese. Didn't these cops get the memo?
Naturally, in it's big write up, the Sun-Times forgot to mention Dixon was a Democrat -- and the Sun-Times also ...
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... are also checking the area for police cameras to see whether the arrest was caught on tape. What started her bad night was when Dixon thought she should be allowed to go through a street that had been closed off by police as a crime scene. When police didn’t let her do so, she started screaming at them officers said. She just couldn’t understand why the cops wouldn’t let her go through, I mean she is a big time city alderman! Sheese. Didn’t these cops get the memo? Naturally, in it’s big write up , the Sun-Times forgot to mention Dixon was a Democrat — and the Sun-Times also ...
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