Dumb Idea for Racial Equality

I learned on the Officer Down Memorial Page that Chicago City Council woman Madeline Haithcock has proposed renaming a Chicago Street after Fred Hampton, a former Black Panther chairman who advocated the killing of Police Officers. During his chairmanship, black panther members killed five police officers, including two Chicago Officers. Hampton himself was killed in a raid in his apartment.

Fraternal Order of Police President Mark Donahue:

It's a dark day when we honor someone who would advocate killing policemen and who took great advantage of the communities he claimed to have been serving. We have real, everyday heroes within the department who would be better honored than someone of the stature of Fred Hampton

Read this article for some of the asinine stuff Haithcock said in defense of her proposal.

The officers murdered by the Black Panthers were:

Frank Rappaport
John J. Gilhooly
Glenn E. Smith (a black officer)
Kenneth Carmel Patrick
Ricky Leon Kinchen (a black deputy)