Thanks to Cal Skinner, I won't have to drive to Rockford tomorrow. Cal has posted the Pavlins' Complaint (legal term) on www.McHenryCountyBlog.com.
For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting the Pavlin's side of the story, there it is.
Thanks, Cal! You saved me three hours of time, 80 miles of driving, probably a parking ticket, and the cost of buying a print-out of the Complaint. I owe you. Let's see, a cup of coffee?
Maybe now some of you will stop wondering about the righteous behavior of the deputies that night, perhaps the one who "assisted" Mr. Pavlin to the ground. Maybe the wrestling shows will have to stop calling such a move a "take-down". When you hear "assist" on WWE, now you'll know what they are talking about.
Now you know why Mrs. Pavlin dialed 9-1-1 and tried to summon police help and protection (from whom? the deputies!) that night.
And I'll bet the show's not over, folks. Just keep hanging onto your seats, and keep your eyes and ears open.
Is all this causing a little heartburn at 2200 N. Seminary?
A huge question is, why didn't the lid get clamped down a long time before that gang ever showed up at the Pavlins in March 2008? It's not like command personnel at the sheriff's department didn't know what was happening.
The people, the public, John Q. Citizen, must have the right to step forward with information and believe it will be properly received and thoroughly investigated.
Whistleblowers should not have to fear retribution, retaliation, demotion, loss of special assignments or other privileges for calling attention of command personnel to dirty tricks.
The Pavlins went to Chicago for their attorney for this lawsuit. Representing the Pavlins is Lawrence W. Jackowiak, of 20 N. Clark St. in the Chicago Loop. His complete address and phone number are at the bottom of the filing.
The Pavlins' lawsuit is against seven deputies in their individual capacities and Sheriff Keith Nygren. What will that Night of Terror in March 2008 cost McHenry County? Any guess?
Again, a special thanks to Cal Skinner. Be sure to go to www.McHenryCountyBlog.com and read the lawsuit. Bookmark that blog and read it often.
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6 comments:
Gus, I get the feeling that you are on the Pavlin's side? Why do you assume the Pavlin's are telling the truth about what happened? There are two very conflicting stories here, either the deputies or the Pavlin's are not being honest. You seem to automatically be against the police whenever someone says they did something wrong. Should they not receive some credit for doing what they do? I think they need our support, they are good deputies.
Support, you are correct that I am on the side of Mr. and Mrs. Pavlin. I met Mr. Pavlin in October 2008. On that day he told me that his attorney wanted them to plead guility, and they weren't going to do that. He also told me that his wife and he were AFRAID that the deputies would come back (and hurt them again).
I first met Mrs. Pavlin in court earlier this year.
Law enforcement personnel, whether State, County or local, many times have a difficult job. And then there are times when they make it more difficult.
Deputies and police are to "serve and protect"; in performance of those duties they need our support.
Did you mean "they" (the deputies named in the lawsuit) need our support, or did you mean to write "there" are good deputies?
If you meant "there are good deputies", I agree.
Yes, that was a typo, I meant to say They are good deputies (referring to the deputies involved in this incident). You shouldn't be so quick to judge hen you really don't know what happened. Who is telling the truth here? The deputies or the Pavlin's?
I have an advantage that many readers here don't have. I have met the Pavlins and have heard their story. And I have read the deputies' reports and the Complaint.
So maybe it's not entirely correct that I "really don't know what happened".
For example, if the deputies didn't notice that the handcuffs were cinched up so tightly on Mr. Pavlin that they cut his wrists and caused bleeding and bruising, why did Deputies Mandernack and Lambert take Mr. Pavlin to the hospital on the way to the jail?
A 5th-grader would quickly see that the deputies' reports are "coordinated". Put them side-by-side. Read them line-by-line. Notice how all the details fit together like clockwork.
This is a practice that must STOP at the Sheriff's Department!
Gus, just because you've met the Pavlins doesn't mean you know what happened. Unless you were there, that very night, you don't know. You are choosing to side with them based on what you've personally heard from them, and that's fine. For now. Because the charges were dismissed doesn't mean the Pavlins were necessarily innocent and you should know that having been in law enforcement.
I read through each of the reports written by the deputies and honestly, they don't seem concocted to me. FOIA any incident that generated a multiple unit response where more than one deputy did paper and you'll see the same types of consistency as in the Pavlin reports. Report writing is structured very specifically using the same key phrases and written with the same types of details for a reason...court. Not conspiracy.
QWA, I agree. I have heard only one side of the story, first-hand.
When the deputies are gathered in one room to discuss the incident and write their reports, tell me again how this is not concocted?
The disparity in reports deserves its own article, which will be posted.
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