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Chicago panhandlers sue for lost wages
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:07 am
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:07 am
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I'm not even sure what to say here...
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Pindak calculates he may have lost up to $10 a day for four days a week over a four-year period because of the sheriff's department; that could add up to more than $8,000.
I'm not even sure what to say here...
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 6:10 am
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Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:09 am to tigerman03
it really is funny at this point. 
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:09 am to tigerman03
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Kim Pindak stands outside Chicago's federal courthouse after the first day of testimony in a civil lawsuit involving him and and other panhandlers Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Chicago. He and another panhandler brought a suit that alleges they lost up to $10 a day because authorities bar them from begging in Daley Plaza, a popular public square in the city. The trial that started today is a rare instance of jurors being asked to decide the issue of panhandlers' rights.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:38 am to tigerman03
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The case in Chicago will examine whether lax or nonexistent training for sheriff's deputies regarding panhandlers' rights contributed to violations of Pindak's and Phillips' rights.
Pallmeyer already ruled that the men's rights were violated, at least in some instances. Jurors will be asked to come up with a dollar amount for any damages determined.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:46 am to Scooba
What a great picture!
There's the bum. -Check.
There's two people laughing at the bum. -Check.
Panhandlers are just the worst.
There's the bum. -Check.
There's two people laughing at the bum. -Check.
Panhandlers are just the worst.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:51 am to tigerman03
The bums will always lose!
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:53 am to tigerman03
at the absurdity of this. On the flip side, this bum is thinking he is doing something good for himself and other panhandlers when, in fact, he is just establishing an income threshold that the government would want to tax.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:09 am to tigerman03
Can we sue him for the taxes that he never paid on his panhandling wages. You want the view yourself as an independent contractor guess what you have to pay the piper.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:30 am to tigerman03
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Pindak calculates he may have lost up to $10 a day for four days a week
So not only is he a panhandler, but he is a lazy panhandler at that. This SOB takes 3 days off each week!
Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:37 am to tigerman03
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Adele Nicholas, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told jurors during her opening statement Monday that the case is about the responsibility law enforcement agencies have to adequately train their staffs about citizens' rights. She said money wasn't the point.
"This case is about something bigger," she said. "It's about responsible police practices."
But an attorney defending the sheriff's office, Patrick Russell, told jurors there was never a concerted effort to bar panhandlers from Daley Plaza. At worst, he said, panhandlers like Pindak might have been asked to "move along" from time to time.
He said they were not arrested, detained or prosecuted.
"So I ask you: What are the damages?" he said.
Pretty good timing by the plaintiffs to frame this as a police training issue right now in Chicago.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:41 am to tigerpimpbot
The judge should be impeached.
The jury should award nothing.
But, here's the kicker...if the jury awards ANYTHING (even a penny), the plaintiff's attorney's fees get paid, in full, by the city - by federal statute.
The jury should award nothing.
But, here's the kicker...if the jury awards ANYTHING (even a penny), the plaintiff's attorney's fees get paid, in full, by the city - by federal statute.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:56 am to Scooba
With a North Face jacket on. You cannot make these things up.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:01 am to rmc
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With a North Face jacket on.
Someone may have given it to him. A lot of homeless shelters give out clothes that have been donated.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:02 am to rmc
Came to say the same thing.
Look at the coat on this "beggar."
Lived in Chicago for three years. Just wasn't my thing.
Look at the coat on this "beggar."
Lived in Chicago for three years. Just wasn't my thing.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:03 am to Scooba
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:04 am to TigerattheU
Panhandlers rights???
What about the rights of working tax paying citizens to enjoy a public area without some alcoholic beggar bugging them for money? frick these people. This is why you don't give them money, it just encourages them. I cringe every time someone I am with gives them a few bucks.
What about the rights of working tax paying citizens to enjoy a public area without some alcoholic beggar bugging them for money? frick these people. This is why you don't give them money, it just encourages them. I cringe every time someone I am with gives them a few bucks.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:05 am to Scooba
frick Panhandlers right in the pussy. They have no rights. GTFO and go get a job assholes.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:09 am to jbgleason
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I cringe every time someone I am with gives them a few bucks.
They're still people, cold-hearted dick.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:11 am to Scooba
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panhandlers' rights
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:12 am to ThatMakesSense
Can I sign up? I mean if he cant panhandle there because of the law, I can't either. I cna do so on weekends. Maybe 300 bucks work of lost wages. Sign me up
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