On Friday April 10, Andrew Cazares and Fausto Manzera were pulled over on the Dan Ryan because of a flat tire. An alleged drunk driver was speeding and slammed into Andrew’s car causing his gas tank to explode leaving his car completely dismantled and tragically killing these two friends. The man then leaves the scene, but was shortly caught and taken into custody. It turns out that his blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. Now the controversy comes when we find out the drunk driver was Joseph Frugoli, an 18 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department who was off-duty. The policeman was charged with reckless homicide, aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an auto accident, yet still let out on bond. He has been reported to be in at least three other accidents one of which was similar to this one, yet all charges were either dropped or thrown out. Here is a link to a news video clip describing the accident. Do you think justice was served? Do you think police officers get away with much more because of their occupation? Do you think that they are being too harsh on Frugoli?
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6754291
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I think what happened is absolutely horrible. I feel like cops think they deserve more privileges than others and they enforce the law to individuals, but do not always follow it themselves. I think that under NO circumstance, a cop should ever get off the hook for a situtation like this. Just because he is an "authority figure" does not be his poor actions should be justified. The mistake he made is one that can never be erased and his actions should not be dealt with lightly. He should get the same consequences that any other individual would. The fact that he is a cop is erroneous.
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