Rogers Park - Two local journalists were assaulted by Chicago EMS and CPD personnel - right in front of Ald. Joe Moore's office this evening (49th Ward). Another blogger and I were insulted, sworn at, threatened and nearly lost our cameras to bully paramedics and police officers at the strip mall where Joe Moore has his ward office.
At approximately 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, police dispatch sent out a "man down" call for officers and EMS to respond to the intersection of W. Jarvis and N. Greenview. Craig Gernhardt and I both heard the call on our scanners and both of rode to the scene. I arrived a few moments before Gernhardt and watched a fire truck, a CFD ambulance and a CPD squad car drive south, past the strip mall. Curiously, they stopped under the CTA overpass immediately south of the mall, looked around the intersection and moved on. I had my scanner on. They called in that the person down was not there and had apparently walked away. They left the scene.
Moments later Gernhardt spotted the man, laying on the inner sidewalk of the mall, in front of a dry cleaner, a few yards from Ald. Moore's office. I called 911. CFD and CPD were dispatched again. When the paramedics arrived, they quickly became more concerned about our cameras than with the well being of their patient. In fact, they completely lost control of their patient (man in red hat). 
