This is scary: You think a police officer is approaching you, but he turns out to be a robber - and he's robbing you. Now that I think about it, that cop who harassed me during the near-riot on Morse Avenue never showed me his identification. Hmmm..
Chicago Tribune - "The offenders approached victims as they walked down the street, displayed handguns, announced a robbery while indicating they were the police" and took money and valuables, police said in a community alert. In one case, the robbers pulled up in an older-model gray Chevrolet with a blue light on the dashboard, police said. Full Story...