Justice in Chicago .

Chicago , IL (AP) - A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Cook County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible..

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Chicago Bears, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.






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I guess Tigers wife (Eli) was not a consideration.

 

forwarded to my brother in law

 

A good friend of mine still keeps his long-departed grandfather's "umbrella" in the entry umbrella bin. Above it is an old yellowed newspaper clipping telling how a 76 year old man fought off three street thugs in Chicago--his grandfather.

Although it looked like an umbrella, it was actually a round stick with 20 nails knocked through it and the leftovers of an umbrella over them for camouflage. When the hoodlums tried to get his money, he poked 'em with the umbrella until they grabbed it and tried to take it away--bad idea.

 

UPDATE

The Bears now share Joint Custody with the Rams.


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And I thought he would choose the Detroit Lions, that way he would get out of IL.

 

Funny.