Late Friday evening Chicago Police charged Reginald Potts, 30 with the murder of Nailah Franklin. This past summer upon word of her disappearance the city was flooded with pictures of her and for many the hunt for her became an obsession. I didn't know Nailah but I saw her around the city and from all accounts she was a wonderful woman. Her sisters are also good people and I feel for her family. I must also add that the Chicago Police are notorious for arresting people who had zero to do with a particular case. In October Reginald Potts was interviewed by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell (read article here) and every fiber of my being hopes that they caught the right guy because no one deserves to die the way she did. If this guy couldn't handle it he should have walked away. The emails that were sent back and forth are public record and that in itself is sad. He's kind of like a black Drew Peterson for lack of a better word. He proclaimed his innocence and then almost immediately ran to the media for interviews and the like. Piece of garbage? Yes. Innocent? Don't know but I would hope so for his sake. It would sicken me to hear that the cops got the wrong guy - again.
That leaves two major crimes involving women of color in Chicago unsolved. The incineration of two women in Chicago's Hyde Park is still hanging out there...get on it Andy and Barney, call Barnaby, Columbo, Hawk, Mannix, Mrs. Marple whoever just get it done. The Chicago Police are busy patting each other on the back at the moment.
Nailah Franklin - I hope now you can rest.
UPDATE
Area Man Dumber Than A Bag Of Titanium Hammers
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