Message of the Day – Irony

When I read in the Chicago Tribune that Lou Bianchi attorney Terry Ekl was asking for a Special Prosecutor to probe the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department, I could not help but reflect that Bianchi was indicted by a Special Prosecutor.

Attorney Terry Ekl is representing a woman who was stripped of her clothing by LaSalle County Deputy Sheriffs..  His court document says the State's Attorney there has "an inherent conflict of interest in the investigation and special prosecution of officers."

Attorney Terry Ekl is representing a woman who was stripped of her clothing by LaSalle County Deputy Sheriffs. His court document says the State’s Attorney there has “an inherent conflict of interest in the investigation and special prosecution of officers.”  Other women have come forward since there has been publicity on the original case.

Ekl was so disturbed by the actions of Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen that he sued both of them, plus their investigators, Quest International, on behalf Bianchi and the other defendants (all found not guilty without having to put on any evidence).

Tonigan got out of the suit by writing a check. Ekl turned over $105,000 to McHenry County coffers.

Lou Bianchi and Terry Ekl embrace at Bianchi's fund raiser shortly after the State's Attorney's acquittal of charges brought by a Special Prosecutor.

Lou Bianchi and Terry Ekl embrace at Bianchi’s fund raiser shortly after the State’s Attorney’s acquittal of charges brought by a Special Prosecutor.

McQueen and Quest face a trial in Rockford on December 18th  before the same judge that found the defendants not guilty, Winnebago County Chief Judge Joseph McGraw.

Ekl will be prosecuting the case of indirect contempt of court without charge.

The basis of the indirect contempt charges include McQueen’s and the investigators’

  • making false statements in court
  • repeated failure to comply with court orders requiring them to turn over witness statements
  • willfully failing to turn over exculpatory evidence

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