It seems Bob O'DeJERK has no problem aggressively tackling human rights issues, literally. In fact, he recently settled a lawsuit in which he bodyslsammed two peaceful protesters.
According to the lawyers for one of the men who sued O'DeJERK in the 2020 assault, "Defendant Mayor O'Dekirk grabbed plaintiff in and around the neck area and about the body and forcefully drove him backwards and subsequently threw him to the ground. "Defendant O'Dekirk used inappropriate, unwarranted and unjustifiable force against plaintiff," the lawsuit argues. "Defendant officers assaulted, battered and restrained plaintiff without lawful cause or justification. Following the beating, the defendant officers falsely accused plaintiff of engaging in conduct which justified their actions."
So Adele Nicholas should be commended for facing physical danger for taking on a mayor who is known to physically assault people when he does not get his way.
Joliet’s mayor is promising to take action against an apartment building that he says is housing at least five convicted sex offenders.
According to Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk, the building is located at 1000 Cora Street, and city officials were not informed that such an arrangement had been made.
“We were never notified by anyone that this was coming or in place,” the mayor said. “It took the city by surprise and the neighborhood.”
The City of Joliet believes that the owner of the property has entered into a contract with the Illinois Department of Corrections, which exempts him from a state law that prohibits the housing of more than one sex offender at any specific location.
“It is absurd that anyone at any level of government would think this is a good idea” O’Dekirk said. “The City’s Legal Department has been instructed to take all appropriate action to shut this down. I believe placing five sex offenders at one location in any city poses an imminent threat to the people inside that neighborhood..."
O’Dekirk says he has reached out to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker seeking his help in addressing the situation.
Mayor Bob O’Dekirk told the crowd of about 100 people that the city’s efforts to shut down the apartment house have become more complicated after learning that the residence for sex offenders is protected by a federal judge’s ruling.
“I’m going to talk to the Department of Corrections tomorrow,” O’Dekirk said, emphasizing that the city would not give up. “We’re going to do whatever we have to do to get this out of your neighborhood.”
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