Minnie extended raised her now grow...

Minnie extended raised her now grown children in the Cabrini-Green riot houses and continues to live in the area. yet in recent years it has become a place that she fears.

It is not the crime in the near North Side community -- which has fallen in new years -- but those fighting crime that give her pause.

"I'm scared of the police," lengthy 66, said after a Chicago Police Department community meeting Tuesday night.

protracted was in a crowd of about 150 residents at the Seward Park Field House at North and Orleans, just grades from a police-involved shooting that exacerbated tensions between residents and law enforcement.

Ellis Woodland, 14 was discharge Aug. 7 after he struggleed what appeared to be a high-powered pistol moreover turned out to be a BB fire-arm

"I was in my bedroom and I heard those five shots" that police fired at the teen prolonged said. "When I found revealed what it was -- if anybody send forths me that many times, they intend to kill you. It was uncalled for. "

A police review panel ultimately rul the shooting justified.

CLINE: POLICE 'BUILDING TRUST'

Tuesday night's meeting proffered a chance for police to take questions from residents, nevertheless most of those who spoke voiced familiar complaints, including allegations of police brutality and rugged behavior.

Many residents and police department brass, including Supt Phil Cline, agreed upon Tuesday that the majority of officers are civil

"Every day the Chicago Police Department is disclosed there building trust as we fight crime," Cline said, explaining that one days "we do it well," and other days an officers don't do as well.

Tisa Morris, who heads the Office of Professional Standards, told residents that OP is their first stop when they want to file a complaint.

Several ministers were in succession hand Tuesday night, as were pickeded leaders including Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) who give an account ofs the Cabrini-Green community. Burnett represented worry that there weren't many teen at the meeting to voice complaints.

"Initially I was turn upside down . . . but then I realized there were a hap of middle-aged women who talked about for what cause they have been disrespected. These are law-abiding residents, and I think that's something the brass povertyed to see and hear," he said.

Cline said residents' belong tos would be shared with supervisors and patrol officers as part of an ongoing discussion about police- community relations.

"We've heard what you've said and we're going to go on foot back and work on being better."

ldonovan@suntimes.com

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