Frank Mort Jr.
 

 
 
 

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(Page 3 of 6)    Us Greasers laughed and laughed until we wet our pants (which is the only none cool thing we ever did). We told him about this about a month after he traded his VW in on an American car, as he felt that he could not rely on that VW any longer.  Simon City teens actually liked the Police. Most of us had family on the force. Some had brothers, fathers or uncles on the Chicago Blues. We called them "pigs" because that is what cool people on TV and films called them. So we emulated these stars, as we wanted to be cool.    Years later the name "Fuzz" was added to our vocabulary. Fuzz was a new word meaning Police to us. Several of our group, joined the force after the military or school. We had a contradictory sorts of police staff in Simon City, Chicago, 97% were honest, hardworking officers whom upheld the law. One of the other 3% was a very bigoted African-American; his name was Darter, Sgt. Darter.    He stated publicly on many occasions that he hated all white people, that all white people are offspring of Satan. That is Satan as in Devil with a capital D. According to Darter this was not a coincidence that the same capital D; belonged to the group of people he hated the most, the Dago.  Darter’s stepfather is Italian. Darter’s stepfather was abusive to him.  Why doesn’t the police department perform intensive psychological tests on their job applicants before full employment?  Weed these characters out, this is an unsolved mystery to me?    A myriad of his fellow officers tried to convince Darter not to take it out on a whole group of people because of what his stepfather did to him, this fell upon Darter’s clogged ears. Because of Darter’s closed mind, officers did not know what to do.    Simon City possessed people of many ethnic persuasions. The group containing the largest number of people, were Italians. Many of the cops in Darter’s district grew up in Simon City and were Italian. These Italian cops knew that Darter detested Italians. They said if Sgt. Darter ever needed assistance that they would arrive late, if they arrived at all.    One cop had so many weapons on him that it was difficult for him to move. Officially cops are only to have one back-up gun. This guy had several pistols, knives and Mace. He made detective and begun to wear beaded lead lined leather gloves to beat confessions from guilty until proven innocent perpetrators. A bitch slap that he would give a person could slice a cavernous gash in their face and certainly have the ability to leave a scar. He would beat his wife and girlfriends mercilessly. Frequent complaints were lodged against him, promoting investigations that were never substantiated. Eventually he divorced and went out mainly with prostitutes. He was of African-American & Italian-American descent and looked like the football player Franco Harris. He was Sgt. Darter’s best friend on the force. They resigned from the police department during the same week.    At Shakespeare police station there was a police officer that was the main turnkey. Turnkey is the jailer who turns the key to lock or unlock the lock to your cell. This Officer Turnkey collected automobiles. He had a Pontiac GTO Judge with a 428 engine with dual quad carburetors. The engine had a 3/4 racing camshaft. It had a 4.56 posi-traction rear-end with a limited slip differential. He purchased a Dodge Dart from Norm’s Grand-Spaulding Dodge in Chicago. It had a 440 V-8 engine with three deuces. With the introduction of a motorcycle by Kawasaki, an H-3 model with a 3 cylinder, 2 stroke engine that was faster than any muscle car, he sold all his cars. He then began to accumulate motorcycles.    We had a pool shark cop. Several police officers bought businesses. A few owned a fabulous Italian beef stand on Armitage Av. They served Italian ices sherbets, and Lupini beans. The menu listed deep fried Calamari and Cavatelli. Simon City had an all around favorite cop. He was an Italian cop. His name was Frank Bernard Tocco.  He tried to serve and protect. He attempted to point the boys in Simon City, Chicago away from joining with the broken noses.      end of page 3

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  (c)Frank Mort Jr. 2003