My mom used to do this with her coffee mugs and pop cans all the time. But a cop leaving his gun there? What was it doing off his belt? (And in Urbana, no less…)

www.ci.champaign.il.us/departments/2008/02/04/police-warn-public-about-missing-weapon/

Champaign, IL. - On Thursday, January 31, 2008, an Urbana Police Officer reportedly lost a handgun which could possibly be in the City of Champaign city limits. The officer reported placing a loaded, holstered handgun on top of the vehicle, some time between 3:20 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., in the 3000 block of Wynstone and later drove away before realizing that the weapon had not been secured. The officer reportedly drove south on Wynstone to Curtis Road, headed east to Race Street and North to Windsor Road, before remembering that the weapon was not been recovered from the top of the vehicle. After a search of the general area by foot and with the aid of metal detectors, the weapon was not located.

He used the words “rock the vote”

From: Chancellor Richard Herman
To: All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:26:11 -0600
Subject: MASSMAIL - Rock the Vote!

Dear Friends:
It has often been said that silence is permission. In the United States,
that silence too often takes the form of disinterest, cynicism, and apathy
among voters. Yet, democracy can only function with active participation by
its citizens.

Super Tuesday is an opportunity to participate in one of democracy’s most
hallowed rights. That it why I am urging all of you in the university
community to make your voice heard loud and clear, to Rock the Vote right
here at the University of Illinois.

Reasons to vote are as varied as the many critical issues we face as a
nation, a state, and as a land grant university. President Lyndon Johnson
said, “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for
breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison
men because they are different from other men.” Want your voice heard on
global warming, poverty, campaign financing, heath care, or Darfur? Give
voice to those issues by voting for the candidate that comes closest to
your point of view.

Most importantly, with your single vote you reject the all too easy path of
apathy and cynicism. You are saying that you believe in the power of people
to effect change and that you will not be silent.

Here at Illinois we are one campus with many voices. Tomorrow, let yours be
heard.

Richard Herman
Chancellor

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The Office of the Chancellor

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