[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]An off-duty Cook County sheriff's correctional officer was dressed as an elderly woman, walking home from a Halloween costume party with three friends in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood, when the taunting started last weekend.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Four St. Rita High School students heckled Officer Gregory Blake about his costume. Then they attacked, police said.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"After one kid punched Greg in the face, Greg said, 'Leave us alone.' He told the kid, 'You just hit an off-duty officer,'" said Michael Beam, an off-duty Chicago firefighter who was with Blake. "The kid said, 'I don't give a damn. My dad is a police officer.' "
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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Four St. Rita High School students heckled Officer Gregory Blake about his costume. Then they attacked, police said.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"After one kid punched Greg in the face, Greg said, 'Leave us alone.' He told the kid, 'You just hit an off-duty officer,'" said Michael Beam, an off-duty Chicago firefighter who was with Blake. "The kid said, 'I don't give a damn. My dad is a police officer.' "
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