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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Chicago | ||||||
| 4 | Police Officer Samuel Jimenez, who was killed in the line of | ||||||
| 5 | duty on November 19, 2018 at the age of 28; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez grew up in the Edison Park | ||||||
| 7 | neighborhood of the City of Chicago and built a family of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinoisans; he, his wife Crystal, and their three young | ||||||
| 9 | children regularly attended Mass at the Chapel of St. Joseph at | ||||||
| 10 | the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, From his childhood onward, Officer Jimenez | ||||||
| 12 | expressed a desire to build a life in law enforcement; he | ||||||
| 13 | joined the Chicago Police Department in 2017 in full knowledge | ||||||
| 14 | of the current state of public safety in America's | ||||||
| 15 | third-largest city; in November of 2018, he had served his time | ||||||
| 16 | of probation and had pinned on the star of an officer of the | ||||||
| 17 | department; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez was assigned to the 2nd Police | ||||||
| 19 | District (Wentworth); he was responding to a radio call of | ||||||
| 20 | shots fired on Chicago's South Side around the emergency room | ||||||
| 21 | of Mercy Hospital; a gunman had begun to kill professionals and | ||||||
| 22 | trainees in and around the hospital; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez ran into the line of fire to | ||||||
| 2 | defend the hospital and save the lives of civilians, in line | ||||||
| 3 | with the highest traditions of the American police; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, As a consequence of this split-second decision, | ||||||
| 5 | Officer Jimenez is End of Watch (EOW); and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Mourners at the funeral mass of Officer Jimenez | ||||||
| 7 | included Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor Bruce | ||||||
| 8 | Rauner, and main celebrant Cardinal Blase Cupich of the | ||||||
| 9 | Archdiocese of Chicago; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez leaves behind his wife, Crystal | ||||||
| 11 | Jimenez, and three children, daughters, Ebony and Angelina, and | ||||||
| 12 | son, Julian, who now have memories to remind them of what | ||||||
| 13 | heroism in action looks like; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | mourn the loss, while on duty, of Officer Samuel Jimenez of the | ||||||
| 17 | Chicago Police Department; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That when we pass by the Illinois Police Officers | ||||||
| 19 | Memorial, which stands adjacent to the door we use to enter and | ||||||
| 20 | leave the Illinois State Capitol each day we are in session, we | ||||||
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| 1 | will think of Officer Jimenez and his fellow Illinois police | ||||||
| 2 | officers who have paid the ultimate price of service to their | ||||||
| 3 | fellow citizens; and be it further | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, That we recognize that the police officers of | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois put their lives on the line every day and every night | ||||||
| 6 | for the safety and security of their loved ones and their | ||||||
| 7 | fellow citizens; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Crystal Jimenez, as an act of sorrowful memory of | ||||||
| 10 | and homage to the heroism of Officer Jimenez, a peace officer | ||||||
| 11 | and a defender of Chicago and of the State of Illinois.
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