Comments on: The story of Emery Joe Yost

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:01:17 +0000

Clearly Mr. Long’s mental problems transcend eccentricity. Obsession is a dangerous trait as illustrated by Mr. McVeigh’s obsession with the Waco incident driving him to blow up the Murrah building.

By: molloaggie

molloaggie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:56:13 +0000

“First, because no one would testify that Long’s penis was erect at the time he exposed it, he could only be charged with a misdemeanor according to Chicago ordinance.”

There’s 99% of your problem right there.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:36:37 +0000

sorry to say, but this is the usual response the legal system gives in larger cities. If this were a smaller city or a rural area, I think the local police and courts would have incarcerated him for a longer period much quicker.

By: Matthew Brown

Matthew Brown — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:02:18 +0000

Todd: Long was recently caught trying to carry weapons into a courthouse and is up on 47 criminal charges. He finally took it far enough for the blinkered justice system to actually notice. I don’t think he’s getting out in a hurry this time.

What the story tells is how hard it is to stop a serial harasser who’s not afraid to go to jail for short periods. There seems to be no escalation of penalties for repeat harassment, and there should be. It’s also disgusting how the Parks Dept. didn’t assist Yost, given that the initial cause of the harassment was Yost’s witnessing Long exposing himself while Yost was on the job and legally mandated to report the incident.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:06:32 +0000

I think Mr. Yost might want to get a little more “assertive” in the manner with which he’s dealing with this situation. Yost is being short with Long when it comes to creative incentives.