Chicago Police Officer Joseph Cali was killed by a Negro's Sniper Bullet in 1975 - He is still remembered

Retired Chicago police Det. Walter Dudycz shares memories of slain Chicago police officer Joseph P. Cali, with Cali's daughter, Carolyn Cali-Brick, and granddaughter, Elizabeth Brick, at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Church in Park Ridge Tuesday

Much of what Carolyn Cali-Brick knows about her father comes from faded memorabilia and the brittle, yellowed pages of newspaper clippings.

Once every 10 years, that picture expands when the “brotherhood” gathers, as it did Tuesday in a Park Ridge church — men with silver or thinning hair, bum knees, and shuffling gaits — to remember Chicago Police Officer Joseph P. Cali.

“We’re often the ones who receive the brunt of the protesters and the violence, and people seem to forget that police officers are husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children,” said retired Chicago policeman Walter Dudycz, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Cali’s death from a sniper’s bullet. “And this is just a reminder that we are part of the community.”

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Officer Cali's Black killer was sentenced to 20-25 years in prison. He was paroled in 1986 after serving less than half of his sentence.

Police Officer Joseph P. "Joey" Cali