On this episode we discuss recent developments in the ongoing misconduct saga of Chicago Police Officer James Hunt. You will remember him from a viral video where he tells a group of black males that he “kills mother fuckers”. The video of Hunt saying this and then getting out of his patrol car to continue harassing the men went viral as the video was being uploaded live to the internet. Hunt must have realized that at some point in the interaction that he had screwed up because he falsely arrested the individual who was recording him. Hunt’s actions that day resulted in a $100,000 payout by the city. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability investigated the incident, sustained allegations against Hunt, and recommend a one year suspension. Hunt is fighting the suspension through the arbitration in accordance with the union contract and has yet to serve a single day of his suspension.

Hunt has just recently been striped of his police powers and put on desk duty but not for the incident for which he was recorded but another set of allegations that allege he physical abused a women who got caught up in a black lives matter protest shortly after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The real reason Hunt was finally put on desk duty isn’t even about his new incident, one of 23 complaints in his 7-year career, but that he was applying for and had qualified to become a field training officer. Someone in the department must have through the optics of Hunt training cadets fresh out of the academy. It wasn’t going to look so good so they sat him down.

Also on the show today we will be discussing a WBEZ article about the toll being an anti-violence worker in Chicago takes on the workers themselves. We also discuss Mayor Lightfoot’s recent revelations about the connection between remote learning in the Chicago Public Schools and carjackings in Chicago. Hint, once again Mayor Lightfoot’s comments do not square with the data.