April 3, 2016
NBC Chicago, IL
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked the offices of the U.S. Attorney and Cook County State’s Attorney to launch a hate crime investigation Sunday after racial slurs, including the n-word, were heard on police radio channels last month.
The Chicago Police Department began an internal investigation March 14 after learning of an “inappropriate transmission on a police frequency,” authorities said. According to Emanuel and the police department’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, the transmission was made not by a police officer but by an “unauthorized private citizen.”
Audio from calls made on March 13 reveal a man saying “typical f—ing n—–s” on the radio channel as a dispatcher and officer communicate. Someone says in another transmission, “All black lives matter man, f—ing n—–s.”
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