Authorities Investigating Another Incident Of Racial Slurs Heard Over CPD Radio Frequency
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Once again, someone has uttered a racial slur on a Chicago Police radio frequency. An investigation is underway.
A police 911 dispatcher was taking information about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday about a man firing a gun when someone broke in and said, "Shoot the --- ------ ------ and get it over with."
It's at least the fifth such incident since March 13.
An Office of Emergency Management and Communications spokesperson said OEMC and police do not believe the slur came from a Chicago Police officer, said the comments are "absolutely unacceptable."
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked county and federal prosecutors to launch a hate crime investigation.
Interim Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said, following confirmation hearings at City Hall, that he found the slurs "offensive" and "totally unacceptable."