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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Katie Anthony

Chicago cop who boasted ‘I kill’ in 2018 video stripped of police powers after separate complaint

Chicago Police Department headquarters. | Sun-Times file

A Chicago police officer who was recorded in a video saying “I kill mother—-ers” to two Black men during a profanity-ridden confrontation in 2018 has been stripped of his police powers, reportedly following another civilian complaint, officials said Saturday.

Officer James Hunt was seen in the viral video threatening to lock up the men for “walking in the street ... illegally,” after the men asked Hunt if he tried to hit them with his squad car, the Sun-Times reported in July of 2018.

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