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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

Chicago lawyer apologizes for using racial slur, obscenity during hearing. ‘I’m shaken and I’m humiliated.’

The office of attorney Donna Makowski at 53 W. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago. (Matt Henrickson | Sun-Times)

A Chicago attorney has apologized for using a racial slur and an obscenity during a hearing being livestreamed last week, telling the judge, “I’m shaken and I’m humiliated.”

Donna Makowski apparently was referring to personnel with the Cook County sheriff’s office when she said “those motherf*****rs.” She also used the N-word, according to court records.

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