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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

Chicago police officer faces dismissal in alleged beating, wrongful arrest of woman at George Floyd protest

CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 01: A Chicago police badge hangs in front of the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters on December 1, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Getty)

A Chicago police officer is facing dismissal for allegedly beating a woman with a baton and wrongfully arresting her during a protest that followed the police killing of George Floyd.

The recommendation from police Supt. David Brown comes four years after the officer, James Hunt, was suspended when he was caught on camera yelling, “I kill motherf------,” an apparent reference to a 17-year-old boy Hunt fatally shot while on duty.

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