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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Retiring Chicago FBI boss says people doing ‘the right thing’ disrupts mass shootings

Emmerson Buie Jr., Chicago’s outgoing FBI special-agent-in-charge, speaks to the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday about his tenure. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere)

Emmerson Buie Jr. led the FBI in Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic, when riots broke out in the heart of the city, as grand juries handed down some of the most significant public corruption indictments in years and when a mass shooter opened fire in Highland Park.

Now, after leading the agency through three consequential years as its first African American special-agent-in-charge in his hometown, Buie plans to retire Aug. 22.

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