On a Thursday around noon last month, Joel Paez heard a knock on the door at his house in Chicago. Paez, who works from home managing a domestic violence intervention program, opened the door to see an officer from the Chicago police department.
The officer asked Paez if he had a relative in Atlanta. Surprised, the Venezuelan-born social worker said, “Yes. My son.” The officer took out a pad, wrote down a phone number from Georgia, ripped out the sheet of paper and handed it to Paez. “Call this number, please,” the officer said. Then he pointed to the body cam on his chest, and said: “This is being recorded.” And he left.
