The issue came up at a Cook County budget hearing Tuesday after the Tribune reported the case on its website Monday, as Commissioner Stanley Moore drew a parallel to controversy involving the Forest Preserves this summer. In June, a county worker was involved in a fatal accident while driving four individuals who were carrying out community service work through the Cook County court system. Then, in July, a video went viral of a man confronting a Puerto Rican woman at a park, spawning hate crime charges and national headlines in part because a Forest Preserves officer appeared to ignore the woman’s request for help.