PK NOTE: Pick up a copy of Second City Confidential: The Black Experience in Chicago.

What happens when a black judge in Chicago, who happens to be the chief judge of Cook County, lies about the consequences of reducing or eliminating monetary bail for many defendants (which he lamented in 2017 disproportionately impacts black and brown criminals)?

Nothing.

Because we live in a nation where black people have no agency, and structural racism/implicit whiteness/white privilege is the true evil. [Bail reform analysis by Cook County chief judge based on flawed data, undercounts new murder charges, Chicago Tribune, February 13, 2020]:

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans for months has defended the bail reform he ordered by citing an analysis produced by the office he runs.