Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, July 18, 2017.
Chicago Water Department e-mails show attempts at firearms deals and jokes about the city’s gun violence
The latest batch of e-mails from the Chicago Water Department show “a supervisor in the scandal-plagued water department used his city email account to negotiate firearms deals and make light of deadly Fourth of July violence in black neighborhoods by offering ‘Chicago Safari’ tours,” according to the Tribune. A report from inspector general Joseph Ferguson revealed the new e-mails, including racist messages about the “Chicago Safari” package to see crime scenes, at least one murder and observe “lots of animals in their natural habitat” from former district water superintendent Paul Hansen. In the newly released e-mails Hansen also tried to negotiate deals to buy at least four guns. [Tribune]
