Slurring, drunken NWI man calls black officer the N-word during OWI stop, police say
NEW CHICAGO â âWhat gives you, a black (N-word), the right to stop a white man!â a slurring, sweaty white New Chicago man said to a black police officer Aug. 9, according to court records. The man had been pulled over for speeding as he attempted to drive home drunk from a bar, court records allege. New Chicago Police Officer Earl Mayo clocked Edward Eugene Wilber, 50, going 55 mph in a 35 mph zone at 1:41 a.m. Aug. 9 near Michigan Street and Huber Boulevard in New Chicago, blocks away from the police station, according to charging documents. During the encounter and traffi...