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Days later, Scott messaged his brother on Facebook, showing severe burns on his legs, the affidavit alleges. Subpoenaed records from Community Hospital showed he was treated in the emergency room for severe second-degree burns on June 18, 2018, before being transferred to Loyola Medical Center’s Burn Unit in Chicago. His legs were heavily wrapped in bandages.

There have been other extensions in the past particularly during surges in COVID-19 cases. The pandemic prompted White’s office to require appointments for behind-the-wheel road tests as well as acquiring driver’s licenses, ID cards and Real IDs — the federal identification card that was pushed following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

“(The calculation was), what is the outcome that we see? What does accountability look like? Is he going to plead guilty or not? If he’s not going to plead guilty – he never pled guilty. He took it all the way to the mat without admitting guilt,” she said. “… He’s lost his job, lost his credibility, has become a laughingstock, in the public sphere he’s being held to account. And I think, looking at the case, and evaluating what was happening at the time, that’s the judgment that they made.”

“It was supposed to serve as a model to say, we want to make sure all of our high schools have these great resources and are given equitable resources. So that way, it doesn’t make a difference (which school you attend). A parent will say, ‘Hey, my neighborhood school got these great, wonderful things just like Jones (College Prep) or Whitney Young,’” Truss said, referring to two selective enrollment high schools.

St. Patrick’s Day is next week, but the fun gets started early in Chicago. Dyeing the Chicago River green — a 60-year tradition — and the downtown parade — a 65-year tradition — return for the first time since 2019. Both events, which were canceled the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, take place Saturday. (A lucky few, however, stumbled upon a surprise river dyeing last year.)