- A Cook County assistant public defender was arrested after he pushed and choked a prosecutor following a hearing at the Criminal Courts Building today, officials said.
The assistant public defender, 47-year-old Henry Hams of the 600 block of East 32nd Street, was charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest, both felonies.
He was upset about a hearing date a judge had set and complained to the assistant state's attorney in the case outside the courtroom, according to a source.
The prosecutor "apparently said, 'Too bad, that's the date the judge set,' and (Hams) just lost it and shoved (the prosecutor) against the wall," the source said.
It's kind of amazing to see how attacking an ASA results in instantaneous felony approval while the CPD has to jump through dozens of hoops and literally suffer grievous bodily harm to get any sort of charge even considered. And then it's still only about a 10% chance of getting anything approved.
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