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    Prosecutors consider hate crime charge against man who screamed at woman for Puerto Rican flag shirt

    by Gregory Pratt and Matthew Walberg, Chicago Tribune Jul 12, 2018 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - Cook County prosecutors are considering felony hate crime charge against the Chicago man accused of berating a woman at a forest preserve last month for wearing a shirt emblazoned with the flag of Puerto Rico.

    The review comes as pressure mounts from political and legal circles to upgrade the charges against Timothy G. Trybus for his rant last month that was caught on video by the victim.

    It also comes as news broke late Wednesday of the resignation of the Forest Preserve officer who was seen on the video seeming to ignore the woman's calls for assistance.

    Trybus is currently facing charges of misdemeanor assault and misdemeanor disorderly conduct,

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