The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Like a bad penny, Groot keeps turning up. And it looks like her big mouth is going to cost taxpayers money:

• It is a battle not over what was said, but whether the public will ever get a chance to hear it.

  Attorneys for the city of Chicago squared off in a Daley Center courtroom Friday over a deposition former Mayor Lori Lightfoot gave in a wrongful death case brought as a result of a 2020 traffic collision that took the life of 10-year-old Da’Karia Spicer.

  [...] According to police, they were struck by a black sedan that was trying to avoid being pulled over. The family insists the vehicle was being chased by an unmarked police car during an unauthorized pursuit.

  [...] Part of the lawsuit involves a recent deposition from Lightfoot. Attorneys for the city's Law Department argued Friday it should be kept under wraps.

  "Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot was not the least bit bashful about offering her opinions about the facts of this case the day after it happened," said Lance Northcutt, who represents the estate of Da’Karia Spicer. "For Lightfoot and the city’s Law Department to try and prevent her words from appearing in any public record when those words are highly relevant to the claims that will be litigated at trial is an outrage."

Groot couldn't keep her mouth shut because she always had to prove she was the smartest, loudest, big-dicked mayor Chicago ever had, instead of just an annoying pretentious small Ohio town hick with no people skills. And giving off-the-cuff statements about matters that hadn't even been investigated is probably going to cost Chicagoans more money.

But don't worry - they'll blame the police and not the mayor that couldn't shut up.