CHICAGO, Illinois - May 26, 2009 - The four-hour delay in administering a breathalyzer test to an-off-duty Chicago Police officer involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a 13-year-old boy raises questions about whether the officer received preferential treatment, Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday. The circumstances demand an investigation, he said.

Asked if officer Richard Bolling got favored treatment from fellow officers after his arrest, Daley said, "I hope not. I know the [police] superintendent will be looking into that as quickly as possible."

Reminded that the delayed test showed a blood alcohol level of .79, which is just below the legal limit, Daley said, "It would raise a question, yes. They will have to investigate it. Definitely."

Bolling, 39, was charged Saturday with reckless homicide, aggravated driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or injury.

Witnesses reported seeing the 17-year veteran officer at a bar in the vicinity of 55th and Indiana before his car struck Trenton Booker at the intersection of 81st and Ashland around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Bolling was off-duty at the time of the crash.

Patrol officers apprehended Bolling a few blocks away when they noticed he was driving the wrong way on a one-way street in the 1900 block of West 82nd Street, officials said. Inside Bolling's Dodge Charger, which sustained front-end and windshield damage, officers discovered an open bottle of beer.

Bolling is the second Chicago police officer accused in a deadly, alcohol-related hit-and-run incident in little over a month.

In April, detective Joseph Frugoli, 41, was slapped with similar charges for the fiery Dan Ryan collision that killed Andrew Cazares, 23, and Fausto Manzera, 21. Both officers have been stripped of their police powers.

Daley handpicked career FBI agent Jody Weis to serve as Chicago's $310,000-a-year police superintendent after a series of barroom brawls involving off-duty officers. The infamous videotape of now-fired officer Anthony Abbate pummeling a female bartender gave the department a black eye not seen since the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots.

Asked Tuesday whether the department is doing enough to weed out problem drinkers, Daley said, "You try to. [But] alcohol is always a problem for fire and police departments in the country in general. Any people in uniform, even in the military, it's been a problem as well."

He added, "People in stress positions, many of 'em take alcohol and many take drugs. Especially today [with] a whole new generation. We think it was alcohol, but many times they do take drugs. That's what happens to people.  It's uncalled for. But remember - we have 14,000 police officers. He's just one of the [14,000].''

Ed. Note: When is enough, enough? Cowardly Amerikans continue to allow the police to murder their brethren. How many more police killings of citizens must we tolerate before we do what is right to correct these atrocities? Revolution Now! Independence Forever!