Black Chicago cop sues city saying he was called N-word by fellow officers at West Side station

A Black Chicago police officer filed a lawsuit this week alleging he was called the N-word and sent a bigoted cartoon by fellow officers in the Harrison District on the West Side.

Officer Anthony Banks claims the racist onslaught came after he responded to a heated exchange involving another officer and a pregnant woman on March 17. Banks eventually stepped in and tried to deescalate when the other officer bumped into the woman, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court against the city and a group of cops.

Back at the district station later that day, the other officer pressed Banks about his conduct, the lawsuit says. Other officers then surrounded Banks and allegedly made a series of racially charged remarks, calling him the N-word and telling him to return to his old pos