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How Men Think

A Disturbing, 7 Foot Burning Cross In Chicago Has Police Searching For Answers

How Men Think

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4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

A shocking and confusing story is emerging out of Chicago’s Grant Park. There is video everywhere of the large cross engulfed in flames, in broad daylight, along a busy street. Surveillance video captured a young man running from the scene wearing no shirt, dark pants and white sneakers. While police search for the mystery man, many have taken to social media claiming the cross burning is either a hoax or perpetrated by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.1

Hey, there, folks.

0:07.0

It is Tuesday, June 11th, and police in Chicago are on the lookout for a man who is burning crosses in public places.

0:18.1

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

0:20.7

We got a cross-burning in

0:22.2

Chicago at the very park where President Obama made his speech on the night he was elected president.

0:29.2

Yeah, that's the context of what we're talking about, but cross-burning is still a thing,

0:33.2

apparently, Robes. And who knew? Yes, this happened in Grant Park, in broad daylight. And honestly,

0:40.8

I have a lot of questions. We got tons. How did someone? And this was not just a small cross.

0:47.1

If you all haven't seen the pictures of the video, it's everywhere. So please, please, please,

0:51.4

when you get a chance, check it out online. Seven feet minimum, right? Yeah, it's, it's taller than a human being. And so it is a huge,

0:59.7

wooden cross. That thing had to be heavy. It's propped up on a tree. It had to be, I guess,

1:07.0

doused in gasoline and then lit on fire. How did all of that take place with no one noticing

1:13.4

beforehand? And so my thought was maybe somebody got dropped off or maybe carried it, or excuse me,

1:20.4

that carried in a vehicle, then I guess you would have had to have gotten out. But the thing is,

1:26.1

the person they're looking for seems to be

1:27.9

completely on foot. Yes, because, look, they haven't said this is the person who perpetrated the

1:34.6

crime, but he was seen running from the park right after the cross was lit on fire. So, and they

1:41.5

have good visuals of this.

1:45.9

I say kid, he looks young.

1:46.4

Very young.

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