Gee, A Repeat Offender

Imagine that:

• A man once convicted of threatening a police officer was charged Wednesday with firing a shot at a police car attempting to make a traffic stop, prompting an exchange of gunfire early Tuesday in the North Center neighborhood.

  Luis Zapata, 21, of the 2900 block of North Seeley Avenue, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer, two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a street gang member, police said. He has been arrested numerous times, most recently in February for aggravated assault of a police officer, according to police.

  Zapata had previously been arrested for aggravated assault of a police officer, police said.

Quarter million dollars bail for a repeat offender who likes to threaten and evidently, shoot at the police. Not nearly enough.