The man accused of biting the nipple off a Chicago police officer during a struggle for the cop’s gun — and spitting it out on the sidewalk in front of Gibsons Steakhouse on Rush Street — was in bond court Tuesday.

I stopped by to hear the details. But before nipple biter suspect Fernando Cooper was brought before Judge Ramon Ocasio III, there were dozens of other cases — assaults, drugs, beatings, shootings at cars with kids inside, a veritable march of the barbarians.

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I thought of those times when a cop slaps somebody around. The politicians begin shrieking, and TV announcers excitedly warn viewers about the shocking video to come. The video is played again and again and again.

There was no video of the cops getting rammed by the car on the South Side. There was no video of the handcuffs whipping against that other officer’s face. And so far, there’s no video from Rush Street, a chunk of the officer’s chest ripped out by human teeth, then spat upon the sidewalk to be picked up later with a napkin and carried to the hospital.

Sometimes, it’s what you don’t see that shocks you. Unless you’re a cop, a prosecutor or a judge. They’ll see it over again tomorrow in bond court. Day after day.

A lot of people rip John Kass as a wannabe Mike Royko, but every once in a while he has fits of brilliance like the last few graphs of today’s column.