A Brutal Week for Chicago PoliceBy JACK BOUBOUSHIANCourthouse News Service Mar. 21, 2012 |
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CHICAGO (CN) - Three federal complaints of excessive force accuse Chicago police officers of shooting a dog while its owner begged for its life, assaulting a child with a Bible, and running into a man with a squad car, breaking his leg. In the dog story, Jerome Anderson sued three Chicago police officers and the City of Chicago. Anderson says that his girlfriend called police for an escort home after she and Anderson had an argument. "She did not state that plaintiff had gotten physical with her," according to the complaint. But Anderson says police officers entered the house, handcuffed him and shot his dog, Rocco. Anderson says the defendant officers handcuffed him with his hands behind his back. He asked what was going on and "the officers told him to shut up and not move." Read More |