“Given the totality of circumstances and the department’s significant level of concern around this incident, it would be insensitive to advocate for these charges,” Guglielmi said.
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After review preliminary details of an officer involved shooting Feb. 28, 2020, inside the Grand Red Line station, CPD interim Supt. Beck asked for all charges to be dropped. Provided
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Sunday agreed to drop charges against a man shot by Chicago police at a CTA Red Line station Friday afternoon after being asked by CPD interim Supt. Charlie Beck.
“After a preliminary review of the arrest and officer-involved shooting,” interim Supt. Charlie Beck asked the resisting arrest and criminal narcotics charges be dropped, according to a statement from Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
“Given the totality of circumstances and the department’s significant level of concern around this incident, it would be insensitive to advocate for these charges,” Guglielmi said. “While we will not rush to judgment, the level of concern over the tactics used in this incident is significant. We are cooperating fully with the independent use of force investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the underlying criminal review being conducted at our request by the Cook County State’s Attorney and the FBI.”
The resisting arrest and narcotics charges were filed by the Chicago Police Department and not the state’s attorney’s office, as is protocol with all felony drug cases and misdemeanor offenses, according to a statement from the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
“The charges did not come through our office, however, CPD requested and the State’s Attorney agreed, that the charges should be dismissed today,” the state’s attorney’s office said.
The shooting at the Grand station sparked outrage as cellphone video circulated on social media, with Mayor Lori Lightfoot calling it “extremely disturbing” and civil liberties advocates decrying the use of force.
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A pair of videos show two officers struggling with the man for several minutes, deploying a stun gun and pepper spray as dozens of commuters mill about nearby.
One of the officers yells, “Shoot him!” and the other does. The man runs up the escalator, and a second shot can be heard off-screen.
He was taken to a hospital in critical condition but is expected to survive, officials said.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Sunday agreed to drop charges against a man shot by Chicago police at a CTA Red Line station Friday afternoon after being asked by CPD interim Supt. Charlie Beck.
“After a preliminary review of the arrest and officer-involved shooting,” interim Supt. Charlie Beck asked the resisting arrest and criminal narcotics charges be dropped, according to a statement from Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
“Given the totality of circumstances and the department’s significant level of concern around this incident, it would be insensitive to advocate for these charges,” Guglielmi said. “While we will not rush to judgment, the level of concern over the tactics used in this incident is significant. We are cooperating fully with the independent use of force investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the underlying criminal review being conducted at our request by the Cook County State’s Attorney and the FBI.”
The resisting arrest and narcotics charges were filed by the Chicago Police Department and not the state’s attorney’s office, as is protocol with all felony drug cases and misdemeanor offenses, according to a statement from the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
“The charges did not come through our office, however, CPD requested and the State’s Attorney agreed, that the charges should be dismissed today,” the state’s attorney’s office said.
The shooting at the Grand station sparked outrage as cellphone video circulated on social media, with Mayor Lori Lightfoot calling it “extremely disturbing” and civil liberties advocates decrying the use of force.
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A pair of videos show two officers struggling with the man for several minutes, deploying a stun gun and pepper spray as dozens of commuters mill about nearby.
One of the officers yells, “Shoot him!” and the other does. The man runs up the escalator, and a second shot can be heard off-screen.
He was taken to a hospital in critical condition but is expected to survive, officials said.
It's dropped, because it's two Black cops on a White man.
ReplyDeleteCotrection: White, Hispanic man, which really makes him Hispanic
DeleteMake way for DUKE!!
ReplyDeleteWatched the video, that was some Cracker Jack police work! Glad to see they are focused on the real problems on the CTA.
ReplyDeleteWe need more women police on the streets!
ReplyDeleteto fat out of shape police officers, they had no other alternative but to shoot him. poor training? or poor comprehension of the training received? this was a bad shooting. get ready for another $5-10 million city of Chicago taxpayer dollars to pay off this suit.
ReplyDeleteWhere's Ald. O'shea screaming about white man shot by 2 black cops
ReplyDeleteHe's at polar plunge then mcnally's
DeleteCPD puts 2 officers whose uniforms look brand new on the CTA Detail, and they look like they're doing the first scenario at the police academy. Pepper sprayed, tased and only one hand secured by cuffs. And the struggling partner on the bottom is calling for the useless partner to shoot the ordinance violator. You can put 10,000 more high definition cameras to cover every square in of the entire CTA elevated system and I wouldn't feel any safer with these two serving and protecting. Its sad, embarrassing and infuriating all at the same time. And time will tell how much this buffoonery will cost the taxpayers when this guy's lawyers are done with it.
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it!
Delete+1,000,000!!!!
DeleteA couple of years ago, there was a push to hire CPS graduates for the police dept. I wonder if these officers were hired under that program.
ReplyDeleteYou Will Respect My Authoritah!
ReplyDeleteI took the exam in 1975 at Morgan Park HS. There were about 34,000 others looking to get on the job. Nowadays, they offer the test 3 or 4 times a year, recruit on line, expunge past criminal histories of applicants, lower the standards, make the test pass/fail and what you see on this video is what its devolved into. And think about what these two officers have earned and lost. They've earned reputations as incompetent imbeciles, branded as such, citywide and if YouTube has anything to do with it, nationwide as bumbling imbeciles. If they don't get fired, every unit they are assigned to will have their sullied reputations get there a week before a transfer order comes out. Veterans and rookies will decline to work with them. There probably isn't another profession which allows someone to show the world their shortcomings and bad judgement than the police department. With any luck, they'll spend their careers buried behind a desk somewhere until the cloud passes unless election year fervor causes them to join VanDyke. The FOP is standing behind them, for now. All of this for an ordinance violation. CTA is plagued with problem crime, robberies, batteries, stabbings and shootings. Thousands of high definition cameras don't discourage the bad guys. And with all the CTA problems, flash mobs, fleeing shoplifters herd to the el stations, these 2 find a guy walking between cars to focus on. And most surprising of all is that they forget their body cameras and all those cell phone cameras of bystanders who marvel at their stupidity, declining to get involved but videoing their ineptitude for posterity. Woe is us.
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ReplyDeletea wood shampoo would have saved tax payers millions......
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DeleteThe MX330 was stoutly built.
DeleteI still have working MX330's great scanner and great baton
DeleteBetter off putting meter maids on cta patrol, these two cpd officers embarrassed us.
ReplyDeleteShould this have been handles better, yes, seeing how a shithead with 300 grams of H and being a dickhead I say no harm no foul, just some remedial use of force and FATS training are needed.
ReplyDeleteNo way she passed a POWER test?
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