More Chicagp cops gone wild
Six Off-Duty Chicago Police Officers Accused of Beating Four Men in a Bar
Sunday , March 25, 2007
AP
CHICAGO -
Authorities are investigating claims that six off-duty Chicago police officers were captured on video assaulting four men in a bar, the second report of police involved in an assault to surface in a week.
Adam Mastrucci, Scott Lowrance and brothers Aaron and Barry Gilfand were playing pool at the Jefferson Tap and Grille on Dec. 15 when the off-duty officers attacked them, their attorney Steven Fine said.
Patrol officers responded to a 911 call, but left after speaking to one of the off-duty officers, Fine said. One of the four men required reconstructive surgery for a broken nose and another had broken ribs, Fine said.
Lawyers did not say what may have prompted the alleged incident.
"I don't think this is a case where the police department can say they don't know who they're looking for," he said.
Security cameras inside and outside the bar captured the incident, said Sally Saltzberg, another attorney for the men.
Police and the Cook County state's attorney's office are looking into the claim, said police spokeswoman Monique Bond, who declined to discuss details. No charges have been filed in the case, a department spokesman said Sunday.
Saltzberg filed a petition Feb. 27 in Cook County Circuit Court seeking the officers' names, a precursor to a lawsuit. The men have not formally filed suit. The petition is scheduled to appear before a Cook County judge on April 2, Saltzberg said.
The latest claims follow accusations that an off-duty police officer beat a female bartender who reportedly refused to serve him drinks. A bar surveillance camera also recorded that incident, officials said.
Sunday , March 25, 2007
AP
CHICAGO -
Authorities are investigating claims that six off-duty Chicago police officers were captured on video assaulting four men in a bar, the second report of police involved in an assault to surface in a week.
Adam Mastrucci, Scott Lowrance and brothers Aaron and Barry Gilfand were playing pool at the Jefferson Tap and Grille on Dec. 15 when the off-duty officers attacked them, their attorney Steven Fine said.
Patrol officers responded to a 911 call, but left after speaking to one of the off-duty officers, Fine said. One of the four men required reconstructive surgery for a broken nose and another had broken ribs, Fine said.
Lawyers did not say what may have prompted the alleged incident.
"I don't think this is a case where the police department can say they don't know who they're looking for," he said.
Security cameras inside and outside the bar captured the incident, said Sally Saltzberg, another attorney for the men.
Police and the Cook County state's attorney's office are looking into the claim, said police spokeswoman Monique Bond, who declined to discuss details. No charges have been filed in the case, a department spokesman said Sunday.
Saltzberg filed a petition Feb. 27 in Cook County Circuit Court seeking the officers' names, a precursor to a lawsuit. The men have not formally filed suit. The petition is scheduled to appear before a Cook County judge on April 2, Saltzberg said.
The latest claims follow accusations that an off-duty police officer beat a female bartender who reportedly refused to serve him drinks. A bar surveillance camera also recorded that incident, officials said.
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That has to be a damn propaganda by Communists, Islamofasistics, Maoist, Buddist, Wiccan, Heathen, Jews and other enemies of this nation our policemen are wonderful, breave and above reproach.
(In case you couldn't tell, I am being sarcastic).
Now, you see what kind of swine passes for police in Illinois0 -
now we know why you cant own a gun in Chicago,,,,you may to defend yourself from the police [B)] 0 -
I have been in several countries. I will have to tell you that Chicago cops are the rudest, conceided, and most bullying guys of them all, getting off on their power. Not even a totally corrupt, bribe taking, underpaid Russian cops are THAT bad. NYC cops are scumbags too. The best cops I have ever dealt with were Austrians and Germans.
I do have to say that I NEVER had problems with cops in Seattle, Boston, San Francisco, Madisson, WI.0
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