Chicago Police Sergeant Michael Vitellaro has been charged after an incident in Park Ridge in which a teen was pinned to the ground.
Video showed Michael Vitellaro
The boy's family said he was just trying to move the bike out of the sidewalk and had nothing to do with the theft.The teen's parents shared cell phone video of the incident. In it, the boy's friends can be heard yelling for Vitellaro to get off their friend as he is heard saying 'He's taking my son's bike.' The teen's family said they think the attack was racially motivated, as the 14-year-old is Puerto Rican and Vitellaro is white.
"We are extremely relieved and pleased to see charges for what happened to our son, and we thank both the Park Ridge Police, Kim Foxx and the Cook County State's Attorney's office Law Enforcement Accountability Division for this important step in justice for our son. We are still trying to assess the full impact of this traumatic incident on our son, who is only 14 and still processing all that happened to him.
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