'If violations did occur, COPA will hold the officer accountable,' said the chief of Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability Andrea Kersten.
A white Chicago police officer was placed on paid desk duty pending an investigation into his conduct in connection with a recorded struggle with a Black woman in a park as she walked her dog on Saturday, the Associated Press reported.Accountability , reviewed the officer's body camera footage during his encounter with Nikkita Brown, they recommended he either be suspended from policing or be put on administrative duty while under investigation.
"He attempts to tackle her, all while groping her body as she screams for help," the statement from Brown's attorneys said, alleging the incident was an"obvious case of racial profiling." "This unprovoked attack lasts for approximately two minutes, during this time Ms. Brown's phone is knocked from her hands and she is knocked out of her shoes," the attorneys said.
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