- Brutality charges have been filed against a Chicago police sergeant caught on video slapping a handcuffed man -- but an attorney says the officer was justified because the suspect tried to spit on him.
“If I tried to spit on you, wouldn’t you find that offensive?” asked Robert Kuzas, who is representing Sgt. Edward Howard Jr., 48, a 24-year veteran of the police department. Howard is charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct.
This is overkill of tremendous proportions. The case is over 6 months old and appears to be driven solely by the fact that the mother of the accused is an IPRA investigator. Amazing how the video is already leaked to the media (polluting the jury pool) and felony charges are approved for something that in any other circumstance not involving a police officer, would barely qualify as a simple battery.
Shaved is all over this story.
Shaved is all over this story.