A Chicago police officer was suspended after cellphone video showed him body-slamming a man to the ground during an arrest. Police said the man was agitated when approached, threatened an officer and spat in his face
- A Chicago police officer was suspended this week after video recorded by a bystander showed him hurling a man forcefully onto the sidewalk during an arrest, in footage described by Mayor Lori Lightfoot as “highly disturbing.”
The incident took place on Thursday, the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, when police approached a 29-year-old man drinking alcohol in the afternoon at a bus stop on Chicago’s South Side, CBS News reported. Police said the man became agitated, threatened an officer and spat on his face, leading to the body slam filmed by a passerby, the report said.
He called the move an “emergency takedown,” but said the department was taking complaints from the public seriously.The man was treated at a hospital before being released into police custody, CBS reported.
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