A man who was slammed by a Chicago police officer during a Thanksgiving day arrest was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer on Sunday, and bailed out of jail by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
The incident, which was captured on a widely circulated video, led to the officer being assigned to desk duty pending a use of force investigation by the Chicago Office of Police Accountability. The defendant, Bernard Kersh, 29, also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting police, simple assault and drinking alcohol in public, according to a statement from the Chicago Police. CNN was unable to immediately determine if Kersh has a lawyer.
No one deserves this kind of treatment."The incident occurred near a busy intersection on Chicago's South Side on Thursday. According to police, Kersh was stopped for drinking alcohol in public. He became verbally abusive towards the officers and threatened and spat on one of them, police said. A 43-second video captured by a passenger in a nearby car begins at the onset of the takedown, but doesn't show what led to it.
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