Store surveillance footage shows the Chicago melee lasted almost five minutes.
In a report last March, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability called for the firing of Officers Chavez Siler, Corey Boone and Robert Clark for their alleged roles in the brutal arrest, theChicago Police Supt. David Brown agreed with COPA’s recommendations to discharge the officers in a document filed March 11 with the Chicago Police Board, which set in motion disciplinary proceedings. A status hearing is set for Tuesday.
As the officers tried to detain Whitehead inside the store, a struggle ensued and Siler placed a gun to his head and struck him with it — despite Whitehead’s apparent efforts to comply with orders to raise his hands. As they wrestled throughout the store, Benamon also punched Whitehead before ultimately disarming him, COPA reported.
Whitehead was charged with a list of felonies stemming from the arrest, according to Cook County court records. He pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to four-and-a-half-years in prison. Boone allegedly broke those same five rules, as well as three others for allegedly lying to COPA investigators, failing to report his colleagues’ excessive use of force and failing to intervene, according to the charging document. Clark also allegedly made false or misleading statements to investigators and failed to prevent or report the alleged abuse against Whitehead, Brown wrote.
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