Oak Lawn asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed last summer by a Bridgeview teen complaint, denying police officers beat the 17-year-old, but talks aimed at settling the lawsuit are underway.
An Oak Lawn police officer removes what appears to be a gun from a bag carried by a 17-year-old arrested July 27, 2022, as seen in released dashboard camera video recorded during the stop in which witnesses say the youth was repeatedly punched as he was pinned down on the street.
Both the plaintiff and defendants are in discussions aimed at a potential out-of-court settlement, and U.S. District Court Judge Steven Seeger asked both sides to file a status report on those talks by Jan. 31, according to a filing in the case. The lawsuit alleges the three officers involved in the arrest conspired among one another in a “racially motivated conspiracy” to deprive the teen of his constitutional rights because he is Arab American.
State police are reviewing the arrest and those findings will likely be reviewed by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, which could decide whether to pursue criminal charges against the officers, the officers said in requesting the stay.Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx called for an independent probe by state police into the arrest, which sparked a large protest outside Oak Lawn’s police station. Oak Lawn officials at the time saidOak Lawn denies in its Dec.
The teen was hospitalized at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after suffering a broken nose, bruising across his face and body, and internal bleeding near his brain and forehead, according to an attorney for his family. The vehicle was stopped in the 9500 block of Southwest Highway. Dashboard footage shows the vehicle’s driver stepping out of the car and consenting to a pat-down search and being asked to step to the rear of the car. The 17-year-old was a passenger in the rear driver side seat, and as police tried to search him he ran off.
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