Chicago officer resigns after video shows physical struggle with woman walking dog
A white Chicago police officer resigned after he was captured on video repeatedly grabbing a Black woman walking her dog in a confrontation her lawyers called “
A white Chicago police officer resigned after he was captured on video repeatedly grabbing a Black woman walking her dog in a confrontation her lawyers called “racial profiling,” the department said Friday.
Officer Bruce Dyker quit while the Aug. 28 incident was still under investigation, a department spokesperson said.
The encounter occurred shortly after midnight when Dyker asked Nikkita Brown to leave a beach that was closed, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which reviewed the incident and forwarded its findings to the police department in October.
Courtesy Nikkita Brown's attorneyThe agency said the officer "forcibly grabbed" Brown after "words were exchanged."
Body camera video released by Brown’s lawyer shows Brown asking the officer to respect her space as he emerges from his cruiser. “It’s Covid,” she can be heard saying.
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