CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Miracle Boyd, injured by police during a protest in 2020 is now reacting to the news that the officer she accused of excessive force was allowed to leave the Chicago Police Department on his own terms.
Upon hearing this week that Nicholas Jovanovich had been allowed to resign from his job as a Chicago Police officer earlier this year, Miracle Boyd told reporters in front of the Thompson Center that she thinks he should have been fired.
"Jovanovich resigning means that he can work on another force in another city in another state and his actions against me not displayed on his record," she said.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability recommended Jovanovich be fired after their review of the summer of 2020 incident where he was captured on video, ultimately leaving Boyd’s face bloodied and with some of her teeth knocked out.
"This isn't just about the violence that Miracle experienced as a young black woman who works for peace in the city of Chicago," said Sheila Bedi, Boyd's attorney.
"It's also about the way the code of silence is perpetuated every single day in the Chicago Police Department."
Bedi said the CPD "deliberately lied" when they described the incident with Boyd in a report filed by Jovanovich and other officers. The report was signed off by supervisors in the department.
COPA in their final report disagreed with Jovanovich’s version of the story.
There is a pending class action lawsuit against the city of Chicago and dozens of Chicago police officers, including Jovanovich on behalf of around 60 individuals allegedly injured by police during protests in the summer of 2020.
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