CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Five years after a Chicago man was pistol whipped and shocked with a taser during an arrest, the officers involved are facing dismissal.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown filed administrative charges against three officers involved in a 2017 arrest.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability reported the officers were called to a minimart in Humboldt Park and attempted to arrest a man who was armed with a gun. After taking the gun from the suspect, one officer put a gun to his head and pistol whipped him. Another officer punched the man and a third tased him in the back.
Two of the three officers remain on active duty. The Sun-Times reported disciplinary hearings are scheduled to start Tuesday.
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