Illinois whistleblower police officer placed on leave [View all]
Source: The Hill
A police officer in Illinois has reportedly been placed on leave and lost his badge after he told local media about his department’s alleged attempts to conceal footage of the arrest of Eric Lurry, a Black man who died in police custody earlier this year.
According to CBS Chicago, Sgt. Javier Esqueda, an officer for the Joliet Police Department, lost his badge and has since been place on leave pending what Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner called a “criminal and an internal investigation.”
He said the action was taken after it was discovered the officer gained “unauthorized access to a video that was being investigated by an outside agency.”
The move comes a little more than a week after reports of the police department’s alleged cover-up of Lurry’s arrest, which happened in January, began to emerge. At the time, Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk had told CBS Chicago that a whistleblower had come forward about the existence of footage of the arrest.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/506401-illinois-whistleblower-police-officer-placed-on-leave
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