Former Chicago Police Officer Bruce Dyker has been charged after struggling with a Black woman at North Avenue Beach. He resigned from the department.
CHICAGO -- Charges have been filed against a white Chicago police officer captured on video struggling with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront park.
Videos showing Dyker grabbing Nikkita Brown shortly after midnight on Aug. 28, 2021, as she walked her French bulldog at North Avenue Beach later went viral. Moments later, the officer appears to reach for Brown's phone and then grabs her as she can be heard yelling,"Let go!" and struggles to break free.
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