An off-duty Chicago Police sergeant is being investigated after a video captured him pinning down a 14-year-old boy to a Park Ridge sidewalk with his knee Friday evening.
outside the Starbucks on Northwest Highway on Facebook, where it quickly went viral with the help of celebrity news organization TMZ.
Nieves wrote that the video, captured by an onlooker shows “my 14-year-old child — face down, wide eyed, no shoes, knee in his back, gasping for breath, arms locked — being pinned down by a white, unidentified, off-duty Chicago police officer.” “Our son’s hands were on the bike as he was moving it out the way … while he was in possession his own bike, right next to him,” Nieves wrote. “This adult did not use words — he used force; he used his hands. Grabbed our son’s wrists, body slammed him, then held him down with his knee to forcibly restrain him.”
At the same time, the Park Ridge Police Department is also conducting a “full and thorough” investigation of the incident and expect to meet with officials from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office later this week to “review the status of the investigation,” officials said in a statement. Park Ridge officers have collected video from nearby businesses and are waiting for video from Starbucks.
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