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Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said he will review the case against a police officer who was caught on videotape beating a man handcuffed to a wheelchair.
Officer William Cozzi, who pleaded guilty to battery for the August 2005 beating, could rejoin the force in little more than two months after he completes a two-year departmental suspension. The police unit that investigates police shootings and other complaints of excessive force sought Cozzi's dismissal.
In a statement issued Monday, Weis, who is scheduled to begin work on Feb. 1, said he intends to determine if further action is necessary.
The actions by this police officer are disheartening and deplorable and tarnish the integrity of those good officers who serve honorably every day," Weis said in his statement. "I fully support the department's initial decision to terminate the officer and intend to thoroughly review the facts of the case before taking further action. No police officer is above the law and any behavior found to violate the public's trust is unacceptable."
Randle Miles was being treated for stab wounds at the Norwegian-American Hospital when he resisted being placed in the wheelchair according to reports.
Cozzi, who had been dispatched to the hospital to speak with Miles, allegedly became enraged by his behavior, prosecutors said at the time.
Cozzi placed the man in handcuffs and said, "Don't move, or I'll break your [expletive] wrists," prosecutors said after Cozzi's arrest. Cozzi hit the man 10 times with a small club in the face and torso, prosecutors said.
Miles sued and eventually won a $125,000 settlement from the city.
The Office of Professional Standards, now called the Independent Police Review Authority, investigated the excessive-force complaint and recommended that Cozzi be fired, said Ilana Rosenzweig, its chief.
the cop hits a old man handcuffed/chained to a chair about a dozen times.
the recomnedation was to fire him.but they just suspended him for 2 years (gets back on duty soon).
hopefully this new guy can clean up the image of the CPD.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said he will review the case against a police officer who was caught on videotape beating a man handcuffed to a wheelchair.
Officer William Cozzi, who pleaded guilty to battery for the August 2005 beating, could rejoin the force in little more than two months after he completes a two-year departmental suspension. The police unit that investigates police shootings and other complaints of excessive force sought Cozzi's dismissal.
In a statement issued Monday, Weis, who is scheduled to begin work on Feb. 1, said he intends to determine if further action is necessary.
The actions by this police officer are disheartening and deplorable and tarnish the integrity of those good officers who serve honorably every day," Weis said in his statement. "I fully support the department's initial decision to terminate the officer and intend to thoroughly review the facts of the case before taking further action. No police officer is above the law and any behavior found to violate the public's trust is unacceptable."
Randle Miles was being treated for stab wounds at the Norwegian-American Hospital when he resisted being placed in the wheelchair according to reports.
Cozzi, who had been dispatched to the hospital to speak with Miles, allegedly became enraged by his behavior, prosecutors said at the time.
Cozzi placed the man in handcuffs and said, "Don't move, or I'll break your [expletive] wrists," prosecutors said after Cozzi's arrest. Cozzi hit the man 10 times with a small club in the face and torso, prosecutors said.
Miles sued and eventually won a $125,000 settlement from the city.
The Office of Professional Standards, now called the Independent Police Review Authority, investigated the excessive-force complaint and recommended that Cozzi be fired, said Ilana Rosenzweig, its chief.
the cop hits a old man handcuffed/chained to a chair about a dozen times.
the recomnedation was to fire him.but they just suspended him for 2 years (gets back on duty soon).
hopefully this new guy can clean up the image of the CPD.
