There’s just no defending a beating when it involves a man in a wheelchair– particularly when it’s caught on video. U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald said he took no pleasure in the prosecution, but said the crime had to be addressed. By NATASHA KORECKI AND TESS FARDON Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — After his client was hit…
It’s always good to get a guilty plea when it comes to a brazen act like this. By The Associated Press LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Mexican national has pleaded guilty to a felony count of illegal re-entry and a misdemeanor assault count in the 2002 beatings of two FBI agents who were attacked during…
In a department that has had its fair share of negative publicity, this can’t help. BY FRAN MAIN Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — A Chicago Police officer pleaded guilty today to a civil rights violation for beating a 60-year-old man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair. “I lost it,” Officer William Cozzi admitted in…
A Liberian immigrant teen was beaten by three men hunting for blacks on a historical night that broke a racial barrier in America. By TOM HAYS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — Three men, riled by Barack Obama’s victory, spent election night hunting down black people to beat up and yelling insults about the president-elect,…
