When Chicago police officers stopped a Lincoln Town Car suspected of being used in a McDonald’s robbery in 2011, the female driver allegedly tried to run over one of them at a gas station on the West Side, police said at the time.
The officer fired twice, hitting the woman in the chest and side, but she kept driving and came to a stop on an adjacent street. When she got out of the car, she was thrown to the ground, Tasered and handcuffed.
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On Friday, police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a video of the incident recorded by a dashboard-mounted camera. Although the shooting was deemed justified, Johnson is launching a reinvestigation to determine whether officers used excessive force during their arrest, said a department spokesman.
In a statement, Johnson called the video “concerning.”
Two officers, who he did not name, have been placed on desk duty pending an investigation.
The video doesn’t show the encounter between the officer and the Lincoln Town Car in the gas station.
Tiffani Jacobs pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but video showing how she was arrested has the new Chicago police superintendent concerned. | Provided
Tiffani Jacobs pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but video showing how she was arrested has the new Chicago police superintendent concerned. | Provided
But police reports say the officer stepped out of his car after a wild chase and the driver, Tiffani Jacobs, accelerated toward him. The officer shot her in the chest and side.
The video shows Jacobs then pulling out of the station, driving onto the street adjacent to the gas station and stopping. She gets out of the car while an officer approaches with a gun pointed at her. He grabs her by the back of her jacket and throws her to the pavement.
Several other officers move in to help arrest Jacobs, blocking video of what happened next.
“After taking Jacobs to the ground, and believing Jacobs may have been armed, officers ordered her to show her hands,” a police report says. “Jacobs refused to comply with verbal direction from the arresting officers to show her hands. At that time officers stepped back and deployed Tasers to obtain control of Jacobs. Jacobs’ hands were subsequently secured and she was taken into custody. Officers determined she had been shot, placed [her] in an unmarked vehicle, and immediately called for an ambulance.”
The officer fired twice, hitting the woman in the chest and side, but she kept driving and came to a stop on an adjacent street. When she got out of the car, she was thrown to the ground, Tasered and handcuffed.
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On Friday, police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a video of the incident recorded by a dashboard-mounted camera. Although the shooting was deemed justified, Johnson is launching a reinvestigation to determine whether officers used excessive force during their arrest, said a department spokesman.
In a statement, Johnson called the video “concerning.”
Two officers, who he did not name, have been placed on desk duty pending an investigation.
The video doesn’t show the encounter between the officer and the Lincoln Town Car in the gas station.
Tiffani Jacobs pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but video showing how she was arrested has the new Chicago police superintendent concerned. | Provided
Tiffani Jacobs pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but video showing how she was arrested has the new Chicago police superintendent concerned. | Provided
But police reports say the officer stepped out of his car after a wild chase and the driver, Tiffani Jacobs, accelerated toward him. The officer shot her in the chest and side.
The video shows Jacobs then pulling out of the station, driving onto the street adjacent to the gas station and stopping. She gets out of the car while an officer approaches with a gun pointed at her. He grabs her by the back of her jacket and throws her to the pavement.
Several other officers move in to help arrest Jacobs, blocking video of what happened next.
“After taking Jacobs to the ground, and believing Jacobs may have been armed, officers ordered her to show her hands,” a police report says. “Jacobs refused to comply with verbal direction from the arresting officers to show her hands. At that time officers stepped back and deployed Tasers to obtain control of Jacobs. Jacobs’ hands were subsequently secured and she was taken into custody. Officers determined she had been shot, placed [her] in an unmarked vehicle, and immediately called for an ambulance.”
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