The ACLU of Illinois filed suit early last year on behalf of Jaylan Butler, a then-19-year-old member of the Eastern Illinois University swim team. He was mistaken for a shooting suspect when he stepped off the college's bus at an Interstate 80 rest area near East Moline in February of 2019.
âWe filed this case after our client Jaylan â an innocent college student returning from a swim meet on his teamâs bus â was taken to the ground and had a gun held to his head by police officers," according to a statement issued Tuesday by the Illinois ACLU. "After reaching a settlement with two of the officers who directly interacted with Jaylan on that fateful evening, Jaylan has filed a stipulation to dismiss the remaining claims."