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Ariel Harrison, now 31, was detained at the jail after being pulled over in October 2019.
Harrison faces four charges in the case, including felony aggravated fleeing, felony aggravated battery of a peace officer, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol.
She believes the incident was racially motivated and the actions of law enforcement officers constitute brutality.
“I see racism in it because they didn’t treat me as a human,” Harrison said.
An online petition calling for justice for Harrison and for all charges to be dropped had more than 47,000 signatures as of Wednesday.
Harrison maintains she was wrongfully arrested and not intoxicated. She has pleaded not guilty on all charges.
Patrick Stout
MACOMB A Chicago family came to Macomb this week to watch their nephew and son sworn in as the city s first African-American chief of police.
Chief Jerel Jones took the oath of office from City Clerk Melanie Falk in an outdoor city council session that was brought to order by the Macomb Police Department Honor Guard.
Then the chief s uncle, Lonnie Jones, a 30-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, took the podium. He spoke about his father, the grandfather of Jerel Jones. His grandfather was a Chicago police officer for 30 years, Lonnie Jones said. We re a police family. The uncle then presented Chief Jones with materials that had been given to his grandfather during his police career.