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Investigation of Joliet policing won't focus on Eric Lurry's death, but could be a 'powerful thing' to spark change, AG's office says at town hall
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Family of Man Who Died in Custody Applauds Illinois AG's Investigation Into Joliet Police Practices
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Probe launched into death of Black man whose nose was pinched shut by officers
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As Eric Lurry was losing consciousness in the back of the squad car, Joliet Police Sgt. Doug May smacked the Black Joliet resident in the head and declared, Wake up, bitch! (Image via Joliet police )
JOLIET, IL In one of Al Roechner s final decisions running the Joliet Police Department, the city s departing police chief in January notified
Sgt. Doug May he was getting a seven-day suspension in connection with Eric Lurry s death from one year earlier.
Joliet Patch learned of the seven work-day discipline issued against Sgt. May in connection with the death of the Black Joliet resident during a Freedom of Information Act request to the Joliet Police Department.
City of Joliet finally investigates its police department one year after death of black man, 37, who had his nose pinched shut by cops for nearly two minutes while baton was shoved in his mouth
City of Joliet, Illinois, hired private attorney to conduct independent review of police department s handling of Eric Lurry s case
Lurry, 37, married father-of-three, died following a drug-related arrest in January 2020
Dashcam video released in July showed Sgt Doug May pinching Lurry s nose shut for 1 minute, 38 seconds, slapping him and calling him a b
Another officer was seen inserting a metal baton into Lurry s mouth
Police whistleblower Sgt Javier Esqueda, who released the video, was later stripped of his badge and criminally charged