Video of the confrontation between the officer and the teen in Park Ridge went viral last summer, showing the office holding the boy to the ground with his knee on the boy’s back.
Chicago Police Sgt. Michael Vitellaro, who was stripped of his police powers after being charged, still faces discipline as a result of a probe of the incident by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which was completed in March.
The trial of an off-duty Chicago police sergeant accused of pinning a teen to the ground in Park Ridge over a stolen bike last year continued for a second day.
A Chicago police sergeant pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges after he allegedly kneeled on a teenage boy outside a Starbucks in northwest suburban Park Ridge this summer.