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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 ....
Joliet Officer Turned Off Squad Car's Audio As Eric Lurry Died - Joliet, IL - Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner chose not to discipline Officer Jose Tellez, but new chief Dawn Malec has suspended Tellez for his conduct. ....
UpdatedTue, May 25, 2021 at 5:45 pm CT Replies(43) Joliet Police Sgt. Doug May pinched Eric Lurry s nose for close to two minutes, restricting Lurry from taking in oxygen, according to a federal lawsuit filed last year naming May as a defendant. (City of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL Joliet Mayor Bob O Dekirk and City Manager Jim Capparelli recently agreed to hire Westmont private practice attorney Sean Connolly to conduct an independent investigation into the Joliet Police Department surrounding the January 2020 death of a Black Joliet citizen, Eric Lurry. According to his law firm bio, Connolly is also a colonel in the United States Army Reserve Judge Advocate General s Corps, where he currently serves as commander with the 117th Legal Operations Detachment in Arizona. ....
UpdatedFri, May 14, 2021 at 1:19 am CT Replies(4) Even though he got a 10-day work place suspension in March and kicked out of the detective unit, Joliet Police Sgt. Chris Schott believes he deserves a promotion and huge raise to a lieutenant s rank. (City of Joliet Police Department ) JOLIET, IL At a December holiday party involving alcohol attended by several off-duty members of the Joliet Police Department s investigations unit, Joliet Police Sgt. Chris Schott slapped a subordinate detective on his buttocks, and Schott tried to kiss the man against his wishes, documents obtained by Joliet Patch from a Freedom of Information Act request show. ....
UpdatedTue, May 11, 2021 at 11:45 pm CT Replies(31) Joliet Police Officer Rich Olson wants to become a sergeant, but the city s board of police and fire commissioners has questions about his track record. (File/John Ferak/Patch ) JOLIET, IL The city of Joliet s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has delayed making a decision on whether to promote long-time Joliet patrol officer Rich Olson Jr. to a supervisor s rank of sergeant after issues with Olson s recent discipline history arose. Monday s vote on Olson s promotion to sergeant was postponed until next week s meeting to give the board enough time to review all the documents surrounding the Nov. 1, 2018 incident. In 2019, Olson agreed to accept a 24-day work place suspension from the Joliet Police Department. ....