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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.