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  • Chicago police commander faces trial on excessive force charge

    05/19/2015 8:29:27 AM PDT · by smokingfrog · 25 replies
    Chicago Trib ^ | 5-19-15 | steven schmadeke
    A Chicago police commander whose aggressive tactics won him street cred with rank-and-file officers and community leaders is set to go on trial next month on charges he crossed the line by shoving the barrel of his service weapon down a man's throat and threatening to kill him. When his trial starts June 22, Glenn Evans will become the second recent Chicago police officer facing criminal charges to opt to let a judge, not a jury, decide his fate at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. The trial appears likely to play out amid a continuing national debate over police use...