Federal Jury Finds In Favor Of Chicago Cops In Lawsuit Over Fatal Shooting
(STMW) -- A federal jury on Wednesday found in favor of Chicago police and decided to award nothing to the family of a South Side man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop.
Lawyers for the family of Darius Pinex argued that a Chicago police officer lied on the stand about why police stopped the car. The officer said he relied on a description of the car from a radio dispatcher, but the dispatch tape was produced by the city only after the civil trial had started and appeared to cast serious doubts on the officer's testimony.
Pinex, 27, was killed when a traffic stop went awry in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2011.
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