Chicago Cop Who Allegedly Put Gun in Suspect’s Mouth Acquitted

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Cannon said Monday that the case against Cmdr.

Evans, who was relieved of his duties previous year, has been the subject of several police misconduct lawsuits, according to local media reports.

Prosecutors told Cook County Criminal Court Judge Diane Cannon that the commander crossed the line into criminal conduct during the arrest, and that Williams’ DNA was on Evans’ gun.

“His testimony was… unreasonable, improbable and contrary to human experience”, she said of Williams.

The prosecution’s strongest evidence – the recovery of Williams’ DNA on Evans’ service weapon – was belittled by Cannon as “of fleeting relevance or significance”.

As prosecutors told it, Evans encountered Williams on a January afternoon in 2013, and chased him on foot after radioing that he had seen a gun in Williams’ hand.

Some citizens will take this as more evidence that the system is tilted in favor of bad cops, that the Chicago Police Department turns a blind eye to abuses and that the city has no effective means of punishing such misconduct. One former commander called Evans a “loose cannon”.

“We had wondered why Cmdr”.

Evans’ case seems not to have drawn much attention from civil rights groups and outrage from residents who have marched in the streets to protest McDonald’s shootings. Williams and his attorney, Antonio Romanucci, will now make a civil case against the city. “This isn’t about who was telling the truth and who was lying. Rickey’s DNA was all over that gun”.

Alvarez issued a brief statement, defending her decision to criminally charge Evans.

Williams “defied belief” when he said that Evans attacked him and another officer punched him and smashed his face into the kitchen floor in a decrepit, abandoned house at 7105 S. Eberhart Ave., Morask said. “He embellished, he embroidered and he lied like the entire IPRA investigation from start to finish”, Morask said. Others, though, said Evans symbolized the department’s failure to control its officers. By then Williams was unable to point out Evans’ photo or that of anyone else. Assistant State’s Attorney Amy Watroba said saliva was the only option because no one testified that Williams grabbed Evans’ gun, and Williams definitely would’ve been charged with a felony if he did.

IPRA’s lead investigator on the case also mistakenly allowed the lab to use up all the DNA material for its testing.

Evans did not speak to reporters as he left the courthouse surrounded by more than a dozen police officers and supporters. Williams testified that he hadn’t been carrying a gun and that Evans must have mistaken it for a cellphone he had been holding. Investigators never found a gun. Evans and other officers caught up to Williams in a nearby house and found him hiding in a closet. “It’s a smoking, frickin’ cannon”. She interrupted the prosecutor’s argument to express her skepticism.

“My ruling does not pertain to misconduct committed by law enforcement throughout the city and country, nor does it pertain to the victims of brutality by law enforcement”, she said. He is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and official misconduct. The charge alleged that Williams was running with a gun, even though no gun was ever found. The defense argued Williams was not a reliable witness.

Within days of the incident, Ando contacted Cmdr.