Police Commander Found Innocent

A Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect’s throat and pressing a stun gun to the man’s groin has been acquitted by the trials judge.

Cook County Judge Diane Cannon delivered a judgment in favor of Cmdr. Commander Glenn Evans, 52, was found not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct on Monday morning.

Evans’ lawyers attempted to make the ineffectiveness of the Independent Police Review Authority’s initial investigation into the alleged assault the heart of its case – a decision that carried a measure of irony because Evans himself had escaped punishment by the agency and its predecessor despite dozens of complaints over the years as he rose through the ranks.

A judge on Monday acquitted a Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect’s throat, outlining what she said were flaws in the state’s case and stressing that it shouldn’t be conflated…

Other officers present on the night of the arrest testified that Evans believed that Williams had a gun when he chased him into an abandoned building on the city’s South Side. Evans’ attorneys say there was never a gun down the throat, and the case never should have been brought.

Judge Cannon noted that Williams said that Evans also held a taser to his groin, though the police department had no record of one being issued to him.

Alvarez, who is facing two challengers in the Democratic primary set for March, said after Monday’s loss that she would not let the set back deter her. “He embellished, he embroidered and he lied like the entire IPRA investigation from start to finish”, Morask said. In recent weeks, an officer was charged with murder, the police superintendent stepped down and graphic videos depicting police shootings have been circulated widely amid a heightened focus nationwide on how police officers use deadly force.

“This is not a good time to try a case like this”, Cannon said before announcing that Commander Glenn Evans was cleared of all charges.

“My ruling does not pertain to (police) misconduct”, the judge said.

After the verdict, though, they were most critical of the Independent Police Review Authority, the city’s main police oversight agency that investigated the incident and has been harshly criticized for not recommending that enough officers be punished.

Campbell, who denied during her testimony that she knew Evans, interviewed a Grand Crossing District staff member about Evans’ Taser activity and was with another investigator when Williams looked at photo arrays a year ago.

“His testimony taxes the gullibility of the credulous”, Cannon said, adding that Williams was “eager to change his testimony at anyone’s request to accommodate the evidence”.

Investigators never recovered a gun.

Evans’ attorneys had questioned Williams’ credibility and the reliability of the DNA evidence.

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Williams testified he was tackled in the house, punched in the face by another officer and handcuffed. He was suspended a few times, yet he’s also a highly decorated officer who worked some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods.

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