CPD officer charged after caught on video struggling with Black woman at North Avenue Beach

Officer Bruce Dyker has been charged with official misconduct and aggravated battery in a public means, the Cook dinner County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned. He will likely be in court docket for arraignment on Thursday.

Dyker, who had been on desk obligation since shortly after the incident final summer season, left the Chicago Police Division in Could earlier than any formal disciplinary motion was introduced in opposition to him, a division spokesperson confirmed final week. He had been a Chicago officer since 1998.

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Movies exhibiting Dyker grabbing Nikkita Brown shortly after midnight on Aug. 28, 2021, as she walked her French bulldog at North Avenue Seaside later went viral.

In a single video recorded by a bystander, Brown and her canine look like strolling away from the officer as he follows carefully.

Brown repeatedly tells Dyker to not come nearer and to again up as a result of he is not sporting a face masks. However he continues to strategy and order her to depart the world as a result of it was closed.

Moments later, the officer seems to succeed in for Brown’s telephone after which grabs her as she might be heard yelling, “Let go!” and struggles to interrupt free.

The incident sparked a Civilian Workplace of Police Accountability investigation, whereas Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned she was “fairly disturbed” by the movies.

Attorneys for the girl alleged the encounter turned violent and was an “apparent case of racial profiling.”

John Catanzara, head of the Fraternal Order of Police chapter that represents rank-and-file Chicago officers, mentioned Dyker wouldn’t be obtainable to remark about his resignation.

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“Bruce simply had sufficient of the nonsense and scrutiny for doing his job,” Catanzara mentioned.

Brown’s lawyer, Michael Gallagher, took challenge with Catanzara’s feedback.

“The FOP President Catanzara’s declare that Officer Dyker was ‘simply doing his job’ is simply one other instance of him protecting for rogue officers,” Gallagher mentioned.

ABC7 Chicago contributed to this report.

The video within the participant above is from a earlier report.