Plaintiff:
Sam T. Christian
Incident date:
07/05/2010
Location:
4423 N. Cicero Ave.
Allegations:
Christian, a retired Chicago deputy police chief, was driving near North Cicero and West Montrose avenues when he came across Officer Accardo directing traffic. The officer had previously served under Christian's patrol area. Using profane and obscene language, she directed Christian to back his car away from a blocked viaduct. Christian told her he took offense at her words. Accardo then initiated a false report indicating that Christian hit her with his car. Christian was arrested, detained and charged as a result. The prosecutor dropped one charge, and he was found not guilty of the others.