Plaintiff:
Adrian Chester
Incident date:
10/12/2010
Location:
1421 W. 76th St.
Allegations:
Chester, an African-American female, was in her second-floor apartment in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood when her intoxicated son confronted her after she refused to allow him to use her truck. The son struck Chester with a broomstick; she swung at him with a box cutter that was attached to her keychain, cutting his arm. Both called the police, who recommended that Chester and her other children stay elsewhere for the night for their safety. Chester took her children to stay with a friend. Two days later, Chester returned to her apartment with her friend, Green, to gather her belongings. Soon after she arrived, the doorbell rang. When she opened the door, officers were standing outside pointing their guns at her head. Frightened and confused, Chester closed the front door and ran back upstairs to her apartment, closing the door behind her. The officers broke through the back door and entered her apartment with their guns drawn. Chester was on the phone with the father of her children, instructing him to pick them up. Officer Coleman struck Green in the face and handcuffed him to a chair. He called Chester a “bitch” and a “f**king monkey,” took the phone from her, grabbed her by the hair and threw her face first onto the ground. He continued to beat her, kicking and punching her face and body and stomping on her stomach. After the beating ended, Edwards told Chester this would not have happened if she had come out the front door. Green and Chester were then taken into custody, and Chester was charged with domestic battery and destruction of property. Green was not charged. Chester appeared in court and her son dropped the domestic battery charge. The remaining charge was later dismissed.