Plaintiff:
Cheryl S. Choates
Incident date:
05/22/2012
Location:
9819 S. Halsted St.
Allegations:
Choates was at a gas station at 98th and Halsted streets when she saw a group of young girls who were handcuffed together and took a photo of them with her cellphone. Soon after, Officer Doyle approached Choates, asked her if she was “filming” the police, then grabbed her cellphone, telling Choates that it was illegal to photograph the police. Officers Doyle and Falk arrested Choates and charged her with disorderly conduct, breach of the peace and failure to obey a police officer. The charges were later dismissed.