Plaintiff:
Jeffrey Blackburn
Incident date:
03/27/2013
Location:
3151 W. Harrison St.
Allegations:
Officers Rix and Gregerson pulled over and arrested Blackburn, who explained that he suffered from a seizure disorder and needed his medication. The officers said the issue would be sorted out later, and took Blackburn to a police station. The next day, Blackburn was taken to Cook County Jail and placed in a cell with about 50 other pretrial detainees. Blackburn told several jail employees that he suffered from a seizure disorder and needed his medication, but they did not provide it. Because he never obtained his medicine, Blackburn eventually had a seizure in the cell and struck his head on the floor. The charges against Blackburn were later dismissed.