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Case 15-CV-9051

$52,751

EXCESSIVE FORCE/MINOR

Home invasion On duty Minor Physical disability Excessive force False arrest or report Physical force Assault or battery to an officer charges Weapons charges Resisting or obstructing arrest charges

Plaintiff: Leroy Hubbard

Incident date: 10/24/2014

Location: 6642 S. Paulina St.

Allegations:

Leroy Hubbard was walking home when Officers Rake, Mackowiak and Swiatkowski pulled up next to him in an unmarked SUV. Rake ordered Hubbard to walk toward the officers' car, but Hubbard ignored him and continued walking home. The officers followed Hubbard home in the SUV. Hubbard entered his home, and Rake followed him in without a warrant or consent. Once inside, Rake grabbed Hubbard by the jacket and pushed him against the wall, kicking him in the legs. Mackowiak and Swiatkowski entered the home, and within minutes, Officers Serrano, Blackman and others arrived as well. Rake and Mackowiak pushed Hubbard's face against the wall, choked him and put him in handcuffs. Leroy Hubbard's mother, Anita Hubbard, 55, was hooked up to a dialysis machine in the home when the officers entered. One of the officers pushed Anita Hubbard to the ground, nearly causing her dialysis machine to disconnect from her body. Hubbard's cousin, K.H., 14, began recording the incident on her iPad, and one of the officers told her to stop recording, pulled her hair and tried to take her iPad. The officers took Hubbard outside to an SUV, searched him and found a pocket knife in his pocket. Rake charged Hubbard with battery to a police officer, resisting arrest and sale or possession of a deadly weapon. The charges against him were dismissed nine months later.

Additional plaintiffs:
  • Anita Hubbard
  • K.H.

KEVIN RAKE

SERGEANT OF POLICE

752427546
$62,751 total payments

MATTHEW MACKOWIAK

POLICE OFFICER

515629558
$52,751 total payments

MYRIAN SWIATKOWSKI

POLICE OFFICER

415925686
$52,751 total payments

SALVADOR SERRANO JR

SERGEANT OF POLICE

29181
$81,751 total payments

DANIEL BLACKMAN

POLICE OFFICER

29193
$74,751 total payments