Plaintiff:
Larry G. Nelson
Incident date:
08/30/2008
Location:
1118 N. Springfield Ave.
Allegations:
Nelson, an African-American male, was visiting a friend's home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood when Officers Salgado and Torres pulled up in a marked police car. The officers told Nelson that they wanted to talk to him and asked him to walk over to them. He asked them what they needed to discuss with him, but they refused to answer his question. Selgado said, “Don't make me get out of my car," and then exited the vehicle. He grabbed Nelson and twisted his arm. The officers handcuffed and searched Nelson and entered his name into the police database. When nothing came up, the officers released Nelson. He was not charged with a crime.