VIDEO: Chicago Officers Cleared of Racial Profiling Allegations Made by Congressman
Video: Chicago Officers Cleared of Racial Profiling Allegations Made by Congressman
Two Chicago Police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush claimed he had been racially profiled during a traffic stop last summer, according to a police spokesman.
February 10, 2017
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Two Chicago Police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush claimed he had been racially profiled during a traffic stop last summer, according to a police spokesman, reports WFLD.
Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Thursday that after a review by the department's Bureau of Internal Affairs, the two Wentworth District officers had probable cause to make the stop.
Rush was driving his Lexus RX450h shortly before 3 p.m. on Aug. 4 in the 4700 block of South King Drive when he was pulled over by the officers who were on the lookout for high-end vehicles due to a series of thefts on the South Side.
A police dispatcher notified the officers that the license plate on Rush's vehicle was registered to a different vehicle.
A video obtained by FOX 32 News through a Freedom of Information Act request, shows that the officers remained calm throughout the traffic stop though Rush became agitated about the reasons he was pulled over.
Guglielmi said the video footage obtained from one of the officers' body cameras demonstrated the officers acted professionally.
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