CHICAGO — A former Chicago police detective is suing to get his job back after being fired for posing in a photograph with another officer holding rifles over an unidentified black man lying on a floor and wearing deer antlers.
The photograph, which is believed to have been taken between 1999 and 2003, recently was made public after detective Timothy McDermott filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court seeking to rejoin the Chicago Police Department. The photo was discovered during an FBI investigation into police wrongdoing.
The Chicago Police Board fired McDermott in October after finding him guilty of bringing discredit on the department by taking part in the photo, disrespecting or maltreating a person on or off duty, and unlawful or unnecessary use or display of a weapon.
McDermott's lawyer, Dan Herbert, said Wednesday the photograph doesn't tell the entire story. He added there's no evidence the black man was in custody and questioned whether the photo was taken against the man's will.
McDermott posed with Officer Jerome Finnigan, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. Both McDermott and Finnigan are white.
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5 comments:
The racist attacks on the white man continue.
This is all BS , these guys along with the black man did it as a joke. When will you guys stop needle picking? Black men bleed a lot?
The black guy was OBVIOUSLY joking around and taking part. I've read that they also posed with the other guys as the "deer" as well, for a joke. But those won't see the light of day if they exist.
Pretty sad when friends can't horse around and do dumb guy stuff, and forget about race.
Sounds to me like 'the other guy' "Jerome Finnigan, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption" was a real outstanding cop. He's probably due some kind of merit award.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This is all BS , these guys along with the black man did it as a joke. When will you guys stop needle picking? Black men bleed a lot?
May 30, 2015 at 9:54 AM
Yeah, a black man decided to belittle himself as a joke. Ha. Regardless, the jokes on the kops now. Ha..Ha.
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