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02-09-2003, 09:04 PM
" Three Northwest Side Chicago tactical officers were taken off the streets and put on administrative duty last week for their alleged involvement in the beating of a Rogers Park man they perceived to be gay.
Jeffrey Lyons, 39, is a straight man who works for the Department of Streets and Sanitation. He is the son of a Chicago police officer who was killed in the line of duty, and a picture of his father, John Lyons, hangs at the 19th District police station at Belmont and Western, said Jeffrey Lyons' attorney, Timothy Cavenagh.
At about 4 a.m. Nov. 25, Lyons and a friend left the Grand Central Station bar, 5726 W. Grand Ave., a popular hangout for Chicago police officers from the Grand-Central District station, 5555 W. Grand Ave.
Lyons and the friend were standing near some other patrons' cars shaking hands and hugging each other goodbye, Cavenagh said. An off-duty officer allegedly walked out of the bar then and said "something to the effect of 'get this faggot shit away from my truck,'" Cavenagh said.
Lyons challenged the man to leave them alone, and the man took a swing at him. Before Lyons could swing back, however, several of the man's colleagues jointed the fray, knocking him to the ground, kicking and beating him, Cavenagh said.
"He was worked over pretty well," Cavenagh said, noting Lyons suffered several broken bones in his face and cuts and bruises.
When Lyons' friend tried to help, Cavenagh said, officers brandished their guns at him. The friend then called 911, asking for an ambulance and a supervisor, and the men scattered. Before they all got away, though, the friend took down the license plates of several of the assailants' cars, and they have been traced to Grand-Central District officers, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The police department's Office of Professional Standards is investigating the incident, officials said, and OPS is looking at more officers who are still on police duty.
Cavenagh said Lyons will seek "an undetermined sum."
Bob Schwartz of the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network said the incident is telling.
"All it took for him to be beaten is that he was perceived to be gay&emdash;it indicates the depth of the problem we're facing," he said. "
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Jeffrey Lyons, 39, is a straight man who works for the Department of Streets and Sanitation. He is the son of a Chicago police officer who was killed in the line of duty, and a picture of his father, John Lyons, hangs at the 19th District police station at Belmont and Western, said Jeffrey Lyons' attorney, Timothy Cavenagh.
At about 4 a.m. Nov. 25, Lyons and a friend left the Grand Central Station bar, 5726 W. Grand Ave., a popular hangout for Chicago police officers from the Grand-Central District station, 5555 W. Grand Ave.
Lyons and the friend were standing near some other patrons' cars shaking hands and hugging each other goodbye, Cavenagh said. An off-duty officer allegedly walked out of the bar then and said "something to the effect of 'get this faggot shit away from my truck,'" Cavenagh said.
Lyons challenged the man to leave them alone, and the man took a swing at him. Before Lyons could swing back, however, several of the man's colleagues jointed the fray, knocking him to the ground, kicking and beating him, Cavenagh said.
"He was worked over pretty well," Cavenagh said, noting Lyons suffered several broken bones in his face and cuts and bruises.
When Lyons' friend tried to help, Cavenagh said, officers brandished their guns at him. The friend then called 911, asking for an ambulance and a supervisor, and the men scattered. Before they all got away, though, the friend took down the license plates of several of the assailants' cars, and they have been traced to Grand-Central District officers, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The police department's Office of Professional Standards is investigating the incident, officials said, and OPS is looking at more officers who are still on police duty.
Cavenagh said Lyons will seek "an undetermined sum."
Bob Schwartz of the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network said the incident is telling.
"All it took for him to be beaten is that he was perceived to be gay&emdash;it indicates the depth of the problem we're facing," he said. "
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