Family claims police too violent during traffic stop; arrest report tells different story

CHICAGO ( WGN ) — A Chicago woman alleges her husband was left with a broken nose and two black eyes following a traffic stop on the city’s west side earlier this week, but an arrest report says the man declined to follow orders, fled from police, and injured one of the arresting officers.

Patricia Emory shared video with WGN she says she took Tuesday after her husband, Marquis Emory, was pulled over near West Race and North Laramie avenues in the city’s Austin neighborhood. According to the arrest report, Emory, whose license is revoked, was pulled over for a broken taillight.

“I was actually on the phone with him, he was going to get some cigarettes,” Patricia Emory said. “He said, “They pulled me over, the taillight is, why you don’t tell me the taillight was out? I said, ‘Well I didn’t know the taillight was out.’ He said, ‘The police pulled me over, but I gave them my insurance.’”…

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