CHICAGO — A man who sued the city of Chicago within 40 hours of being arrested by CPD officers who allegedly seized a handgun from his waistband has now pleaded guilty to possessing that firearm. The arrest was caught on video, gaining local exposure on social media.
Lorenzo Williams, 33, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm with a previous conviction and received a three-year sentence from Judge Shelley Sutker-Dermer, according to court records. He is expected to be paroled in January, after serving half of his sentence.
On July 30 last year, Williams was “seen on [police surveillance] video with a handgun in his front waistband. When officers attempted to detain him, he ran, resisted, and attempted to grab his handgun, which put the officers’ and Defendant’s lives in danger,” prosecutors said in a detention petition…