2 Chicago cops serve suspensions for drunken brawl at Wrigleyville pizzeria

Two Chicago police officers who brawled with restaurant employees following a Cubs game while off-duty in 2019 have completed year-long suspensions imposed under a disciplinary settlement, according to a recently released Civilian Office of Police Accountability report.

COPA’s report details the drunken altercation that unfolded on May 23, 2019, at Dimo’s Pizza, 3463 North Clark Street, after Officers Moises Diaz and Salvador Perez entered the Wrigleyville restaurant following a day of drinking at Wrigley Field and nearby bars.

Investigators said both officers were “extremely intoxicated,” with Diaz testing a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.184 five hours after the incident and Perez registering 0.146 more than four hours after the fight…

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