(CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS) – In 2024, Douglas Dyhrkopp, state’s attorney of Gallatin County in southern Illinois, began receiving complaints that a veteran law enforcement officer he’s repeatedly called to testify might be a problematic witness.
“Some folks did not like some things that were going on with some things that he was investigating,” Dyhrkopp told Invisible Institute.
The officer, Anthony Kendrick, has a history of official misconduct that includes lying to government officials and physically attacking residents. Over the past 20 years, Kendrick has bounced between police departments and sheriff’s offices in Williamson, Jackson, Hardin, and Massac counties, where he racked up at least six excessive-force lawsuits for allegedly beating residents. Kendrick, who declined to comment, has worked as a sheriff’s deputy for the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office for almost two years…