A Chicago police sergeant and officer violated the constitutional rights of a Black man who was improperly searched during a downtown traffic stop and should be suspended, department leaders and the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct agreed, records show.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that two members of the tactical team assigned to patrol the Near North (18th) Police District improperly searched a driver and his car at 7:10 p.m. March 18, 2024, according to records published Thursday.
The agency better known as COPA found that officers were not justified in stopping the car on Franklin Street near Chicago Avenue and should not have searched the driver or his car after handcuffing him in Chicago’s River North neighborhood…