Cory Ulmer, who was being held at the Cook County Jail last year, died shortly after correctional officers struck him several times and threw him to the ground, records show.
Now, Ulmer’s stepfather, Robert Robinson, has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Cook County sheriff, more than a dozen correctional officers and the jail’s medical personnel were all complicit in Ulmer’s death.
Ulmer, 41, was jailed last June for violating the terms of his pretrial release. Prosecutors had charged him with aggravated assault and armed robbery in 2023. He was released on electronic monitoring ahead of his trial after pleading not guilty…