A former Chicago police detective is suing to get his job back after being fired for posing in a photograph with another officer while holding rifles over an unidentified black man wearing deer antlers.
The photograph was taken about 15 years ago. It recently was made public after detective Timothy McDermott filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court seeking to rejoin the department.
The Chicago Police Board fired McDermott in October after finding him guilty of bringing discredit on the department by taking part in the photo.
McDermott posed with Officer Jerome Finnigan. Finnigan is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. Both McDermott and Finnigan are white.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel opposes returning McDermott to his job. He said Wednesday the photo doesn't reflect the department's values.
