Attorneys for a man who accused a Chicago police commander of shoving a pistol down his throat say they believe the evidence is strong enough to win a lawsuit against the city.
Ricky Williams' lawyers issued a statement shortly after Cmdr. Glenn Evans was acquitted on battery and misconduct charges.
They point out that Williams' DNA was found on Evans' service weapon. And that the city's main police oversight agency, the Independent Police Review Authority, recommended that Evans be relieved of his police powers over the incident.
Judge Diane Cannon said she didn't find Williams' version of events believable and cautioned that the case had nothing to do with other recent police brutality cases that have been getting a lot of attention.
Williams testified that Evans put his service pistol so far down his throat that he gagged and later spat blood. He says Evans must have mistaken a cellphone he had been holding for a weapon. Investigators never found a gun.
