Video Footage Shows Cook County Police Chief Beating A Man During Questioning
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Newly released video footage shows former Robbins Acting Police Chief Carl Scott hitting a man in the back of his head in an interview room last year after the man showed up to file a complaint against him.
Former Robbins Chief Carl Scott pleaded guilty earlier this year to battery charges stemming from the incident on July 1, 2024.
A 43-year-old man had visited the Robbins Police Department on July 1, 2024, to file a complaint against the chief over a previous incident.
The victim was recording the lobby with his cell phone, and when Scott approached him, the chief began filming the victim with his own cellphone, prosecutors said. Scott then ordered two other officers to come to the lobby for assistance, and asked the victim for his information so he could issue a citation for public nuisance, prosecutors said.
When the victim refused, Scott told him he would have to be taken to the back of the police station to be fingerprinted, prosecutors said. Once the victim was taken back, Scott knocked the cell phone out of his hand, shoved him into a door, and hit him in the back of the head, prosecutors said.
