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Chicago Police Release 'Concerning' Video Of 2011 Arrest

By Evan F. Moore | April 22, 2016 9:24pm
 The incident took place by Major Avenue and Irving Park Road, according to a police report.
The incident took place by Major Avenue and Irving Park Road, according to a police report.
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CHICAGO— The Chicago Police Department released video Friday night of a May 2011 incident, where the arrest of a woman following an armed robbery spree has been found "concerning" by Superintendent Eddie Johnson.

In the video below from the 22 minute dashcam footage released by the CPD, edited for time by the Sun-Times, an officer gets out of a squad car with his gun drawn and moves toward a vehicle involved in a robbery in the the 5600 block of West Irving Park Road. Tiffani Jacobs gets out of the car with her hands up and the officer pulls her to the ground after grabbing the back of her jacket and head. Several officers are then seen helping arrest Jacobs.

The video does not show an encounter between the officer and the vehicle at a gas station prior to the footage, but police reports state the officer stepped out of his squad car after a chase and Jacobs accelerated towards him. The officer then shot her in the chest and side. Jacobs stopped on a street adjacent to the gas station, where the footage above was taken.

Six officers said in the police report that Jacobs resisted arrest by pulling away. 

The watch commander's finding in each of the officers statement read:

"Based on the information available to me at this time, I have concluded that the officers actions were in compliance with the department procedures and directives." 

Chicago Police News Affairs released a statement along with the video:

"As part of his pledge to rebuild trust between CPD and the community, upon taking office Superintendent Eddie Johnson began reviewing several internal affairs and IPRA cases concerning officer's use of force. Among them was a May 2011 incident where two convicted felons were involved in an armed robbery spree that culminated with offenders attempting to run over responding officers and subsequently being wounded in a non-fatal police involved shooting.  After reviewing video footage from the investigation, the Superintendent found that the officers’ actions in apprehending one of the offenders – who is now serving time in jail -- concerning.  As a result, he has requested the use of force investigation to be reopened and has stripped two officers of their police powers pending the outcome of an independent review."

Jacobs drove an accomplice, Floyd May, to a McDonald's at 5656 W. Irving Park Road on May 25, 2011 and picked May up after he robbed the restaurant's employees and customers of more than $400, the Sun-Times reported. Last year, Jacobs plead guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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