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A Chicago police officer is facing felony charges for shooting and wounding a man while on-duty at the CTA Red Line’s Grand station

“Based on his injuries, his [Roman’s] life will never be the same,” Stroth and Kulis, Roman's attorneys, said in a statement Thursday

“He has a bullet lodged in his lower back next to his cystic nerve, and he had another bullet go through his abdomen,” Stroth said. “He had additional surgeries to his intestines.”

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The lawyer of a Chicago police officer facing felony charges for shooting and wounding Ariel Roman while on-duty at the CTA Red Line’s Grand station claims she fired in self-defense when the man resisted arrest.

However, Ariel Roman’s attorneys said claims that Officer Melvina Bogard was trying to protect herself when she shot Roman on Feb. 28, 2020 “completely contradicts the clear video evidence.”

“Based on his injuries, his [Roman’s] life will never be the same,” Stroth and Kulis said in a statement Thursday

Roman was unarmed when he was shot in the hip and buttocks. His attorneys Andrew M. Stroth and Greg Kulis filed a federal lawsuit against the city, Melvina Bogard, and her partner, Officer Bernard Butler.

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After twenty-five months, the investigation by The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) into the fatal crash that took Verona Gunn's life has been completed. Please pray for her family as they continue to seek accountability and reform policing in our community. Her family must now wait 60 - 90 more days to get a response from the Superintendent of Police on the findings from COPA investigation. It is her family's prayer that Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown will not make them wait for a response but rather offer it in a timely and thoughtful manner.

Chicago police officer Saharat Sampim fatally shot Roshad McIntosh on August 24th, 2014. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability recommended that Sampim is fired after they determined he would not have been able to see what he claimed he saw. Sampim’s attorney said retirement was the best choice for his client and his family.

The attorney for the McIntosh family, Andrew Stroth, expressed disappointment over Sampim’s resignation, noting that Sampim will not be held accountable for his role in the shooting investigation.

“Officer Sampim was part of the blue code of silence and he made false statements, and it’s devastating to the family and disappointing that the officer responsible in part is not facing any consequences.”

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