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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Charges dropped against former Chicago cop seen in viral video confronting dog walker at beach

Still image from body-worn camera footage shows Nikkita Brown seconds before a Chicago Police officer attempts to restrain her in August 2021. The encounter began as she walked her dog after park hours at North Avenue beach. (Police body-worn camera video)

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped charges Tuesday against a former Chicago police officer who was the subject of a viral video that captured his confrontation with a woman walking her dog two years ago at North Avenue Beach.

Tuesday had been reserved as a trial date, court records show. Instead, prosecutors announced they would be dropping all charges against former Officer Bruce Dyker, who resigned last year.

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