Jyran Mitchell was a state high school track champion and a highly recruited college football prospect — before he met Illinois State Police Trooper Matthew Dumais.
One evening in 2018, Dumais came looking for Mitchell’s brother at the family’s home on a cul-de-sac in south suburban Matteson. Dumais and another officer apprehended Mitchell instead, forcing him into a squad car before realizing their mistake and letting him go.
