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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

Judge orders deposition for ex-CPD Supt. David Brown in lawsuit by mentally ill man body-slammed by cop

Bernard Kersh stands beside the Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. to address reporters as he left the Cook County Jail in December 2019 after his arrest for allegedly spitting on Chicago Police Officer Jerald Williams. (Andy Grimm/Sun-Times file)

Former Chicago Police Supt. David Brown will be questioned under oath by lawyers for a schizophrenic man who suffered brain injuries when he was body-slammed by a police officer.

At a hearing last week, Judge Gerald Cleary ruled city lawyers withheld evidence from lawyers for Bernard Kersh by failing to turn over a letter in which Brown said Officer Jerald Williams used excessive force when he slammed Kersh onto the sidewalk after, Williams claims, Kersh spit on him.

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