Video Shows Violent Arrest at Center of Chicago Police Lawsuit

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Newly-released body camera footage shows the arrest of a Black man at the center of a lawsuit filed against the Chicago Police Department.

Leroy Kennedy IV, the man who was arrested last year, said he did nothing wrong. His case was later dismissed, but he said the ordeal has left him traumatized.

The West Side man said he spent four days in jail and was charged with aggravated battery to an officer, but he said video of the incident shows police were the aggressors.

Police body cams captured video, but not audio, of the encounter.

The images are now at the heart of a federal civil rights lawsuit.

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