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Video footage from outside Gresham Elementary School shows Officer Craig Lancaster, 55, shoving JaQuwaun Williams, 14, in the neck as the boy attempts to enter the building on May 18.
The video has no sound and does not show any apparent interaction between the two before the assault. The boy was ushered away by a teacher.
Lancaster was indicted Thursday on one felony count of aggravated battery in a public place, according to court records. By afternoon, the Chicago Police Department said Lancaster “was relieved of police powers today.”
Video footage from outside Gresham Elementary School shows Officer Craig Lancaster, 55, shoving JaQuwaun Williams, 14, in the neck as the boy attempts to enter the building on May 18.
The video has no sound and does not show any apparent interaction between the two before the assault. The boy was ushered away by a teacher.
Lancaster was indicted Thursday on one felony count of aggravated battery in a public place, according to court records. By afternoon, the Chicago Police Department said Lancaster “was relieved of police powers today.”
