Jury Rules In Favor Of Three Chicago Police Officers - Rejects Anthony Mensah's Claims Of An Improper Strip Search
A federal jury on Thursday, March 17, 2011, swiftly rejected a man's bizarre allegations against 5th District Chicago police officers claiming he was taken into a West Pullman alley and strip searched. Anthony Mensah, a convicted felon, claimed that he was driven to the alley by Officers Rosalind Bowie, Gregory Jones and James Couch and was forced to take his pants off for an anal cavity search. Notably, the search Mensah said happened in the alley was identical to an intake search he experienced in Cook County Jail as a result of a 2007 theft arrest. The jury quickly returned a verdict in favor of the officers, who said that they merely interviewed Mensah because he matched a description of a drug dealer provided to them by a concerned citizen. During the interview, Mensah yelled about his disdain for police because he lost his trucking job after he was arrested for stealing his truck and its merchandise. The Chicago police officers were represented by Shneur Nathan and Joan Ahn of Andrew M. Hale & Associates. Thomas Morrissey represented the plaintiff.
