Illinois: Drunk Chicago cop Joseph Cabrera arrested, charged in off duty shooting

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Chicago cop was drunk when he attacked, fired gun at man during off-duty shooting: prosecutors

An off-duty Chicago police officer was drunk when he fired his service weapon at a man he physically attacked during a confrontation he started on the Southwest Side, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. Officer Joseph Cabrera then allegedly “falsely” reported that the 22-year-old man had attacked him first. The victim was not hit when Cabrera fired toward his legs in the Oct. 13 incident. But “as a result of [Cabrera’s] false statements,” he was “treated as an offender” and placed into custody, although he was later released without being charged, Assistant State’s Attorney Michelle Corda said. Cabrera turned himself in ...

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COPA releases videos from shooting that led to charges against Chicago cop

The agency that investigates uses of force by Chicago police officers on Thursday released several videos and audio recordings that show, prosecutors allege, a drunk off-duty CPD officer lying about the circumstances that led to him firing his gun at a man on the Southwest Side last fall. Officer Joseph Cabrera fired a round at the man in the 5800 block of West 52nd Street in Garfield Ridge on Oct. 13. He has since been stripped of his police powers and, on Wednesday, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and disorderly conduct in connection with the shooting. In ...

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