Woman acquitted of eavesdropping charges for recording cops sues city

[The Straight Story]

Woman acquitted of eavesdropping charges for recording cops sues city

A woman found not guilty of secretly recording Chicago Police officers who allegedly tried to discourage her from filing a complaint against an officer who groped her filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the city and the officers.

Tiawanda Moore, 21, claims Chicago Police responded to her home for a domestic dispute and one of the officers groped her breasts and buttocks while interviewing her in a bedroom, according to a suit filed in U.S. District Court.

Before leaving the bedroom, the suit claims the officer wrote his home phone number on a piece of paper and told Moore to call him because they should “hook up.”

The suit claims Moore called police to report the officer’s misconduct, and met with a lieutenant and an Internal Affairs Division officer, who disco

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/10003184-418/woman-acquitted-of-eavesdropping-charges-for-recording-cops-sues-city.html

[keopeli]

1. Good for her. She deserves compensation

After being found not guilty, it's hard to accept that she spent 2 weeks in jail and a year defending herself when she was the victim all along. I wonder if the recording had any evidence on it and if it still exists. I'm also curious if the offending officers were ever charged.