Lawsuit: Illinois guard shot by police had on security hat

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

By DON BABWIN
11 minutes ago



This photo provided by Avontea Boose shows her baby Tristan Roberson and the boy's father Jemel Roberson. A police officer fatally shot Jemel Roberson, an armed security guard who was wearing a hat with "security" emblazoned across the front and holding a man down following a shooting inside the suburban Chicago bar where the guard worked, an attorney for the guard's family said Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, after filing a federal lawsuit. (Avontea Boose via AP)

CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer says a police officer fatally shot an armed guard who was wearing a hat with “security” emblazoned across the front and holding a man down following a shooting inside a suburban Chicago bar.

Attorney Gregory Kulis, who represents the family of 26-year-old Jemel Roberson, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking more than $1 million. He says Roberson, who worked at the bar, was dressed in black but wearing the “security” hat.

Kulis says Roberson was holding down another man outside Manny’s Blue Room in Robbins when the officer arrived and shot him.

Roberson was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital early Sunday following the shooting.

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[diverdownjt]

1. He made one vital mistake...

He was born BLACK....what was he thinking......

[allgood33]

2. Any chance these fuckers get, they shoot to kill a black man. Anywhere, anytime.

[raccoon]

9. You sure got that right. Nt

[marble falls]

3. Welcome to Chicago.

[IronLionZion]

4. NRA supporters promised this would never happen

that the good guy with a gun will never be mistaken for the bad guy... unless black.

And why the hell did the cops shoot before asking or even assessing the situation?

[denvine]

5. This madness has got to stop!!

[forgotmylogin]

6. My god, like the police are supposed to take time to READ STUFF

and be aware of their surroundings and situation before they get to fire their guns???

[Bayard]

7. No way the cop saw this man's hat....

He never looked any higher than his face.

[courtjester]

8. Battlestar Galactica

I am reminded of an episode of Battlestar Galactica where commander Adama says " there's a reason why you don't mix police with
military. Police protect and serve the people. Military destroys the enemies of the state. When the military become the police the enemies of the state become the people." Remember the military equipment and tactics used by police now.

[MurrayDelph]

10. I think of the Discworld character Sam Vimes

It always embarrassed Samuel Vimes when civilians tried to speak to him in what they thought was “policeman.” If it came to that, he hated thinking of them as civilians. What was a policeman, if not a civilian with a uniform and a badge? But they tended to use the term these days as a way of describing people who were not policemen. It was a dangerous habit: once policemen stopped being civilians the only other thing they could be was soldiers.

– Terry Pratchett, Snuff