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mynameis	Jun 2 2009, 08:32 PM
Internet Jujitsu Posts: 1,567 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: 01/15/08	Cops Acquitted in Jefferson Tap Case 4/28/09 Chicago, IL. - A Cook County judge acquitted three Chicago police officers Wednesday afternoon in the notorious 2006 Jefferson Tap & Grille bar brawl. Judge Thomas Gainer Jr. cleared officers Paul Powers, 27, and Gregory Barnes, 41, and Sgt. Jeffery Planey, 35, of aggravated battery charges. Gainer, presiding over the bench trial, heard closing arguments earlier this month and set today for his verdicts. The officers were accused of roughing up Gilfand and his brother Aaron Gilfand because the Gilfands and two friends allegedly made fun of Powers for crying as he reminisced over his deceased father. But Barry Gilfand testified that the fight started without provocation after someone took his pool cue and defiantly stated, “game over.” Prosecutors said Planey took Barry Gilfand’s cell phone when he tried to call 911outside the bar and then waved off uniformed officers who had arrived. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/Police_Officers_Jefferson_Tap_Case http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qy40LM91d - malformed URL Edit by JFK - fixed the two good embed attempts. mynameis, please preview your posts. Edited by JFK, Jun 2 2009, 08:46 PM.


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