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    Officer fired after arresting mayor’s son can sue

    An Illinois police officer claimed he lost his job because he complained that his department had a bad habit of looking the other way when politically-connected drivers were caught committing traffic violations.

    Monday, a federal appeals court decided that the officer could sue for a violation of his First Amendment rights.

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    This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 at 10:20 am and is filed under Criminal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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