Chicago cop Craig Lancaster charged with felony aggravated battery of boy, 14

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Chicago police officer charged with felony aggravated battery after video shows him hitting 8th grader

A Chicago police officer has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly striking an eighth grade boy while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elementary school earlier this year, according to court records. The felony charge against Craig Lancaster, 55, comes less than two weeks after the Chicago Tribune published a video of the altercation, which shows the veteran officer hitting 14-year-old JaQuwaun Williams near his throat as the boy walked into Gresham Elementary School on May 18. The video, which has no sound, does not show the teen interacting with Lancaster before the physical contact or doing ...

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Chicago police officer charged with shoving 8th grader outside South Side elementary school

A Chicago Police officer was charged this week with shoving an eighth-grade student while off duty outside a South Side elementary school in May. He has also been relieved of his police powers. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported Thursday, Officer Craig Lancaster has been indicted on one count of aggravated battery. He was caught on video on May 18 shoving 14-year-old JaQuwaun Williams near his throat and collarbone outside Gresham Elementary School at 85th and Green streets. The video was taken six months ago, which is why the boy's family and attorney are asking why charges were not ...

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Chicago police officer charged with striking 8th grade boy at South Side school

A Chicago police officer has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly hitting an eighth grade boy during a visit at a South Side school while off-duty last spring. Video footage from outside Gresham Elementary School shows Officer Craig Lancaster, 55, shoving JaQuwaun Williams, 14, in the neck as the boy attempts to enter the building on May 18. The video has no sound and does not show any apparent interaction between the two before the altercation. The boy was ushered away by a teacher. Lancaster was indicted Thursday on one felony count of aggravated battery in a public place, ...

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‘I’m Going to Beat the F**k Out of You’: Chicago Cop Charged After Being Captured On Video Shoving Eighth Grader In the Throat ‘UnProvoked’

A Chicago police officer is facing charges months after he shoved an eighth grader outside his school, the child’s attorney said. Craig Lancaster was charged with aggravated battery on Thursday in connection to an incident earlier this year involving JaQuwaun Williams at Walter Q. Gresham Elementary School. The officer was also relieved from his duties that afternoon, local news reported. “Justice will prevail,”attorney Jordan Marsh, who represents the teen, told Atlanta Black Star during a phone interview on Thursday. “There will hopefully be some accountability, at least in the criminal justice system, for what was just simply an unprovoked violent ...

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Chicago police officer charged with shoving 8th grader at South Side school to appear in court for arraignment

A Chicago police officer was in court on Thursday to be arraigned for shoving and threatening a teenage boy at a South Side elementary school. Officer Craig Lancaster was charged with aggravated battery against the teen. He pleaded not guilty during the arraignment. Surveillance video taken six months ago showed the moment Lancaster hit 14-year-old Jaquwaun Williams in the throat before allegedly threatening to beat him further. Lancaster could be seen talking to a Gresham Elementary teacher outside the school before JaQuwaun approached, and after Lancaster shoved the teen, sending him sprawling backward, the teacher could be seen standing between ...

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CPS teacher gave officials the wrong name of boyfriend after video showed him striking a student, records show

As Chicago police Officer Craig Lancaster awaits trial on a felony aggravated battery charge for striking an eighth grade student, newly released documents show that his girlfriend — a Chicago Public Schools teacher — gave a CPS official the wrong last name for Lancaster and identified him as a computer company employee instead of a cop. Records show the teacher sent an email to her principal shortly after Lancaster’s off-duty altercation and said her friend Craig “Wiliams” grabbed the teen because the boy disregarded her directions to line up and directed inappropriate words at her in response. She also told ...

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