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David Curry
Gender : Male
Age : 22
Race : Black
Date : 06/23/2024
Location : 8100 block of South Hermitage Avenue
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Chicago Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Beaten/bludgeoned
Event : Died from head injury after police assault
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Chicago PD believed David Curry had hit a woman with a gun on a previous occasion and when they saw him, they began a foot chase. During the foot chase, police allege that he stopped and they accidentally ran into him, knocking him down. COPA released the bodycam which shows the officer violently pushing him and a bystander confronting police, commenting “you did not have to slam him like that.” Curry is seen to lose consciousness with blood pouring from his head. He died from the head injury later in the hospital.
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