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Chicago Police Superintendent Resigns over Police Beating Scandal

HeadlineApr 03, 2007

Chicago’s Police Superintendent Philip Cline has unexpectedly resigned amid a series of scandals involving police misconduct. Last week a Chicago police officer named Anthony Abbate was arrested for beating a female bartender. The beating was captured on video. It shows the 250-pound off-duty police officer pummeling the 115-pound bartender. The beating took place on February 19, but police waited over a month to make an arrest.

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