Carlishia Hood is suing the City of Chicago and five Chicago Police officers after she and her son were arrested for a deadly shooting that killed a 32-year-old man at a West Pullman hot dog stand.
Hood filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against the City of Chicago and the five officers involved in her arrest for malicious prosecution, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
“On June 18 of this year, my life changed. My son’s life changed,” said Hood, “I’ve experienced pain, in many ways, many ways that I would never have thought never.”
Hood got into an altercation with Jerome Brown at a Maxwell Street Express on the 11600 block of South Halsted Street. Video of the alleged incident surfaced on the Internet that showed Brown repeatedly punching Hood in her face and head. That’s when Hood, a valid FOID/CCL holder, ordered her son to shoot Brown with her weapon, which killed the man.
The lawsuit comes a day after the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dropped murder charges against Hood and her 14-year-old son. The State’s Attorney’s office decided to drop all charges based on “continued review and in light of emerging evidence.”
Both were cleared and released from custody and an additional charge against Hood, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was also dropped.
Despite the outcome, the whole ordeal was traumatic, which Hood conveyed at a Tuesday press conference held at a Bronzeville law office.
“What happened to me was totally unnecessary. Never in a million years would I have imagined being brutally attacked, beaten, and being arrested.”
Hood’s attorney Brandon Brown said his client was not only wrongfully arrested but that her detainment was “an obvious rush to judgment.”
We will add more information to this story as details become available.
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