“Jury deliberations to begin at Abbate civil trial” @ WBEZ

Posted on November 7, 2012

Associated Press — November 7, 2012: “Jurors are set to begin deliberating at a potentially landmark federal civil trial focused on whether Chicago police adhere to a code of silence protecting fellow officers accused of wrongdoing.

They’re expected to withdraw Wednesday to start considering evidence in the case that stems from an off-duty officer’s notorious 2007 beating of a bartender………………….”