Police to Plead Guilty in Attack on Biracial Man
A suspended police officer and a former officer agreed in Milwaukee to plead guilty to federal civil rights charges in the 2004 beating of a biracial man that inflamed racial tensions in the city, prosecutors said.
U.S. Atty. Steve Biskupic said he expected to file more charges in coming weeks in the attack on Frank Jude Jr. outside a party at an officer’s house. Jude was kicked and punched by a group of white men who identified themselves as off-duty police officers.
Jude, 28, said the attackers put a knife to his throat and jammed a pen in his ears as he begged for mercy.
The men accused Jude of stealing a police badge, but no badge was found.
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