Allegations of a 2nd police bar attack
Authorities are investigating claims that six off-duty Chicago police officers were captured on video assaulting four men in a bar, the second report of police involved in an assault to surface in a week.
The men were playing pool when they were attacked, one of their lawyers said. Patrol officers responded to a 911 call, but left after speaking to one of the off-duty officers, they said.
The lawyers did not say what may have prompted the alleged incident, but said security cameras inside and outside the bar captured it.
The latest claims follow an off-duty Chicago police officer being charged with felony aggravated battery after surveillance cameras showed a female bartender being beaten, allegedly for cutting off a patron.
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