A Chicago mother will move forward with a civil complaint against the city and five Chicago Police Department officers a day after murder charges against her and her son were dismissed by the State Attorney’s office.
The civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son was filed by lawyers Ari Williams and Brandon Brown in the Circuit Court of Cook County and announced during a press conference on Tuesday, June 27.
The complaint alleges that Hood and her son were falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted in being charged with murder in the son’s slaying of 32-year-old Jeremy Brown.
While her son did fatally shoot the man in the June 18 incident, it was only after he witnessed him viciously beat his mom inside a local hot dog spot as she stood at the counter.
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“No one else in the establishment did anything. And so, once he saw his mother get severely hit, he took action,” said Ja’Mal Green, a community activist.
Hood and her son fled the scene after the shooting before turning themselves in to authorities three days later on June 21.
What Hood’s supporters are calling misinformation spread like wildfire as it was reported that the woman texted her son to come into the establishment and kill her abuser. The attorneys also alleged that law enforcement, when they arrested her several days after the incident, intentionally inflicted emotional distress, another violation of her civil rights.
The mother was facing a felony count of murder and another count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The teen was facing a felony count of murder.
Instead of being treated as victims, she and her son were treated as criminals, Hood and her family say.
“On June 18 of this year, my life changed, my son’s life changed….
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