A wide-ranging investigation spurred on by the death of Eric Lurry in 2020 has found that Joliet police have demonstrating a pattern of “using unreasonable force.” Lurry’s death was not the ...

Eric Lurry was handcuffed in the back of a squad car after being arrested by Joliet police during a drug-related operation. He appeared to be chewing on something and lost consciousness.

Javier Esqueda, who worked at the police department in Joliet, Illinois, for nearly 30 years, had been charged with felony official misconduct after sharing the video of 37-year-old Eric Lurry’s ...

The probe was requested following the death of Eric Lurry in police custody in 2020. Teen injured in Oak Lawn arrest released to parents Charges filed against teen injured in violent Oak Lawn ...