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Chicago Barkeep Sues City in Beating

Monday, April 30, 2007 7:12:53 PM
By MICHAEL TARM

Bartender Karolina Obrycka and her attorney, Terry Ekl, meet with reporters at the federal building in Chicago, Monday, April 30, 2007, after her attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago and the Chicago police officer accused of beating her at a tavern because she refused to serve the off-duty officer any more drinks.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago bartender believed to have been beaten by an off-duty police officer in an attack caught on video sued the officer and the city Monday.

The federal civil rights lawsuit claims that damages to the bartender, the bar's owner and a manager total at least $1 million, and it accuses police of systematically covering up officers' misbehavior for years.

Security cameras showed a large man punching and kicking 115-pound Karolina Obrycka at Jesse's Shortstop Inn on Feb. 19. She is believed to have refused to serve the man more drinks.


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