[RiversEdge]

The Chicago Police Department is investigating after a video surfaced Thursday showing a police officer body-slamming an unidentified man onto the ground, CBS Chicago reported.

The officer has been stripped of his police powers during the investigation, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

According to police, the incident occurred after officers in an unmarked vehicle approached a 29-year-old man drinking alcohol around 4 p.m. at a bus station in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

Police said the man became angry at one of the officers, verbally threatened him, licked the officer's face, and spat in his eyes and mouth.

The officer then performed what was described by police as an "emergency takedown."

The disturbing 43-second video shows the officer grab the man by his midsection and forcefully throw him to the ground. The man's head appears to land on the curb.

[kellyhound]

A man who was slammed to the ground by police on Thanksgiving is facing aggravated battery charges, after police say he resisted arrest, and spat on and threatened an officer when he was caught drinking in public.

Bernard Kersh, 29, has been charged with one felony count of aggravated battery, one misdemeanor count of resisting police, and one misdemeanor count of simple assault. He also was cited for drinking alcohol in public.

Kersh was due to appear for a bond hearing on Sunday.

Cell phone video shared on social media shows a Chicago police officer lift Kersh off his feet and slam him onto the pavement at 79th and Cottage Grove around 4 p.m. Thursday. Kersh’s head slams against the curb, and he doesn’t move for the rest of the video.

Police said officers had stopped Kersh for drinking alcohol at a bus stop, and were writing him a ticket for drinking in public, when he spit at and licked an officer’s face. The video shows him standing against a squad car, his back to an officer, when the officer picked him up and threw him to the pavement.

CPD described the move as an “emergency takedown.” The officer involved has been stripped of his police powers while the incident is under investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Keshia Johnson, Kersh’s mother, said she was on the phone with him as he was arguing with police. The call suddenly ended.

“If he did do it, I think that was excessive,” Johnson said. “He could have killed him slamming him on his head like that.”

“He needs to be re-trained,” Johnson added. “He needs to be fired. I’m upset. That’s my child and he was hurt.”

Jovanna Jamison recorded the video as she approached the intersection.

“I pulled out my phone and started recording and the officer slammed him to the ground,” Jamison said.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that while the video doesn’t show the entire incident, she found it “very disturbing.”

[RiversEdge]

Mom needs to feel ashamed by lack of properly raising the POS. Cop had every right. He could have used Mr. Bullet to bring him gently to the curb.

"Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that while the video doesn’t show the entire incident, she found it “very disturbing.”

I wouldn't trust anything she has to say. She works alongside DA Kimberly M. Foxx who dropped all charges on J. Smolett

[mcpronoun]

He dindu nuffin, he's lucky a slam is all he got.

Chicago PD are notorious for shooting idiots.

[RiversEdge]

Even more fun from Chicago, if you can get through the lisp of the narrator:

It's a Zoo over there.

[Oswald2001]

Ya cain't go spittin' in no cop's face.

If y'all do....y'all gits wut y'all gits.

Doan make no nevva mine wut yo Mama say.

F*ck yo Mama.

[LouSinew]

Sub-Human. Just look at it.

[ILookyLoo]

Originally Posted by RiversEdge ↗

Mom needs to feel ashamed by lack of properly raising the POS. Cop had every right. He could have used Mr. Bullet to bring him gently to the curb.

"Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that while the video doesn’t show the entire incident, she found it “very disturbing.”

I wouldn't trust anything she has to say. She works alongside DA Kimberly M. Foxx who dropped all charges on J. Smolett
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I agree with you fully. The truth is we are talking about Chicago, this fucker licks and spits on the police officers face. The cop is there to protect those of us who want to work and be happy and he has been suspended? I don't live in Chicago but-this is waht they do-they think they are above the law-because they are black. Oh boo-hoo. Thats reason enough to get shot. Wasn't that what he was hired to do? Imagine a world without the cops. Imagine home invasions, jigs wrapping plastic bags around your head for your fucking VCR. Black Lives Matter-not to me when your a drug addled moron who raised themselves on the street from the age of 5. This is why Trump was elected and he will be elected again. What say you Rivers Edge/Kellyhound?

[ILookyLoo]

Originally Posted by RiversEdge ↗

Even more fun from Chicago, if you can get through the lisp of the narrator:

It's a Zoo over there.

Oh my god- I can barely watch it all the way through. Are you a Trump supporter? I mean- granted he's not the answer to the white mans prayers but he is a hell of a start. Do you think he will be elected again? Will you be voting?
Juli