Not-guilty pleas in police beating case
Criminal Law
Three Chicago police officers accused of beating four businessmen in a bar pleaded not guilty. The incident was one of several videotaped confrontations that have led to criticism of the city's Police Department.
Sgt. Jeffrey Planey and Officers Paul Powers and Gregory Barnes entered their pleas during a hearing in Cook County Circuit Court, said Andy Conklin, a spokesman with the Cook County state's attorney's office.
Planey was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice, six counts of aggravated battery and five counts of official misconduct; Powers and Barnes each face two counts of aggravated battery, Conklin said.
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