Cop accused of tripping, choking boy, 16

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By Kristen Schorsch
Tribune reporter
1:09 p.m. CDT, May 18, 2011

A Calumet Park police officer tripped and choked a 16-year-old boy during an arrest last year, then covered it up by falsifying police reports, a Cook County prosecutor said in court today.

Officer Lynell Porch, 39, was charged with aggravated battery, official misconduct and filing a false report. His bail was set at $75,000.

Around 9:30 p.m. on June 16, 2010, Porch and his partner, both in plain clothes, responded to a call of suspicious men possibly selling narcotics at a car wash near 127th and Laflin streets, Assistant State’s Attorney Lynn McCarthy said in court. The officers came upon five teenagers and found no evidence of narcotics after a pat-down search, McCarthy said.

One of the boys, who was 16, allegedly made a “wisecrack” and laughed after Porch announced that he was the new gang and narcotics officer in Calumet Park, McCarthy said. Porch told the boy he was under arrest, handcuffed him and walked him to a police car. The victim did not resist arrest, McCarthy said.

While leading the boy to the car, Porch raised the boy’s arms behind his back, then Porch “intentionally” swept his foot across the boy’s feet, tripping the boy and causing him to land face-first on the concrete, McCarthy said.

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Thug Cop. At least they have video of his actions.