off duty cop, outside his jurisdiction puts woman in handcuffs after minor traffic crash. Wearing Trump shirt [View all]

He is wearing a Trump shirt and his license place is "45"

CHICAGO - A viral social media post is raising questions about police conduct in Chicago's west suburbs.

A woman claims she was forcibly detained by an off-duty Forest Park police officer after a minor crash involving a curb.

The backstory:
The video, which has been widely shared online, shows part of the encounter. The officer has been identified as Lt. Dan Miller.

According to the social media post, the officer was driving an unmarked personal vehicle and cut the woman off in traffic before approaching her with a gun drawn and pulling her from her car.

The woman alleges she was handcuffed without the officer first checking on her condition and says he did not identify himself when asked. The post also claims the incident happened outside the officer’s jurisdiction.

The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation.

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/woman-alleges-off-duty-forest-park-officer-forcibly-detained-her-after-minor-crash


"I'm at a red light; this Jeep cuts me off. And he gets out of the car with a gun, screaming, 'get out of the car. Get out of the car and turn it off,'" Pantoja said. "At first I thought I was getting robbed or something cause I didn't know it was a police officer or anything. All I saw was a gun pointed at me."


She says he told her he was stopping her because she had been involved in a hit-and-run. She says, in fact, her vehicle had spun out on the wet pavement Monday afternoon. But she never hit anything and there was no damage to her vehicle or any property. She says she felt like she was being profiled.

"He didn't say, 'this is the police. Get out of the car.' He didn't show me a badge or anything like that," Pantoja said.

He put her in handcuffs.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/berwyn-woman-breanna-pantoja-says-armed-off-duty-forest-park-police-officer-pulled-vehicle-north-riverside-video/19008978/