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    Chicago cop's checkered career should have been red flag for city, lawyer for beating victim says

    by Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune Nov 02, 2018 3 minutes

    CHICAGO - A Chicago police sergeant emboldened by a long history of escaping discipline from the Police Department "acted with impunity" the night he attacked and severely beat two men outside an Andersonville neighborhood nightclub, a lawyer for the victims alleged Thursday.

    At a news conference Thursday at his Loop law office, attorney Timothy Cavanagh said Sgt. Eric Elkins' checkered police career - including nearly three dozen citizen complaints and twice being charged with sex crimes involving teenage boys - should have been a red flag for the city.

    The Chicago Tribune reported in a

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