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Sergeant Javier Esqueda of the Joliet Police Department in Illinois thought he was doing the right thing by leaking a video recorded from inside of a squad car that showed a black man, Eric Lurry, in medical distress from a drug overdose being slapped and having a police baton forced in his mouth.

Chief of Police in Joliet retiring By FOX 32 Digital Staff Published  The Chief of Police in Joliet is retiring at the end of January. JOLIET, Ill. - Alan Roechner, the current Chief of Police in Joliet, will be retiring this month. Roechner has been the Chief of Police since Dec. 2018 and has been with the department since 1991. His last day will be Jan. 21. No additional details are available at this time.