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Two years ago, at a United Dairy Farmers gas pump, an Elmwood Place police officer pulled a Black man from his vehicle and detained him, thinking the man was someone else.
The officer charged the man with obstructing police, even though the UDF’s surveillance video, a federal lawsuit said, didn’t support the officer’s own arrest report. Prosecutors dropped the charge.
The lawsuit settled last month for $50,000, documents show. The Enquirer obtained the settlement from the village of Elmwood Place through a public records request.
The incident that led to the suit happened Sept. 28, 2019.
Monday Oduimoh, a native of Nigeria who is now a U.S. citizen, stopped for gas, and Sgt. Robert McConnell drove up behind Oduimoh’s SUV. McConnell activated his police vehicle’s overhead lights.
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