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Watts V. Chicago Supreme Court Case Study

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Ronald Watts, 48 years old, a District tactical sergeant, and a patrol officer named Kallatt Mohammed, 47 years old, were both parts of the 2nd District tactical team in the Chicago Police Department. On the eve of February 13, 2012, both officers were formally charged in the U.S. District Court of Chicago by the Northern District of Illinois United State Attorney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, with government funds theft. Mr. Watts was an 18-year police veteran and Mr. Mohammed was with the Chicago PD for 14 years. Their arrest was due to unseal complaints of police criminal misconduct by two whistleblower officers, Shannon Spalding and Daniel Echeverria , followed by a thorough investigation of, special of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert D. Grant and the police department’s Internal Affairs Division. The …show more content…

CS5) were involved in analogous transactions, the affidavit showed that both former Chicago PD officers instructed the federal informant, in a recorded conversation to call them or go to a specific gas station that they stated and ask for them whenever CS5 was ordered to transport drug monies for the traffickers. Facts proved that former police officers Ronald Watts and Kallatt Mohammed extorted several thousand dollars in cash from various drug couriers for years in exchange for police protection in the South Side housing projects area in Chicago. "Watts receives weekly payments from drug dealers," stated FBI agent Robert D. Grant in the sworn in affidavit that concluded the investigation. "These payments are typically in the amount of $5,000." Furthermore, according to court records, CPD Officer Ronald Watts and his Chicago Police Department tactical team victimized the Ida B. Wells housing complex residents for several years and wrongfully convicted more than 15 victims

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