Anti-Gay Cop Busted by Dash Cam

According to a post at NBCChicago.com:

Officer Richard Fiorito has 21 federal suits filed against him, with 10-20 more expected within weeks, according to a release from Erickson & Oppenheimer, the firm representing the plaintiffs.

Attorneys accuse Fiorito of making the false arrests for the last six years in a scheme to earn extra overtime pay.

“He intends to be dual motivated,” said attorney Jon Erickson (of Erickson & Oppenheimer, the firm representing the plaintiffs) during a Tuesday morning press conference. “One, for the money, and two, to target gays and lesbians.

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In a case filed in February, a man named Shawn Rauch said he was “manhandled” by Fiorito and called anti-gay names, the Chicago Tribune reported. Rauch was charged with DUI, his lawyer said, but Fiorito never performed field-sobriety tests, nor did he conduct a breathalyzer test.

Fiorito has stated if he is called to testify in any of the cases against him, he will use his 5th Amendment rights.

In the dash cam video (below) from Fiorito’s squad car, he is shown conducting field sobriety tests against a driver, Michael Vaughn. In each of the tests, Vaughn performed “perfectly,” Erickson said, yet Fiorito noted in the official report that Vaughn had failed them.