Assertion: police department's officer | /r/HasProperty | accused
Facets:
value: of violating civil rights law
type: OTHER
value: of beating and terrorizing drugs suspects
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: of shaking down citizens
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: That year, eight officers from the Summerdale police district on Chicago's North Side were accused of operating a large-scale burglary ring.
text: The eight officers—Daniel Hersl, Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor, Maurice Ward, Momodu Gando, Thomas Allers and Wayne Jenkins—were accused of shaking down citizens for money and pocketing it, lying to investigators, filing false court paperwork, and making fraudulent overtime claims.
text: Eighty officers were accused of protecting illegal gambling operations in the city.
text: The five officers, all members of the vice squad, were accused of beating and terrorizing drugs suspects and skimming drug profits.
text: The agreement—known formally as a consent decree—was the result of an earlier scandal, which centered around a group of four officers who called themselves the “Rough Riders” and were accused of beating, robbing, and planting evidence on people while they were on patrol in West Oakland.
text: Officers who are accused of violating civil rights law may be sued.