Officer Bruce Dyker was reportedly placed on paid desk duty following the August 2021 altercation until his resignation in May.
A white Chicago Police officer who physically assaulted a Black woman walking her dog along the city’s lakefront in August 2021 has resigned from the department, per the Chicago Tribune.
Officer Bruce Dyker, who was recorded on a cell phone putting his hands on Nikkita Brown at North Avenue Beach in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, turned in his badge in May, a spokesperson for the department told the outlet.
At the time of Dyker’s resignation, the spokesperson told the Tribune, CPD had yet to declare any formal action to discipline the officer — nearly nine months after the incident. Dyker was reportedly placed on paid desk duty after the altercation by David Brown, the department superintendent.
John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, told the outlet that Dyker displayed inappropriate conduct and resigned due to public scrutiny amid ongoing investigations.
In the viral video, taken shortly after midnight the morning of August 28, 2021, Brown can be heard screaming for help as she struggles with Dyker, who is seen grabbing and shoving her, as previously reported by contributed to this report.
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