"In October 1964, two off-duty police officers driving on North Clark Street were warned about a 'crazy guy trying to cut people with a bottle."
"Here's what happened next, according to police and prosecutors: When the officers arrived at the scene, they found two men, one with a broken bottle. They approached with weapons drawn and told Simon Suarez to drop the bottle. He refused and swore at them.
"In the ensuing scuffle, one of the officers was slashed badly in the face, fell to the ground and was kicked. The other officer was beaten.
"On March 5, 1965, Judge George N. Leighton shocked the establishment by ruling after a bench trial that the arrest wasn't lawful and the officers shouldn't have drawn their guns.
"The shock and outrage from prosecutors, police and the Tribune jumps off the news pages even fifty years later."
I Had Never Heard of This Case. --
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