Walker v. White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JERMAINE WALKER, Plaintiff, No. 16 CV 7024 v. Judge Manish S. Shah MICHAEL WHITE et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Jermaine Walker alleges that a group of Chicago police officers framed him for drug crimes, resulting in his conviction and a 22-year prison sentence. Throughout the state-court proceedings, Walker insisted that a security camera in the alley where he was arrested would expose the officers’ misconduct and exonerate him. Before trial, a Cook County investigator took…