Politics & Government
Des Plaines Cop Firing OK'd by Court
Verbal, physical harassing of off-duty Des Plaines police officer at abortion demonstration led to termination, Courthouse News Service reported.
A Des Plaines police officer’s off-duty conduct at an abortion protest in 2006 was “a legitimate basis for his discharge,” U.S. District Judge James Zagel stated, according to a report by Courthouse News Service.
Dick Lalowski first approached pro-life demonstrators at a women’s healthcare clinic as a uniformed officer, then returned while off-duty in his own clothes and in his personal vehicle, Courthouse News Service reported.
In 2007 Lalowski was fired for verbally and physically harassing abortion demonstrators, on the recommendation of former Des Plaines Police Chief James Prandini, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Another account of the incidents in 2006 appears on the self-described pro-life blog by Jill Stanek.
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