Timothy McDermott

Any action or conduct which impedes the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and goals or brings discredit upon the Department.

Count 1

Sometime between October 14, 1999 and July 1, 2003, while you were working in the Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section, you appeared in a photograph, with no valid police purpose, with former Chicago Police Officer Jerome Finnigan in the ll11District tactical office, or some other Chicago Police Department facility, in which you and Finnigan are both posing on your knees, holding rifles, and/or kneeling over an unknown African-American man, and/or the African-American man is wearing deer antlers on his head, lying on his stomach, and sticking his tongue out, and/or you have your right hand on the throat of the African-American man, thereby impeding the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and goals and/or bringing discredit upon the Department.

Disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral.

Count 1

Sometime between October 14, 1999 and July 1,2003, while you were working inthe Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section, you appeared ina photograph, with no valid police purpose, with former Chicago Police Officer Jerome Finnigan in the 11th District tactical office, or some other Chicago Police Department facility, inwhich you and Finnigan are both posingon your knees, holding rifles, and/or kneeling over an unknown African-American man, and/or the African-American manis wearing deer antlers on his head, lying on his stomach, and sticking his tongue out, and/or you have your right hand on the throat ofthe African-American man,thereby failing to ensure an arrestee's right to have dignified treatment under the law, and/or failing to treat an arrestee with respect, inviolation of General Order 92-01, Section II,and/or General Order 02-01, Section II, thereby disobeying an order or directive, whether written or oral.

Count 2

Sometime between October 14, 1999 and July 1,2003, while you were working inthe Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section, you appeared ina photograph, with no valid police purpose, with former Chicago Police Officer Jerome Finnigan inthe 11ÿ District tactical office, or some other Chicago Police Department facility, inwhich you and Finnigan are both posingon your knees, holdingrifles, and/or kneeling over an unknownAfrican-American man, and/or the African-American manis wearing deer antlers on his head, lyingon his stomach, and sticking his tongue out, and/or you have your right hand on the throat of the African-American man,thereby failing to treat an arrestee with courtesy and dignity, inviolation of General Order 92-01, Section III,and/or General Order 02-01, Section III,thereby disobeying an order or directive, whether written or oral.

Disrespect to or maltreatment of any person, while on or off duty.

Count 1

Sometime between October 14, 1999 and July 1, 2003, while you were working in the Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section, you appeared in a photograph, with no valid police purpose, with former Chicago Police Officer Jerome Finnigan in the 11 District tactical office, or some other Chicago Police Department facility, in which you and Finnigan are both posing on your knees, holding rifles, and/or kneeling over an unknown African-American man, and/or the African-American man is wearing deer antlers on his head, lying on his stomach, and sticking his tongue out, and/or you have your right hand on the throat of the African-American man, thereby disrespecting or maltreating any person, while on or off duty.

Unlawful or unnecessary use or display of a weapon.

Count 1

Sometime between October 14, 1999 and July 1, 2003, while you were working in the Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section, you appeared in a photograph, with no valid police purpose, with former Chicago Police Officer Jerome Finnigan in the 11 District tactical office, or some other Chicago Police Department facility, in which you and Finnigan are both posing on your knees, holding rifles, and/or kneeling over an unknown African-American man, and/or the African-American man is wearing deer antlers on his head, lying on his stomach, and sticking his tongue out, and/or you have your right hand on the throat of the African-American man, thereby unlawfully or unnecessarily using or displaying a weapon.