FILE - In this June 23, 2009 file photo Karolina Obrycka, right, with her attorney Terry Ekl, speaks outside the Cook County courthouse in Chicago, after Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate was sentenced to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack against her that went viral on the internet. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, jurors at a federal civil trial found that Chicago police adhered to a code of silence protecting fellow officers in the case brought by a Obrycka. The jurors awarded the Obrycka $850,000 in damages. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
Jury finds against Chicago in police beating trial
FILE - In this June 23, 2009 file photo Karolina Obrycka, right, with her attorney Terry Ekl, speaks outside the Cook County courthouse in Chicago, after Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate was sentenced to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack against her that went viral on the internet. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, jurors at a federal civil trial found that Chicago police adhered to a code of silence protecting fellow officers in the case brought by a Obrycka. The jurors awarded the Obrycka $850,000 in damages. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
By DON BABWIN
Associated Press /
November 13, 2012
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Abbate’s attorney said he wasn’t surprised by the verdict, saying the video was too hard to overcome even though, he said, it provides no evidence of a code of silence.
‘‘No matter what occurred, that video in terms of my client is the most damning thing,’’ said Michael Malatesta.
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