Officer Dyone Taylor

[Concerned Citizens]

I think that this is a great site to bring police brutality and misconduct to the forefront. However, you are wrong about Officer Dyone Taylor. Well, actually, you are not wrong, but you posted the press release from CPD word for word with no retort from others involved.

The statement by Patrick, whoever he was, was a total falsehood. First off, Officer Taylor never approached the officers. She was merely walking past to go home. Secondly, she never said a word to either officer, she had no idea what was going on. She was told by the female officer to go to her home and when she tried to oblige, she was accosted, insulted with a barrage of foul language and when she calmly tried to explain to the officer that she needed to pass them to go home because there is only one entry, she was slammed on the car and assaulted by five officers. As for the male officer, we have the video tape of him immediately after the incident and we can point out that at no time did he have any bite marks. Also, in court on two occasions, he said that he refused medical treatment for the allege bite, although it is CPD policy that any officer bitten while on duty MUST get tested for HIV and also a tetny (sp) shot. The very first thing that Officer Taylor said when the female officer instructed her to "take your fucking ass in the house" was that she was an off-duty officer. Oh, and, by the way, the statement from CPD failed to mention that she just received an honor from the police chief for SINGLE-HANDEDLY apprehending TWO men for the MURDER of a college student with a padlock. And, Officer Taylor is only 4'8'' inches tall. There is no way she could have assaulted an officer of 5' 9'' and 6'1'' respectively by herself. Not happening.

All charges against the other people arrested were dropped. Shed also gave a statement that he never once told a single police officer nor signed any statement indicating that he saw Officer Taylor shove anyone. He did however, on more than one occassion, tell others involved in the case that he was asked by CPD to say that Taylor shoved the officer for a lessor charge. There was never a Cognac bottle found on the scene and Shed had a styrofoam cup in his hand which was smacked to the ground because an officer believed there was alcohol in it, but once the cup hit the ground, Shed's chinese food spilled out.

[Administrator]

Just curious to what your thoughts are on why the police officers would lie and say such things about her? I mean for police officers to lie is just not an everyday occurence, am I right? "Sarcasm"

Surely they got pictures of the bite marks on the officer, that would help or hurt the case? What of the other witnesses? Did the officers take statements from the crowd at the scene and see what "really" happened, other than the police officers version?

I must admit I love this one line from the article.

"Once in custody, the "officer" declined to give a statement to detectives."

I will say that the officer knows her "constitutional rights." Never ever-ever, give a statement or talk to the police unless you have an attorney present.


08/13/2005 - An off-duty Chicago police officer allegedly shoved one officer and bit another during a confrontation over the arrest of her neighbor for drinking cognac on the sidewalk, police said.

The incident happened late Sunday in the 400 block of West Evergreen Avenue near the Cabrini-Green housing complex. The charged officer, Dyone L. Taylor, has been stripped of her police powers and was charged with two felony counts of battery to an officer, said police spokesman Patrick Camden.
Taylor, 37, was allegedly part of a mob that gathered around the two officers at 11:45 p.m. as they tried to arrest Ernest Shed for drinking in the public way after the saw him drinking from a bottle of cognac outside his apartment building at 445 W. Evergreen, Camden said.

Shed became combative, Camden said, and the crowd formed, shouting at the officers to let him go. The police called for backup because of growing tension, he said. Among the people yelling was Taylor, who lives at 435 W. Evergreen.

According to the officers, Taylor shouted obscenities at one officer, a woman, and shoved her. At the time, the officers did not know she was a police officer, Camden said. When they moved to put her in handcuffs along with Shed, she bit the female officer's partner, a man, on the arm. He was later treated and released, Camden said.

In all, five people were arrested.

As police walked her to the car to be transported to the East Chicago District station, she told officers she was a police officer, Camden said. Taylor is assigned to the Monroe District on the West Side and has been in the department since July 1998, according to police records.

Once in custody, she declined to give a statement to detectives, Camden said. He acknowledged that a complaint had been filed on her behalf with the Office of Professional Standards alleging excessive force in the arrest. Camden said Shed gave police a statement in which he said Taylor shoved the female officer. He was charged with drinking in the public way and disorderly conduct.

[Concerned Citizens]

Actually, there were not witness accounts taken at the scene. The only witness accounts were taken by OPS because we forced them to come out.

In terms of the bite marks, I cannot wait til the day that we are able to show th evidence that this officer was never bitten. OMG, what a fun day it would be.

In terms of the Officer Taylor refusing to give a statement, I guess not agreeing to sign a paper stating that if she did not press charges against the officers that they would not press charges is considered not giving a statement, then I guess she did not.

Oh, by the way, be on the lookout for the revealing of the video tape that a bystander made where Officer Taylor is pleading with the officers telling them that she could not breathe and that she is an officer.

And, in terms of the pictures of the bite marks, the statement from the police is that they were NOT able to locate the photos of the bite marks. And, their initial formal statement which indicates that there were NO injuries to the officers and NO medical attention sought seems to be misplaced. Thank goodness for copies.
But not to worry, the proof is there that the officer was never bitten.

And, to make matters worse, the actual officer that they claimed in their statement that she attacked is not the officer of the official record. They wanted to make it seem like she attacked a black officer so that this would not be a race issue. How convenient is that? A black woman attacks to white police officers for no reason would much more questions that a black woman attacks and black officer and a white woman officer came to his rescue makes much more of a sound byte for the evening news.

[WaTcHeR]

Concerned said:

Oh, by the way, be on the lookout for the revealing of the video tape that a bystander made where Officer Taylor is pleading with the officers telling them that she could not breathe and that she is an officer.

Yes indeed the video cam is becoming the police officers worse nightmare. Even with "cell phone" cameras, those can bring out the truth in police officers, specially if they know they have been filmed!

Would love for you to let us know when and where the "video" is available. Surely some news station will air it and then we can pull it off the net and put on this site.

Also since you seem to have some "inside" info. on the case, could you get back with us with the names of the arresting officers?

[Administrator]

The following was e-mailed to me;

« Message sent on Jun 20, 2006, 9:37am »

False information!

Hello. I am contacting you because someone posted an article about the bad behavior of a Chicago police officer by the name of Dyone Taylor. Dyone has been put through a lot because of this false report. She was brutalized by white police officers that didn't believe that she was an off duty officer. The incident was video taped but the officers that were there destroyed any footage.

Dyone doesn't drink and was not related to the man the officers were initially dealing with. This whole story has been a cover up for the police station and an internal investigating is underway but it's not likely that Dyone will recieve justice becasue of the lack of evidence. I just thought you should know.