CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for a Chicago police officer who fatally shot a man are asking a judge to sanction his mother for making what they say are threats against the officer and his children.
Officer George Hernandez shot 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III in the back as he fled police in 2014. Cook County’s top prosecutor said she won’t file charges against the officer.
In a Dec. 10 motion, Hernandez’s attorneys say Johnson’s mother, Dorothy Holmes, surreptitiously photographed Hernandez and posted the photo on social media with the word “murderer.”
She also made comments about Hernandez’s children during a protest, stating “What goes around comes around.”
Hernandez’s lawyers want Judge Edmond Chang to order Holmes to stop and to warn her of sanctions, possibly including dismissal of her civil lawsuit, if she continues.
Holmes’ lawyer tells The Chicago Tribune Holmes ‘in no way meant” her remarks to be a threat.
Chang ordered Holmes to appear in court on Jan. 6.
