their involvement
in the November arrest of a suspect who was beaten by police and later died.
Darrin Hanna's
death sparked protests and led to several investigations, most recently a
federal inquiry by the U.S. attorney's office.
Officers who
responded to a call saying Hanna was holding his pregnant girlfriend against
her will and threatening to drown her in a bathtub punched the 45-year-old man
and shocked him with a stun gun.
The coroner ruled
that several factors contributed to Hanna's death, including chronic cocaine
abuse, high blood pressure, kidney problems, as well as physical restraint and
stun gun shocks. Last month, Lake County prosecutors said the officers wouldn't
be charged.
The outcry has
failed to diminish. Among new evidence to emerge are police recordings in which
Hanna can be heard pleading, "Put me down, please," while an officer
tells him to "relax."