Overview

• Officer Anthony Banks alleges fellow officers hurled racial slurs after he tried to de‑escalate a confrontation with a pregnant woman on March 17 in the Harrison (11th) District.
• He says officers surrounded him inside the station, blocked his exit, and effectively detained him without lawful authority in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.
• The complaint states a racist, threatening image was sent to his department-issued phone the next day, depicting a caricature paired with a slur.
• The lawsuit names the City of Chicago, multiple officers, a sergeant, and Lt. Nari Haro, alleges a confidential memo he wrote was leaked, and seeks damages and departmental reforms.
• Banks went on medical leave citing emotional distress, returned to duty on July 1 with a transfer to the 6th District, and CPD and the city's Law Department declined to comment on the case.