About this episode
This episode investigates the shooting of police officer Clifton Lewis and the subsequent police questioning of suspects affiliated with a gang.
On the evening of 29 December 2011, the police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, then took off with his gun and police star. A week later, officers had their suspects: four men affiliated with a gang called the Spanish Cobras. For hours, under intense police questioning, they all said they didn’t do it. That didn’t seem to matter. This is episode one of Off Duty, an investigation by the Guardian’s Melissa Segura
People in this episode
Host: Melissa Segura
Topics covered
- crime
- police investigation
- gang violence
- Chicago
- security guard
Keywords
- Clifton Lewis
- Spanish Cobras
- Chicago
- police shooting
- gang
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Spanish Cobras
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