Bodycam video shows Chicago police officer attempted to tackle Black woman

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Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park, allegedly unprovoked.
Nikkita Brown said that on Aug. 28 the officer drove up to her as she was walking her dog in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and told her to leave the area immediately. She said that she was walking out of the park, adhering to his instructions, when the incident occurred.
The video shows that the officer identified himself and showed his badge at Brown's request. It also shows that Brown repeatedly asked the maskless officer to remain within six feet of her, citing concerns over potential exposure to COVID-19.
"Please don't. Please respect my space. It's COVID. Six feet," Brown said.
"Respect your space? I'm about to put handcuffs on you."
A Chicago Police Department spokesperson told ABC News earlier this month,
"The officer in question has been placed on desk duty as the COPA investigates the video."
At one point during the argument with Brown -- while she had her phone out to record -- Dyker ran toward her and attempted to tackle her.
The physical struggle between the two lasted for more than a minute and Dyker repeatedly threatened to arrest Brown. In the end, no arrest was made.
Brown told "Good Morning America" earlier this month that she believes she was targeted because she's Black and said she hopes that her speaking out will stop others from being targeted.
"I walked past four kids that were behind me … white males. As soon as I saw the car pull up, I looked behind me to see if he said anything to the kids. He didn't," Brown said.
"I'll put the cuffs on you," the officer replied.
Brown said she consistently told him, "I am leaving" and "I am walking away," as she actively walked toward the exit, but he got out of his car and continued to follow her. The officer got out of his car and told her, "You can go to jail," according to a video taken by Brown who recorded part of the encounter.
Brown's attorney identified the officer as Bruce Dyker through his badge.
The bodycam video was released last Thursday by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA), the group investigating the incident.
A COPA spokesperson told ABC News that the investigation is ongoing and once it concludes, COPA will send recommendations to the Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown to review.
"Ultimately. we want him fired, given this incident and his horrible disciplinary record," Brown's attorney, Keenan Saulter, told ABC News.
Dyker has 24 allegations of misconduct filed against him, three of which resulted in discipline.

Bodycam video shows moments before Chicago police officer attempted to tackle Black woman

Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park, allegedly unprovoked. Nikkita Brown said that on Aug. 28 the officer drove up to her as she was walking her dog in the Lincoln Park...

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Three years ago, a 26-year-old postal worker who was eagerly expecting her first child mysteriously disappeared in her own neighborhood.
There's still no resolution, leaving her heartbroken mother desperate to know if her daughter is even alive or dead.
Kierra Coles was about three months pregnant when she vanished on Oct. 2, 2018, on Chicago's South Side. Her car was found in front of her apartment with her phone and packed lunch still inside.
The Chicago Police Department considers the case "a high-risk missing person investigation with potential foul play suspected."
For Coles' mother, Karen Phillips, having no answers is torturous.
Phillips said police have not provided any information whenever she's called over the last year.
"I could never reach nobody. They're gone to lunch, they'll call me back, they're out of the office. It's always something," she told ABC News last week. "They don't even reach out and say, 'Well, Ms. Phillips, we're still going through this' ... or, 'We don't have any new leads.' Just say something."
The Chicago police didn't respond to Phillips' claim that they ignored her calls, but in a statement to ABC News the police department said it urges "anybody with knowledge of her last whereabouts ... to contact the Chicago Police Department."
"We are seeking any and all information in an attempt to locate her and we won't stop until we do," police said.
For Phillips, the loss is "unbearable."
"I went from seeing my child every day -- if not seeing her, at least talking to her every day -- to not seeing her in three years," Phillips said. "I try to stay strong for the other kids, I try to not really break down in front of them. But we talk about her all the time, we got pictures everywhere. We just really want her home."
oles' siblings range in age from 35 to 24. Coles, a devoted aunt to her nieces and nephews, was the last of Phillips' children to have a baby.
Phillips said she misses the grandchild she never got a chance to meet.
"I miss him -- he or she -- even though they wasn't born yet. I just miss him because she would've been a great mother," she said. "For her to be a mother, we were so excited. ... That was the last thing she was waiting for."
Coles had a plan for her life and so far "everything was going according to plan," her mother said.
Coles first wanted a good job, and after years with the post office she had saved for a car and a home. Then, she and her boyfriend decided they were ready for a baby, Phillips said.
For her to vanish "out of the blue," she said, "I can't understand it."
The United States Postal Inspection Service and the FBI are both working with the Chicago police on the case.
"Since October 2018, Postal Inspectors have tracked down and vetted nearly 400 leads across the country. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service distributed thousands of reward flyers," the Postal Inspection Service said.
"Kierra Coles is a member of our Postal family and we will continue looking for her and following up on all leads," the agency continued. "If you know something, no matter how trivial it may seem, please come forward as it may be crucial to our investigation. Please contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service hotline at (877) 876-2455 and reference case number 2693502."
Some days Phillips said she "really can't function because my mind just, you know, keeps wondering -- where's my child? Is she being harmed? Is she dead or alive?"
"It's hard waking up every day wondering," she said. "I just want somebody to come forward and say what happened."

Where is Kierra Coles? Pregnant postal worker's mysterious disappearance still torture for her mom

Kierra Coles was about three months pregnant when she vanished on Oct. 2, 2018, on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Police Department considers the case "a high-risk missing person investigation with potential foul play suspected." For Coles' mother, Karen Phillips, having no answers is...

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