Confession

The lawsuit says police lied to the 15-year-old during his interrogation. His family had to prove he was miles away when the shooting occurred.

Officer Brian Falotico, a defendant assigned to the school on a daily basis, pulled the teen from a class, according to the suit. After pulling Martel from class, cops including Detective Joshua Amman, another defendant, drove Martell to a police station in handcuffs, according to the suit. The suit adds that Amman failed to intervene as Aines, the other detective, lied to Martell. Once the mother was contacted, police allegedly refused to let her speak with Martell by phone. The law renders evidence from those interrogations inadmissible at trial but does not hold the officers liable. Reid, a polygraph expert and former Chicago street cop who advised putting suspects under psychological pressure before offering help in exchange for a confession. The spokesperson said school officials were still reviewing the lawsuit and had no other comment. In response to the lawsuit, a spokesperson for Waukegan Mayor Ann B. The statement also refers to confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement records in Illinois. “It has just been a continuous pattern by this city,” said attorney Kevin O’Connor, who filed the suit Wednesday in federal court for the boy’s mother, Shanika Williams. His family had to prove he was miles away when the shooting occurred. Charged with aggravated battery, he spent two nights in juvenile detention and was not released