Another Beating by Chicago Police Caught on Tape
NGUYEN: It is quarter past the hour. Here are some of the stories that we're working on in the CNN NEWSROOM. Anti-depressants, sleep medicine, growth hormone, and the list does not end there. A Florida coroner blames Anna Nicole Smith's death on an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. Nine were found in her system. In other news, Elizabeth Edwards, speaking in Cleveland, showing that the return of her cancer will not keep her homebound. Earlier, she and her husband, John Edwards, defended their decision to press on with his presidential campaign. And an extraordinary picture with huge consequences. Just take a look here. The heads of Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties meeting face-to-face for the first time. They plan to form a power sharing government in six weeks.</s>LEMON: More Chicago police officers are accused of beating up civilians in their off hours. Now, we told you about this beating last week. It was caught on surveillance tape just like a brawl from last December we're just now hearing about. Our Keith Oppenheim has all the details.</s>KEITH OPPENHEIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Chicago police officials confirm they are investigating allegations that six off-duty cops beat four men at a bar in an upscale area of Chicago. Attorneys for the victims say their clients were attacked last December, that one man suffered broken ribs and another man needed reconstructive surgery on his face. It was a beating, they say, that was captured by surveillance cameras. You may remember last week we reported about another incident caught on tape.</s>KAROLINA OBRYCKA, BEATEN BY OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER: There is one hit.</s>OPPENHEIM: This woman, Karolina Obrycka, came forward, saying she, too, was beaten by an off-duty police officer last month when she refused to serve him any more alcohol. That officer, Anthony Abbate, is now facing charges of felony aggravated battery. In the video, he punches her repeatedly. Karolina gets up, despite multiple hits to her head, back and ribs. And as bystanders keep a distance, Officer Abbate walks away. (on camera) Karolina, what is your reaction that the person who beat you is a police officer?</s>OBRYCKA: I thought police are to serve and protect, not to beat up people.</s>OPPENHEIM (voice-over): In both cases, the police department is now investigating the actions of their officers caught on tape. Keith Oppenheim, CNN, Chicago.</s>NGUYEN: Well, Stage IV breast cancer, but as far as she is concerned, life goes on.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's not a death sentence that it used to be. We can beat this. We can live with it. And there's a difference between...</s>NGUYEN: Pushing past a grim diagnosis. That is ahead here in the</s>NEWSROOM. LEMON: And fired for a cause or political victim? Ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM, we'll talk with former federal prosecutor David Iglesias.