The moment Chicago cops saved a woman officer who chose not to shoot the drug addict who was brutally beating her because she feared public outcry
- Parta Huff, of Maywood, crashed his car into a liquor store on October 5
- People flagged down a police cruiser and two officers approach him
- Huff, 28, brutally beat a female officer, leaving her with a concussion
- Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the officer told him she didn’t open fire because she was afraid of the scrutiny
Chicago police released video footage that shows a man high on PCP brutally beating a female police officer, who later said she thought she was going to die - but didn’t use her gun out of fear of the scrutiny she and the police department would subsequently face.
Parta Huff, 28, of Maywood, crashed his car into a liquor store at Roosevelt Road and Cicero Avenue in the suburb of Austin on October 5.
Witnesses flagged down police officers, with one woman telling WGN that Huff looked like he was ‘out of it.’
Video from the dash cam in the female officer's police cruiser and a body camera from another officer captured Huff repeatedly slamming her head onto the concrete pavement and pulling chunks of hair from her head.
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![Chicago police released video footage that shows a man high on PCP brutally beating a female police officer on October 5](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/21/396B110100000578-3839984-image-a-70_1476561806233.jpg)
Chicago police released video footage that shows a man high on PCP brutally beating a female police officer on October 5
![Parta Huff (pictured in red) left a female officer with a concussion, bone chips to her shoulder and a neck injury in the assault](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396B1A6300000578-3839984-image-m-66_1476561285424.jpg)
Parta Huff (pictured in red) left a female officer with a concussion, bone chips to her shoulder and a neck injury in the assault
The woman, who has not been named, suffered a concussion, bone chips to her shoulder and a neck injury in the assault. She also had to have bits on concrete pulled from her face.
After the incident, Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that when he visited her in hospital, she told him she didn’t open fire because she feared a backlash from the public.
‘She looked at me and she said she thought she was going to die and she knew that she should shoot this guy but she chose not to because she didn’t want her family or the department to have to go through the scrutiny the next day on the national news,’ he said at a ceremony honoring police officers and firefighters the following day.
![Two officers had attempted to subdue Huff after crashed his car into a liquor store at Roosevelt Road and Cicero Avenue in the suburb of Austin on October 5](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396AFD5C00000578-3839984-image-m-65_1476561271490.jpg)
Two officers had attempted to subdue Huff after crashed his car into a liquor store at Roosevelt Road and Cicero Avenue in the suburb of Austin on October 5
![But Huff, who later tested positive for PCP, became combative and struggled with the cops](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396AFD5500000578-3839984-image-m-64_1476561226534.jpg)
But Huff, who later tested positive for PCP, became combative and struggled with the cops
Johnson said the video shows how officers risk their lives every day.
But it's also an example of what happens when officers are under such scrutiny that they are afraid of defending themselves.
The officers – one male and one female – are seen in the footage as they approach Huff and he becomes combative.
‘Taser! Taser! Get on the ground!’ the female officer shouts as her partner uses the device.
She manages to grab Huff and is seen placing part of her handcuffs on him – who is dressed in a red shirt, red jeans and a red cap – while her partner throws a punch.
The struggle escalates and moves down the street and all three end up on the ground.
![The struggle escalates and moves down the street and all three end up on the ground](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396AFD5100000578-3839984-image-m-63_1476561163390.jpg)
The struggle escalates and moves down the street and all three end up on the ground
![Body camera footage from another responding officer shows him as he tried to pull Huff away from the female officer](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396B111100000578-3839984-image-m-62_1476561089642.jpg)
Body camera footage from another responding officer shows him as he tried to pull Huff away from the female officer
![More officers arrive at the scene and Huff is eventually taken away with his hands cuffed](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396AFD7900000578-3839984-image-a-61_1476561083864.jpg)
More officers arrive at the scene and Huff is eventually taken away with his hands cuffed
‘Let her go!’ the male officer shouts repeatedly.
Body camera footage from another responding officer shows him as he grabbed Huff by the leg and tried to pull him away from the woman, but he continues to clutch at her hair.
‘He’s not letting go! We’re Tasing! It’s not working,’ an officer says over police radio.
![Parta Huff (pictured) is charged with attempted murder of a police officer and aggravated battery to a police officer](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/21/396AFD4D00000578-3839984-image-m-69_1476561781109.jpg)
Parta Huff (pictured) is charged with attempted murder of a police officer and aggravated battery to a police officer
More officers arrive at the scene and Huff is eventually taken away with his hands cuffed.
Then, the female officer is heard describing her ordeal to someone, saying: ‘Banging my head on the ground and pounding my face, ripping my hair.’
At the end of the video, a firefighter comes to check on the officer with the body camera, who says he was struck by the Taser during the struggle.
‘A couple of months ago, you could have shot him,’ the firefighter says, according to the Chicago Tribune.
On the day of the attack, Huff had appeared in court for a similar incident.
Authorities say Huff was free on bail after pushing a Forest Park officer to the ground during a traffic stop in April.
Huff, who tested positive for PCP, was ordered held without bail on charges of attempted murder of a police officer and aggravated battery to a police officer.
![Huff crashed his car into a liquor store (above, after the crash) at Roosevelt Road and Cicero Avenue in the suburb of Austin on October 5](http://web.archive.org./web/20161017002940im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/15/20/396B070800000578-3839984-image-m-59_1476561031517.jpg)
Huff crashed his car into a liquor store (above, after the crash) at Roosevelt Road and Cicero Avenue in the suburb of Austin on October 5
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