Charges Filed Against Man Kicked by Cop

UPDATED, Thursday night: The initial story indicated all charges were dropped. It has been updated to show recent developments.

CHICAGO, IL - Shaquille O'Neal, the 33-year-old man who was apparently kicked by a police officer on Monday, was charged Thursday with charges of resisting arrest, aggravated battery by strangulation and possession of a controlled substance.

The day before, he was released from police custody without charges.

A viral video showed Monday that while O’Neal was resisting an arrest from one police officer, a second officer kicked him in the head while calling for backup.

“He is battered. He is bruised. He is alive. He is standing here. He is with his family," Michael Oppenheimer, O'Neal's attorney, said.

Investigators have indicated O’Neal was in possession of three bags of heroin at the time of the incident, which occurred in the 3900 block of W. Grenshaw. He also may have bit the first officer involved in a foot chase pursuing him.

Video of the incident wasn't completely clear, but several viewers claim O'Neal was in the act of choking one of the police officers just as the second kicked him to the ground.

The decision to press charges against O'Neal came after the Fraternal Order of Police wrote the phrase: “Enough is enough" on its website, the Sun-Times reported.

The police officer involved in the kicking incident is under investigation by the city's Independent Police Review Authority.

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"No matter what led up to these events, no officer that is paid by our tax dollars to protect and serve our community has the right to stomp on his face and knee him as well," said community activists Ja'mal Green.

Oppenheimer now hopes for a criminal investigation into the police officer.