--- title: Chicago Police Commander Acquitted in Gun-Mouth Shove Case description: A Chicago police commander accused of shoving a gun inside a suspect’s mouth while holding a Taser to his groin has been acquitted. canonical: https://time.com/4148320/chicago-police-commander-acquitted/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-14T21:16:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:59:09.550Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Chicago Police Commander Accused of Shoving Gun in Suspect’s Mouth Acquitted og:description: Prosecutors said he threatened to kill the suspect og:url: https://time.com/4148320/chicago-police-commander-acquitted/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72fb8b33d0db3172/69887546524fc00938df5eb3/glenn-evans-chicago.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Glenn Evans og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chicago Police Commander Accused of Shoving Gun in Suspect’s Mouth Acquitted twitter:description: Prosecutors said he threatened to kill the suspect twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72fb8b33d0db3172/69887546524fc00938df5eb3/glenn-evans-chicago.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chicago Cop Who Allegedly Put Gun in Suspect’s Mouth Acquitted  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 14, 2015 9:16 PM CUT  Chicago Police Commander Glenn Evans, who was accused of shoving his gun down a suspect's throat and pressing a stun gun to the man's groin in 2013, leaves the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago on Dec. 14, 2015. Chicago Police Commander Glenn Evans, who was accused of shoving his gun down a suspect's throat and pressing a stun gun to the man's groin in 2013, leaves the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago on Dec. 14, 2015.Brian Jackson-AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 14, 2015 9:16 PM CUT A Chicago police commander [accused of shoving a gun inside a suspect’s mouth](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/us/chicago-police-commander-accused-of-putting-gun-in-mans-mouth-is-acquitted.html "undefined") while holding a Taser to his groin has been acquitted of felony charges. Glenn Evans, 53, was found not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct on Monday by a Cook County Circuit Court judge, the New York _Times_ reports. Prosecutors said Evans threatened to kill Rickey Williams in 2013 after he saw a gun in the suspect’s hand and pursued him into a nearby house, according to the newspaper. Evans found Williams inside a closet and threatened to kill him if he didn’t say where he hid the weapon. The police commander then allegedly stuck his gun inside Williams’ mouth and pressed a Taser against the man’s groin. Evans was charged in August 2014, the _Times_ reported. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/us/chicago-police-commander-accused-of-putting-gun-in-mans-mouth-is-acquitted.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148320/chicago-police-commander-acquitted/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148320/chicago-police-commander-acquitted/"},"headline":"Chicago Cop Who Allegedly Put Gun in Suspect’s Mouth Acquitted","datePublished":"2015-12-14T21:16:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:59:09.550Z","description":"Prosecutors said he threatened to kill the suspect","url":"https://time.com/4148320/chicago-police-commander-acquitted/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72fb8b33d0db3172/69887546524fc00938df5eb3/glenn-evans-chicago.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72fb8b33d0db3172/69887546524fc00938df5eb3/glenn-evans-chicago.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Glenn Evans","caption":"Chicago Police Commander Glenn Evans, who was accused of shoving his gun down a suspect's throat and pressing a stun gun to the man's groin in 2013, leaves the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago on Dec. 14, 2015.","creditText":"Brian Jackson-AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4148320/chicago-police-commander-acquitted/","name":"Chicago Cop Who Allegedly Put Gun in Suspect’s Mouth Acquitted"}}]}] ```