Jaylan Butler

Jaylan Butler Settles Lawsuit With Two Officers Over Gunpoint Detainment

EIU swimmer Jaylan Butler has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against police officers who took him to the ground at gunpoint in February of 2019.

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Report: 50 Minutes of Bodycam Footage Missing In Jaylan Butler Detainment

50 minutes of police bodycam footage of the detainment of Jaylan Butler is missing, with an ABC report casting doubt on the official police explanation.

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Officers’ Court Claims Contradict Police Reports In Detainment of Jaylan Butler

Police mistook EIU swimmer Butler for a suspect in 2019. Officers dispute allegations they threatened to shoot Butler, but police reports show otherwise.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jaylan Butler Shares How Police Incident Affected Life

It wasn’t until the 2020 conference championships where he realized this incident was having a negative effect on his performances. 

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EIU Swimmer Jaylan Butler: Floyd Video ‘Snapped Me Back To My Experience’

EIU swimmer Jaylan Butler was allegedly held at gunpoint by police last year as his swim team’s bus was at an Illinois rest stop.

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IL Governor Calls For Investigation Into Lawsuit Involving Police, EIU Swimmer

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker called for a ‘thorough and transparent’ investigation into allegations that police held an EIU swimmer at gunpoint.

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EIU Swimmer Mistakenly Taken Down By Police in 2019; ACLU Files Suit

Illinois police mistakenly took down college swimmer Jaylan Butler at gunpoint on a team trip home from a 2019 conference meet, a local newspaper reports.

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