![A Joliet, Illinois, police sergeant appears to pinch close Eric Lurry's nose in the back seat of a squad car January 28, 2020.](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2021/05/26/2a276ac5-766e-4622-a9a7-c39acc4e04bb/thumbnail/640x360/ee92248272fa169dbb0f47f09aca8593/eric-lurry-d24dae8d529f45f18ad895cf571a484d.jpg?v=25685eaa472b1a5dbb5bd46ae506d232#)
Illinois city investigating police a year after Black man's death
City leaders in Joliet agreed to hire a private attorney to conduct the independent investigation more than a year after the death of Eric Lurry.
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City leaders in Joliet agreed to hire a private attorney to conduct the independent investigation more than a year after the death of Eric Lurry.
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