Ex- Chicago cop pleads guilty to hitting man with baton, sentenced to probation

A former Chicago police officer has pleaded guilty to battery for hitting a man with his baton in a 2014 incident captured on cellphone video.

Brett Kahn faced 11 felony counts when he was indicted in 2016, including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and official misconduct, according to court records.

Kahn pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count of battery that had been downgraded from an official misconduct charge as part of a plea deal with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

The 10 other felony counts Kahn faced were dropped.

Judge Arthur Hill sentenced Kahn to two years’ probation and issued a law enforcement de- certification order, meaning he can no longer work as a police officer in the state, a spokeswoman for the state’s attorney’s office said.

Kahn was fired from the Chicago Police Department last year in connection with a separate excessive force incident in June 2014, a police spokesman said Friday.

On July 11, 2014, Kahn allegedly saw Lisa Simmons drinking alcohol from a plastic cup in the 1500 block of South Christiana Avenue, the Sun- Times previously reported.

A cellphone recording showed Kahn forcibly holding Simmons, 43, against a squad car while trying to place her under arrest as a crowd gathered around him.

After yelling at the crowd to move away, Kahn took out his baton and walked over to 30- year- old Jeremiah Smith and struck him in the head.

According to an arrest report, Kahn said he believed Smith was trying to punch him.