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It comes as a relief to the driver who said he feared for his life.
"It became a cab driver's nightmare," Karl Clermont said. "He didn't pay. That's a mental rape for any cab driver, to not get paid and have somebody just walk off and not pay."
But it wasn’t just an ordinary fare. Clermont picked up off-duty police Detective John Killackey in April 2009 outside an Ontario Street nightclub where Killackey admits he had been drinking.
Clermont then dropped him at the intersection of Armitage and Damen. As Killackey walked away, Clermont lowered the window and told him, "Hey, you forgot to pay."
Killackey said he didn't owe him anything. When Clermont told him he would call the police, he says the situation escalated.
"He reaches into his right-hand side," Clermont said. "It looks like he is going to his pocket for some money. Instead he pulls out a weapon, points it at me directly and says, 'I don't owe you s---.'"
Eventually Killackey collapsed on the street, allegedly from alcohol, and Clermont called 911.
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Police-Board-Fate-of-Officer-264967921.html#ixzz35uPs3OIK
