http://www.nwotruth.com/cop-caught-on...Cop caught on tape beating man in wheelchair could be back on the beat in April. Now, Chicago's new top cop says he will take a 'hard, close look' at the caseNew Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis will take a "hard, close look" at taking further action against an officer suspended after a surveillance camera captured him beating a man handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair, a police spokeswoman says.Officer William J. Cozzi is one of three officers who pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor battery for beating people in 2005. Surveillance cameras recorded each of the separate incidents.Cozzi, 50, is scheduled to return to work in April after completing a suspension.The matter is "a concern" for Weis, an FBI veteran who takes office as superintendent Feb. 1 and has vowed to crack down on police misconduct, police spokeswoman Monique Bond said."This is a case he will be taking a hard, close look at for further action," Bond said. "Supt. Weis has requested a briefing and will review the matter."The video of Cozzi beating a wheelchair-bound hospital patient was entered into evidence at his disciplinary hearing before the Chicago Police Board in July and August.The Chicago Sun-Times obtained a copy of the video through a Freedom of Information request.The soundless video shows Randle Miles, now 62, sitting in a wheelchair in the lobby of the emergency room at Norwegian-American Hospital in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.Miles was in the hospital for a stab wound to the shoulder. He apparently was intoxicated, uncooperative with the hospital's staff and verbally abusive to officers when they were called, authorities say.A 42-second snippet of video shows Cozzi, who was on duty, shackling Miles' legs to the wheelchair, then striking Miles about 10 times — finishing with a roundhouse blow.Cook County prosecutors have said Cozzi struck Miles with a "blackjack" — a small baton.Miles required stitches, said his attorney, Timothy Whiting, whose law firm obtained a $125,000 settlement from the city. "He is harmless," Whiting said of Miles.Chicago Sun Times Frank Main January 21, 2008