Chicago Reopens Probe Into Cops' Use Of Taser In Jail Cell

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Philip Coleman died not long after being beaten and tasered by officers while in a jail cell.

Those officers were originally cleared of wrongdoing, but are now back under investigation.

On Tuesday, the case was sent back to the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) after CBS 2 investigator Dave Savini pushed to get the video released.

Coleman was locked in a 5th District police cell, after suffering a mental breakdown in December, 2012.

"He needed to go to a hospital," said Philip Coleman's brother, Jeffrey. "They told my father, they don't do hospitals. They do jails."

In the video, six officers entered Coleman's cell.

He was put in a choke hold, and another officer tasered him. Records say the Taser was fired 16 times.

Jeffrey Coleman said he won't watch the video, but is glad it was made public. The family hopes releasing the video will lead to change.

Phillip's father, Percy Coleman was a police chief in two suburban departments, Robbins and Ford Heights.

He was the one who called police for help with his son.

"They don't have it in their reports that when those two officers pulled their guns on my son, they were going to shoot him," Percy Coleman said. "I stood up in front of them and said, 'You are not going to kill my son.' "

He watched the video last night for the first time.

He was asked what went wrong in that tape.

"Everything," Percy Coleman said.

The fact that the officers were initially cleared by IPRA "shows you that this cover-up is systemic and it's decades deep in the Chicago police department," Percy Coleman said.

Aside from IPRA's new investigation into the officers, Chicago police say they have launched an investigation focusing on departmental policy.

Rev. Jesse Jackson is calling for a special prosecutor.