The Chicago City Council has voted to pay nearly $1.7 million to five people, including a Black woman who said Chicago police dragged her from a car by her hair
The Chicago City Council authorized a $1,675,000 taxpayer-funded settlement Wednesday for a group of people, including a Black woman dragged from her car by Chicago police, who visited the Brickyard
The Illinois General Assembly has done it for years. On Wednesday, the City Council debuted electronic voting, with IPads at each alderperson’s seat and three video boards behind the mayor’s rostrum to display each vote.
The Chicago City Council voted 34-13 to settle the lawsuit, the first significant payment approved by city officials to compensate Chicagoans who alleged they were mistreated by Chicago Police officers during the unrest and protests that swept the city in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.