City Council members were harshly criticized for signing off on a $5 million settlement to the family of Laquan McDonald before a lawsuit had even been filed without asking tough enough questions or seeing the incendiary shooting video.
Lenora Bonds’ son Terrence Harris was shot to death by three CPD officers in 2013 after Bonds called 911 to report her son was threatening her with two knives. A sergeant who had received crisis intervention training arrived, and was stabbed in the face, a lawyer for the city said.